Group D - Final Games Preview

Teams Mathematically Eliminated:
None

Final Games:
Ghana 4 points - Germany 3 points
Serbia 3 points - Australia 1 point

Essentially, this entire group comes down to Germany. Will the dreaded Mannschaft show up or will they be another victim of the European curse of this World Cup? Yeah, they destroyed Australia, but it's Australia, a team playing in only their 3 World Cup. Then there was the Serbian debacle. They are vulnerable. And what of Ghana, the last African team with a legitimate shot at going through, the hopes of a continent on their shoulders (yeah, Ivory Coast needs a Brazil win over Portugal and to overcome a -9 goal differential, not likely). Can they beat Germany? I think they can, but I don't think they will. The key will be the first 20 minutes. If Ghana can score in the first 15 things could get interesting. As much as I hate to admit it in the end the Germans will prevail. Final Prediction: 2-1 Germany

Serbia: lost to Ghana, beat Germany. They're still going to be a bit pumped up from that second result. But Australia has a bit of confidence too, after their tie with Ghana. Plus, Australia has that English-speaking nation spirit, fight til the end and win any way possible. Neither team has so far appeared to be a scoring threat but both can play shutdown team defense. This game has 0 to 1 goal slugfest written all over it. Final Prediction: 1-0 Serbia

And with those results Germany escapes to top the group. I hope I am wrong. A Ghana win would be awesome.