The World Cup wagering experience was not expected to play out like this for England. With a lineup loaded with soccer sports wagering superstars the English team arrived at South Africa as the 3rd most preferred squad in the World Cup odds to win the whole match.

This squad was expected to open up the World Cup sports wagering event by embarrassing its former colony – the US – and exhibiting the Yanks what genuine ‘football’ was supposed to be about. And with 3 points in the bag they would then go on to eradicate weakling Algeria and then may afford to sit back and deal with the scrubs in the final Group C competition versus Slovenia as they got ready for the World Cup wagering round of 16.

But the English side was lucky just to move forward out of the group stage, as anybody that’s been observing the World Cup odds event appreciates.

Germany struggled as well, though it didn’t have to handle the monumental World Cup wagering hopes of the English side. The squad fell flat the next competition losing to Serbia after an extraordinary rout of the Aussies to kick off its World Cup 2010 odds event, and before securing a spot in the knockout stage with a 1-0 win versus Ghana

It was a pretty interesting soccer wagering game between these 2 European squad sides. England really isn’t playing much of anything right now while Germany plays a pretty controlled, but amazingly aggressive offense competition.

Germany and England have a history of enjoying great World Cup matches. They met at Wembley, which England won 4-2, back in 1966. It was additionally the first World Cup meeting between 2 of football’s earliest enemies since 1990, when West Germany defeat England on penalties after a 1-1 tie.

And for the World Cup 2010, Germany practically trashed the English squad to a 4-1 win.

England (17/10) was the ever so minor favorite over Germany (19/10), but it was the Germans who had the last laugh.

The Germans came out fast to a 2-0 lead before the English squad scored their point, and the English defense was careless. Germany landed the first 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 second goal as Lukas Podolski kicked a left-footed shot into the far corner of the goal. England got back in the competition five minutes later when Matthew Upson headed in the ball.

Then came the game’s most dubious instant when England’s Frank Lampard was refused an equalizing goal. He punted the ball in from the edge of the penalty area. It hit the underside of the bar and bounced two feet over the goal line, and the referee simply didn’t recognize the goal. The competition went on with England being refused the point.

And that goal probably would not have made the difference in spite of English coach Fabio Capello’s states to the contrary.

Germany, who have now reached at least the quarterfinals at every World Cup since 1954, will take on Argentina in the last eight on Saturday.


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