Quote Originally Posted by Shadows
Rythmic, can youtell me why you have Poland beating Germany?? That would be the upset of the Cup. Last time around Germany were the runners up and are playing on home turf, if they lose to Poland..........

Recently Germany has performed poorly when faced with a decisive challanger. A massive 4 -1 loss to Italy. And a 2 - 2 draw with Japan (A Japan that outperformed Germany completely).


Their squad is also realatively young, with little expierenced leadership. Ballack is doubtful, in both his own fitness and the quality/ability of his own team.

Ballack even said:
'The results and performance in the run-up to the World Cup show that this team is not so stable.'