Argentina vs. Germany – Maradona Has The Plan to Progress

Sparks will fly in South Africa as Diego Maradona and Argentina do battle with Germany for a place in the semi-finals. Al Dannity says this promises to be explosive.

A rivalry built on Soccer
The greatest World Cup rivalry of them all is set to deliver another classic when Argentina takes on Germany. Usually sporting rivalries are built between neighbors, like Argentina and Brazil, or historical rivals, like Germany and England. What we have here is the Lakers-Celtics of Soccer, two teams that are rivals because of what happens when they play. In 1986 Diego Maradona led Argentina to the World Cup title beating West Germany 3-2 in the final. Four years later West Germany won the title, beating who else but Maradona and Argentina 1-0 in the final. Four years ago they met in the quarter finals and it took penalties for Germany to win. Ever since that day Argentina has been waiting for a shot at revenge.

Diff’rent strokes to rule the world
These two teams took radically different routes to the quarter finals. Argentina has yet to be tested. The group stage was a procession as Maradona’s team showed off its ability to wait patiently before exploding on offense. Considering Lionel Messi has yet to score it’s not inconceivable that the attack has yet to hit full stride despite the performances of Carlos Tevez and Gonzalo Higuain.

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Germany by contrast has shown its full depth of talent. From a performance where it toyed with Australia, to getting down and dirty while losing to Serbia, before showing its ability to break down a frustrating opponent in Ghana. Then came the masterpiece. The 4-1 victory over England established the three time champions as serious contenders for the title in South Africa.

Expect a slugfest
Argentina and Germany have each looked mostly sturdy on defense but each has shown it is far from impervious to attack. Neither backline has seen an attack like they will face them in this game. Argentina will struggle to contain Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose, while the German defense won’t know which way to turn given the diversity of Argentina’s attack. This game will have a story in it, one team will take the lead, the other will equalize, and the order won’t matter. All that matters is who gets the decisive third goal. For all of Germany’s strategic ability, none of these players know big game pressure like the man on the sideline for Argentina. Maradona has been there against Germany before, he knows the pain of defeat but more importantly he knows what it takes to beat Germany. I like Sports Interaction’s price of +850 on a final score of 2-1 to Argentina. Bet on Argentina to end Germany’s World Cup dream.