The World Cup betting experience was not meant to play out like this for England. The English team came to South Africa as the 3rd most favored team in the World Cup odds to win the whole match with a lineup filled with soccer sports betting superstars.

This team was meant to open the World Cup sports betting competition by embarrassing its former colony – the US – and exhibiting the Yanks what actual ‘football’ was all about. And with 3 points under their belts they would then go on to destroy weakling Algeria and then may afford to sit back and deal with the scrubs in the final Group C match versus Slovenia as they prepared for the World Cup betting round of 16.

However the English side was fortunate just to progress out of the group stage, as anyone that’s been viewing the World Cup odds competition appreciates.

Though Germany did not have to deal with the enormous World Cup betting hopes of the English side, it had trouble as well. After an impressive rout of the Aussies to kick off its World Cup 2010 odds competition, the team fell flat the next match losing to Serbia, before clinching a spot in the knockout stage with a 1-0 win versus Ghana.

It was a very interesting soccer betting matchup between these two European team sides. England actually isn’t playing much of anything right now while Germany plays a very controlled, but amazingly aggressive offense match.

Germany and England have a record of playing great World Cup games. They faced off back in the 1966 final at Wembley that England won 4-2. It was furthermore the 1st World Cup meeting between two of football’s oldest foes since 1990, when West Germany beat England on penalties after a 1-1 draw.

And Germany pretty much trashed the English team to a 4-1 victory for the World Cup 2010.

It was the Germans who had the last laugh even though England (17/10) was the ever so minor favorite over Germany (19/10).

The English defense was careless and the Germans came out fast to a 2-0 lead before the English team scored their point. Germany landed the 1st goal of the match at 20 minutes with a extended punt downfield from Manuel Neuer. It was his 50th international goal and his 12th at World Cup finals. England’s defenders were caught out of position again for Germany’s 2nd goal as Lukas Podolski slashed a left-footed shot into the far corner of the goal. 5 minutes later, England got back in the match when Matthew Upson headed in the ball.

Then when England’s Frank Lampard was denied an equalizing goal came the game’s most controversial moment. He struck the ball in from the edge of the penalty zone. It struck the underside of the bar and bounced a couple of feet over the goal line, and the referee basically did not acknowledge the goal. The match went on with England being denied the point.

And that goal almost certainly wouldn’t have made the difference despite English coach Fabio Capello’s states to the contrary.

Germany will confront Argentina in the last 8 on Saturday. The team has now arrived at at least the quarterfinals at every World Cup since 1954.


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