International Friendlies

[Kiko]

[Kiko]

Thanks Alien - from a betting view there is massive value in the Sweden/Germany double. I will be back tomorow to back all this up in a good bit of detail!

[aliensyndm]

Chill winston I sorted it.
From a betting point of view - I don't fancy any of those.

[trickrick]

I wouldnt touch Sweden/Norway with a bargepole...(Or really, any friendlies.)

[Kiko]

Like i said - i will post my thought tomorow. Sweden right now are the hottest team in Europe. While Germany have no group qualification so take every friendly very seriously. More tomorow . . .

[daikoku]

I don't touch friendlies normally, but I'll be taking a 7 unit single on Germany tonight @1.57.

The game will take place in Gladbach and is sold out. www.kicker.de have announced the probable line-ups and Germany just look far too strong to me:

Germany(4-1-3-2)

Kahn

Hinkel, A. Friedrich, Mertesacker, Hitzlsperger

Frings

B. Schneider, Ballack, Schweinsteiger

Kuranyi, Podolski

Russia(Not sure about formation)

S. Ovchinnikov

Kolodin, Anyukov, Evseev, Sennikov

Aldonin, Smertin, Loskov, Izmailov

Arshavin, Sychev

Germany don't have to worry about WC qualification, but the players are still fighting to show manager Klinsmann that they deserve to be there next year. Klinsmann will be looking for another confidence boost ahead of next weeks Confederations Cup tournament.

Germany beat Northern Ireland 4-2 at the weekend with 10 men. Brazil and Argentina have managed draws recently, but the Germans have dealt comfortably with all other opposition. I'm not going to count the friendly with Bayern Munich which they lost, 5 of the Bayern players are german internationals.

Russia, like most teams are currently trying to qualify for WC 2006. A 2-0 victory against Latvia at the weekend was welcome, but the coach wasn't ecstatic. Juri Sjomin felt his team had been far too exposed by the Latvian counter-attacks, and were lucky not to concede.

Germany have far too much class for Russia here. They also play in front of a home crowd that don't get to host their national team very often.

A comfortable home victory for me.

[daikoku]

FFS last minute equaliser .