Football, ua presents the announcement of the Confederations Cup match between the national teams of Australia and Germany.

The first round of the group tournament in the Confederations Cup will end with a duel between the world champion of the national team of Germany and the strongest team of Asia of the Australian national team.

Australia - Germany Monday, 18:00, Sochi, Fisht, referee - Mark Geiger (USA).

It is naive to assume that the fact that Joachim Leo brought to the Confederations Cup is not the main line-up, at least somehow help the opponents of the German national team. By and large, the incredibly talented and ambitious youth who replaced the full-time players of the fundament of the bundestim is inferior to their older comrades only in experience, but there is no doubt that all doublers will go out of their way to prove to the coach their need for the team.

In Australia, everything is diametrically opposed: Angel Postekoglu brought all of his strongest players, except the injured Mile Edinak, in order not only to try to successfully compete in the tournament, but even better to play the team before the decisive matches of the selection at the 2018 World Cup to win a direct ticket to the final Tournament and avoid the hassle of the intercontinental playoffs.

Both teams approached the full-time match without personnel problems. Robbie Cruise, who received minor damage in the control match against Brazil, is already engaged in the general group, although it is unlikely to start the meeting in the starting lineup.

In general, the duel of the obvious favorite of group B against, let not such an obvious, but still an outsider, promises an interesting spectacle to everyone, since, as the mentor of the bundestim admitted, he wants to try to give the initiative to the adventurous opponent and act on counterattacks. But the question is: will Australia be able to take advantage of its role of the "first number", and how much will the ambitious German doublers have the restraint to adhere to the cautious game plan chosen by Lev?.

Despite the seeming colossal difference in the class, the Australian team is quite an uncomfortable opponent for Germany. Only once the Bundesmachine managed to win a confident victory - 4: 0 at the 2010 World Cup. In addition, the German national team managed to win at the Confederations Cup in 2005, also having scored 4 goals, but having received 3. And the last two meetings of the two teams can be recorded in the asset to the Australians who managed to win in the friendly matches in Germany in 2011 - 2: 1 in Monchengladbach, and play a draw in 2015 - 2: 2, and in Kaiserslautern Podolski saved the hosts from defeat Only at the very end of the match.

Interesting facts - The teams of Germany and Australia had previously met each other four times: two wins in the active world champion and one of the best at the moment the team of Asia.

- On average, in duels of these teams, 4.5 goals are scored.

- The youngest player of the tournament Alex Gersbach (20 years and 11 days) and the oldest - Tim Cahill (37 years, 6 months and 13 days) are part of the national team of Australia.

- As part of the world champions now only three players who won the World Cup 2014: Mustafi, Ginter and Draxler.

- Three players of the Australian national team play in the Bundesliga: Langerak (Stuttgart), Leki (Hertha) and McLaren (Darmstadt), and Kruze and Degenek most recently left the championship of Germany.

Approximate compositions Australia: Ryan - Wright, Degenek, Sainsbury - Milligan, Mui, Behich, Irvin, Rozic, Leki - Yurich.

Germany: Leno-Kimmich, Ginter, Rudiger, Hector-Jan, Brandt, Gorecka, Stindl, Draxler-Wagner.

Words by Angel Postecoglu, Australia national team coach:.

"I do not think that anyone seriously believes that if Germany brought young players to the tournament, this will at least to some extent facilitate the task for its rivals. We try not to think about it at all. Our goal is to compete worthily in a duel against the world champion, gain points and get a charge of confidence in our abilities. For this it is necessary to show all the best that we are capable of. It seems to me that now the team is in good condition and has a chance of success ".

Joachim Leo, coach of the German national team:.

"For us, this tournament is primarily a very important stage of preparation for the World Cup. But this does not mean that we do not need to win the Confederations Cup. In the course of the tournament, I'm going to work out different tactical schemes in confrontation with different rivals. For example, against the Australian team, loving and able to attack, it is important to play reliably in defense and as long as possible to control the ball in order to prevent the opponent from organizing attacks ".

Forecast 1: 3.