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Game Information

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Monday, June 19 | Lunes 19 de Junio

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11:00 AM EST

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Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (Sochi), Russia | Olimpiyskiy Stadion Fisht (Sochi), Rusia

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Match Preview

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The second match of the Group B of the Confederations Cup of Russia 2017 will consist of Australia and Germany. Australia will represent the Asian continent as the winner of the Asian Cup 2015 and Germany will arrive in this tournament as the 2014 World Cup Champion. Despite the apparent disadvantage for the Australian team against Germany, Australia is expected to present a better face than the one shown in the last friendly match (Brazil 4 -0 Australia), this team has gone through a long process for over 20 years in which they have sought to improve their competitive level by moving from the Oceania FIFA Zone to the Asia Zone in search of higher level opponents. On the other hand, Germany presents a strong team with some Sub-23 figures, but they are still the favorite team to win the match as the current World Cup Winners.

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Preview Del Partido

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El segundo encuentro del grupo B de la Copa Confederaciones de Rusia 2017: Australia vs. Alemania. Australia representa al continente asiático como ganador de la copa de asiática 2015 y Alemania llega a este torneo como campeona del mundo 2014. A pesar de la aparente desigualdad entre ambas selecciones, se espera que Australia presente una mejor cara que la mostrada en el partido amistoso contra Brasil, ya que este seleccionado presenta un proceso desde hace 20 años en el cual ha buscado de mejorar su nivel competitivo al cambiar de la zona Fifa de Oceanía para Asia en búsqueda de oponentes de mayor nivel. Por su parte Alemania presentara un seleccionado con algunas figuras Sub 23 , pero aun asi se presenta como el equipo favorito para ganar este encuentro como los campeones actuales del mundo.

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Australia

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Australia will play their first match as the team with the least chance of finding the victory, but they have a historic record against the German team consisting of one victory, one draw and two defeats, the Aussies can seriously think about the possibility of having a favorable score. Their main strength is within their coach, Ange Postecoglou, who has been with the team since 2013 and led them to win the Asian Cup in 2015, as well as four years and an international trophy with a national selection, guarantees that he knows his players very well.

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Also, he has a long history with Australian football as he has been involved with it since 1995. Mister Ange has worked as Coach in the Australian league for many teams including South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne, and he also performed as coach of Australia's Under-21 team. With that being said, if anyone knows how to get the most out of these players, it is Ange Postecoglou. For the record, this year, the Australian team has a record of two victories, one tie, and one defeat.

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Australia llega a este encuentro como el equipo con menos posibilidades de encontrar la victoria, pero con un record histórico contra la selección germana de 1 victoria, 1 empate y 2 derrotas, el equipo Amarillo se permite la posibilidad de soñar con un marcador favorable.

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Su técnico Ange Postecoglou los llevo a ganar la copa de asia en el 2015 conoce muy bien a sus jugadores ya que aparte de ser el seleccionador de Australia desde el 2015, posee un largo historial con el futbol Australiano ya que desde el 1995 ha trabajado como técnico en la liga de Australia (South Melbourne, Brisbane Roar, Melbourne), también se desempeño como seleccionador del equipo Sub 21 de Australia. En fin, si alguien sabe cómo sacar el máximo de estos jugadores es Ange Postecoglou. En este año posee un record de 2 partidos ganados, 1 empatado y 1 perdido.

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For this match, the team won't have any injured players and the DT, Ange Postecoglou is expected to line up his players in the 4-2-3-1 formation.

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Para este encuentro el equipo no tendrá a ningún jugador lesionado y el Dt Ange Postecoglou tendrá a su disposición toda la plantilla. Se espera que Australia forme 4-2-3-1.

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Germany

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Germany will arrive to this meeting as the undisputed favorite, the vast experience of their players have played for international national team competitions of high levels, such as the European Qualifiers, Eurocup, and World Cup (being the current champions), makes their arrival come in a remarkable form and a perfect mindset to win this tournament, and because of this, their coach, Joachim Löw, intends to have his lineup consist of many of the younger players that normally do not see minutes in the national team, like Max Meyer, Jorge Draxler and Julian Brandt, among others.

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All this is happening with two goals in mind, the first is to give rest to several players like Ozil and Kroos, to be at the top of their physical form for the final run of the world cup qualifiers, and the second goal is to give more international experience to all the young players that have proven their worth as Olympic silver medalists, representing the German national team in the last Olympics games.

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Alemania llega a este encuentro como la favorita indiscutible, la vasta experiencia de sus jugadores tanto en competencias internacionales de selección nacional de alto nivel como las Eliminatorias Europeas, Eurocopa y Copa del Mundo (siendo los actuales campeones), hace que lleguen en una situación tan favorable a este torneo que su técnico Joachim Löw, tiene pensado emplear varios de los jugadores más jóvenes que normalmente no ven minutos en la selección mayor, como Max Meyer, Jorge Draxler y Julian Brandt, entre otros.

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Todo esto con dos objetivos en mente, el primero dar descanso a varios jugadores como Ozil y Kroos, para que estén a tope en la recta final de los clasificatorios de la copa del mundo, y como segundo objetivo darle más rodaje y experiencia internacional a varios jugadores jóvenes que fueron medallistas olímpicos, obteniendo la presea de plata para la selección de Alemania en las últimas olimpiadas.

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Joachim Löwe will have all his players available for this match and the team is expected to line up with a 4-2-3-1 formation for this match.

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Joachim Löwe tendrá a disposición todos sus jugadores. Se espera que el equipo alinee con 4-2-3-1 para este encuentro. Alemania es el equipo favorito para ganar este encuentro.

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