Three times World Cup winners Germany prepared for the World Cup by beating a selection local players aged under 20 from Eppan in South Tirol by 24 goals to nil. The Germans, who beat Hungary in the 1954 final, Holland in the 1974 final and Argentina in the 1990 final – have thumped a few sides in their time, however the biggest World Cup victory remains the 8-0 win over Saudi Arabia in 2002.
Each half was only 30 minutes long and coach Joachim Loew used 20 players in total. Mario Gomez and Miroslav Klose each scored 5 goals. Other players to score were: Piotr Trochowski – 3, Cacau – 2, Stefan Kiessling – 2, Andreas Beck – 2, Toni Kroos – 2, Arne Friedrich – 1, Sami Khedira – 1, and Lukas Podolski – 1.
Other than to boost the confidence of the German forward players, the point of this game appears to obscure. Germany are in Group D at the World Cup and will face tricky opponents in Ghana, Serbia and first Australia on the 13th June.
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Tags: Doron, Germany, Gomez, Klose, South Africa 2010, World Cup
egos has no apostrophe. get it right.
Grammarman – It was changed a minute after going live, but thank you for scouring the internet in search of the article.
Also, you should capitalise ‘G’ after a full stop. Just a thought?
Can we foucus on the world cup and not petty arguements between admin and the faceless people of the internet please? Your articles lack credibility and professionalism when you engage with these people.
John – No petty arguments what so ever. Just giving our friend Grammarman a little help for the future if he needs it. Think that is fair, no?
So what do you think Germany’s chances are in the summer? I hear that Lahm is going to be skipper.