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Germany, Ghana in decisive World Cup match

By NESHA STARCEVIC, AP Sports Writerjun 22, 8:27 EDT

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JOHANNESBURG (AP)—Ghana has already achieved one milestone and now stands a victory away from achieving maybe an even bigger one—sending Germany to its earliest exit from a World Cup.
Ghana became the first African team to win a World Cup game in Africa by beating Serbia 1-0 in its Group D opener. Now it can ensure that Germany exits at the group stage for the first time.
However, Germany coach Joachim Loew is sure that won’t happen.
“Ghana is possibly Africa’s last chance in the tournament and will be very motivated,” Loew said Tuesday. “It’s not going to be a piece of cake, but we are confident that we have what it takes to beat Ghana.”

Going into the decisive final round, Ghana leads the group on four points, Germany and Serbia have three and Australia is on one, meaning all four have a chance of progressing and all are at risk of missing out.
Loew said he would try to prevent his players from knowing the outcome of the other match, played simultaneously in Nelspruit.
“We should concentrate on winning our own game,” he said. “Maybe at the end, if it’s all clear.”
Both sides will be eager to improve on their previous performances: Germany was surprisingly beaten 1-0 by Serbia, while Ghana failed to capitalize on an early red card to Australia forward Harry Kewell and was held to a 1-1 draw.
Loew said his young players were mentally strong enough to put the loss to Serbia behind them.
“The impression I have is that they are not showing nervousness or doubt. But Ghana is a physical and robust team, and it will be mentally and physically very demanding on our players,” Loew said at a news conference at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
Loew decided to spare his players a long bus ride to Soccer City to practice at the venue as is customary on the eve of the match. Instead, Germany will have its final training session at its base outside Pretoria.
“It may be a slight advantage to get the feel for a stadium you don’t know, but to sit possibly two or more hours in the bus there and back was too long for me,” Loew said.
Loew said he was likely to start with Cacau up front as a replacement for Miroslav Klose, who is suspended after being sent off for receiving two yellow cards against Serbia.
“We know our qualities and have no doubt that we’ll make it,” Cacau said. “I can see that my teammates have the confidence that we’ll win.”
Germany has been in a similar situation before—two years ago, it needed to beat host Austria in the final group match to advance at the European Championship. The team did that and then went all the way to the final.
But the winning goal against Austria came from captain Michael Ballack, who was forced out of this World Cup by an ankle injury. That contributed to Germany having the second youngest team in its World Cup history.
Kevin-Prince Boateng, whose tackle in the English FA Cup final took Ballack out of the World Cup, will be on the opposite side Wednesday.
Boateng was born in Berlin and played for Germany’s junior teams before switching allegiance to the land of his father. His half brother Jerome is a Germany defender.
According to Jerome, the two have not had contact since the start of the World Cup, after Kevin-Prince complained that the hostile reaction in Germany to his foul on Ballack had racist elements.
“It was stupid that something like that became public … but I wish him the best and I will shake his hand before the match,” said Jerome, who is unlikely to start.
Ghana has a Serbian coach, Milan Rajevac, who will have captain John Mensah back after a hamstring injury ruled him out of the match against Australia. Mensah’s usual central defensive partner, Isaac Vorsah, remains in doubt.
Like Germany, Ghana is at the World Cup without its injured regular captain, Michael Essien—Ballack’s Chelsea teammate.
“I don’t think there is pressure on us,” Mensah said. “They will probably have more pressure because they are the favorites.
“We all know Germany has a good team, but we believe we have a good team as well. We have to keep things tight, stay compact and I’m sure we can win the match.”
Hans Adu Sarpei, the Bayer Leverkusen defender who has spent his entire career in Germany, believes Ghana can exploit weaknesses in Germany’s defense. Ghana has yet to score from open play in two games, with both its goals coming from penalties.
“This is a big game. This situation of win or die makes it much bigger. Myself, Kevin-Prince Boateng and the rest of the team must be calm and go into the game with our minds and not emotions, so we don’t get red cards,” Sarpei said.

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0Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.2Dave N-Glove 6 hours ago Report Abuse
Ghana 2: Germany 0, tissue companies in germany more pofits.hehehe
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0Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3Mark 9 hours ago Report Abuse
ghana will be helped. they saw what happens when the africans dont get any help.
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4Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0Paul 10 hours ago Report Abuse
Cmon Germany. You must win! I want to see you play England or USA.
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4Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0Redz Com 11 hours ago Report Abuse
i'm sure that Germany will win with Ghana....3-0...
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3Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0Pyloric Sphincter 13 hours ago Report Abuse
The biggest concern for Germany is not Ghana, it's the referee. If this will be another biased referee, then Germany could have a very difficult match.

But if this referee is fair and lets everyone play soccer the way it is supposed to be, I don't see any way that Ghana can stop Germany.

My prediction is 3:0 for Germany.
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1Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.5Abdul 15 hours ago Report Abuse
IF you think Ghana will lose you know nothing of the Ghanaian people. ONly te ref can save the Germans and, even with the Ref Ghana will still win...

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4Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3Free 16 hours ago Report Abuse
I predict that this match will have alot of goals. Germany 8 Ghana 0
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2Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.6Guillermo B 17 hours ago Report Abuse
It would be lovely to see Ghana beat Germany!
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6Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.2Jason C 17 hours ago Report Abuse
Morgen Kinder wirds was geben, morgen Kinder wird gelacht, wenn die Deutsche Fussball Elf dann aus Ghana Kleinholz macht lol. GO GERMANY!
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2Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3AFANDOLO 18 hours ago Report Abuse
For the Black Stars to take the WORLD CUP home , it is not an impossible thing! IT IN THE MIND
YES WE CAN!
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6Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.2ME, THAT'S WHO! 22 hours ago Report Abuse
Henry.....if you expect Germany to bleed to death , maybe you don't know the always character of the German team.....they fight to the very end. Ghana will lose, I say by 4-1. It will be a great, tense game, but by half time it will probably be over.
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2Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.4ME, THAT'S WHO! 23 hours ago Report Abuse
Like ISSAC responded to my first comment, Germany will ambush that little Ghanaian team, it will look like the Berlin Conference all over again.....it's not gonna look cute.

The only hope for Africa is those Arabs in North Africa tomorrow......Africa blew it, Cameroon should have won against Denmark, Ghana should've beat Australia easily, South Africa blew it against Uruguay, Ivory Coast could've beat Portugal and play more defensive against Brazil, Nigeria, well we all know about Nigerians.....bunch of idiots.
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5Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.7Elizabeth Tue Jun 22, 2010 06:57 am PDT Report Abuse
Ghana all the way...
There is no way Germany will win this match. Scoring 4 goals in their opening match doesnt mean that they can score us. Very terrible they allowed Serbia to score then, I mean its a shame.
Go Ghana Go
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1Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0Wilson Tue Jun 22, 2010 05:56 am PDT Report Abuse
kevin i billed 2 score his first goal as a ghanaian international
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3Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.2Henry Tue Jun 22, 2010 05:55 am PDT Report Abuse
@PPLIFE.....Well don't forget that a wounded animal can bleed to death and so will Germany bleed to death.......2:1 is the scoreline.......
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2Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.6Henry Tue Jun 22, 2010 05:53 am PDT Report Abuse
Hahahaha.....The "Manschaft" will surely be left "schaftless"......heheheh....too bad Germany...no mercy this time.....I wish u all the best in 2014....
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0Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0Darling Tue Jun 22, 2010 04:52 am PDT Report Abuse
Whatever happens, but for this time it seems as Jabulani Ball is a beat smooth enough to confuse goalkeepers, so both of the teams need to hit hard to the goal, and who knows? Let's just wait and see.
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2Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3Eric Tue Jun 22, 2010 04:23 am PDT Report Abuse
It's pretty much gonna be tight, but I'm sure it's about time that no-matter-how sophisticated the German Machines are, they can never reach the STARS!!!! Go Ghana, Go
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5Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.1Brian Tue Jun 22, 2010 03:11 am PDT Report Abuse
Germany should beat Ghana and make it into the round of 16. Playing with 10 ment for most of their last match didn't help matters but I feel confident that German determination will get them past Ghana. The World Cup wouldn't be the same without Germany in it! Go Deutschland!
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0Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.0BUROSAN Tue Jun 22, 2010 02:48 am PDT Report Abuse
The World has come closer in Football than ever before - almost every team has a chance to win or at least look good against the "Big Guns" ... just look at New Zealand !!!

Can Ghana beat Germany ? Of course, if they have a really good day and Germany a really bad one.

But here is some "food for thought" - whenever Germany lost a Group-Game in the World-Cup, like previously in 1954, '74, '82 and '86 they moved on all the way to the Final and walked away twice as Champions with the Trophy in their hands !!!
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3Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3Eben Tue Jun 22, 2010 02:37 am PDT Report Abuse
Yes, Ghana will win this game against the Germans for the whole of the African continent. It's the continents world cup and the Stars will surely shine. A favour from Ghana will be a draw...
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5Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.1Jellkeen Tue Jun 22, 2010 02:36 am PDT Report Abuse
The German are always a great team that work well under pressure. They are working as a team, they fight back to the last minute. That is why they are well respected from other team.

I think they will win..The red card for Klose might be an advantage for Germany. Klose is kind of old and lose his touch of scoring. I am not saying that he is bad, but compare to his form in 2006 it is a big different.

Ghana is lucky to have 4 points, all of the their score are on Penalty... They can't even beat Australia when they are 10 men. How can they beat Germany, the one who beat Australia 4-0...

The Serbia vs Germany game is a who crap... It is a game that was given by the Ref.. I don't see why he gave Klose 2 yellow cards ??? This year the Ref is terrible (or all of the world cup)?

I want to see Sweini in action. I know he can score... Oezil needs to score too, he missed a lot of opportunity. Podolski will come back strong after that missed Penalty...

Germany are going out there to win this game for their former cap----n Ballack....I know they can do it.. Ghana will try to defense and still get crush with a score of 2-0....
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4Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.3King Fz Tue Jun 22, 2010 02:24 am PDT Report Abuse
Dang thanks Ghana 4ur play i know that u guys gonna win this game beleive or no
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5Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.4ROBERT Tue Jun 22, 2010 02:18 am PDT Report Abuse
Germans are surely going home. This isn't a shocker. Lets wait and see.
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4Please sign in to rate this comment up.Please sign in to rate this comment down.5Faroukh Tue Jun 22, 2010 01:53 am PDT Report Abuse
Ghana will make it this time.African team playing in african ground,its almost like a home game.Germany will follow the french.Germans going down believe it not thats the fat.

前段时间考GRE，看英文看得想吐，所以现在一句都看不进去...

新闻写的挺好  回复有点那个啥。。。。