Germany and Algeria play each other in knockout stage of FIFA World Cup 2014.
Mesut Ozil of Germany
This is the first match between the sides in international arena and nothing but win will be in the mind of both sets of the players as they look for Quarterfinal berth.
Germany were undefeated in their matches of Group stage as they accumulated seven points out of nine to stand in the top of the group table. They started off their World Cup campaign with an impressive 4-0 win over Portugal after Thomas Muller scored a hat-trick. Muller again was the hero in the last match as his lone goal meant Germany defeated USA 1-0 to end the group stage in a better note.
Algeria stood second in their Group behind Belgium, who won all their games in the group stage. They started their World Cup campaign with a 2-1 loss against Belgium even after being on lead via Feghoulli’s spot-kick. They won their second match against South Korea by 4-2 and then ended their group stage by playing a 1-1 draw against Russia, who were also vying for a spot in the knockout stage.
Team News:
Joachim Low will be determined to put up his strongest lineup inmathc of this importance. Sami Khedira will be benched in this game too as Bastian seems to have regained his fitness and was impressive against USA. Mario Gotze will be back on the wings with Lukas Podolski dropping to the bench.
Madjid Bougherra is doubtful for the match but should return having stayed out of the previous one. They will be fielding the same front four after impressing in the previous matches.
Probable Starting Lineup:
Germany:
Formation: 4-3-3
Manuel Neuer: Benedikt Howedes, Per Mertesacker, Mats Hummels, Jerome Boateng: Phillip Lahm, Toni Kroos, Bastian Schweinsteiger: Mesut Ozil, Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze
Algeria:
Formation: 4-2-3-1
M’Bolhi: Halliche, mandi, Bougherra, Mesbah: Nabil Bentaleb, Medjani: Djabou, Brahimi, Feghouli: Silmani
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