Germany takes on the visitors Saudi Arabia at "BayArena" in the international friendly battle. The match will be played in Leverkusen on Friday, June 8th.
Germany won none of last six friendly encounters. Among the latest results on the eve of the Mundial in Russia are defeats from Slovakia and Switzerland, draws in the encounters against Cameroon and Belarus plus the most recent failure Against Austria last week. Nevertheless, I wouldn't worry about that cause “Die Bundesmannschaft” doesn't pay much attention to the unofficial clashes as they don't need earn points for the FIFA Rankings while trust to Joachim Low is unlimited. It is of common knowledge that even if the side loses a week prior to the FIFA World Cup it's not worth worrying - everything is under control. The team participated in 33 friendlies since 2012, having succeeded only one thirds of them i.e. 11 tackles. Five of those 11 victories were gained with minimal margin while four games were finished in -2.0 Asian handicap and only two trashing triumphs over Armenia and Italy. It means that Germany conducts friendlies not to win them, but to make tactical experiments, try some combinations and links, probe the new-comers.
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Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia lost 1:2 in the latest fight against Italy in late May, showing quite not bad team play. The side scored as well as had some good moments. Nevertheless, the Saudi were not so lucky in the next battle which they lost 0:3 to Peru. Before that the team deserved 1:1 draw against Ukraine in March plus failed 0:3 against Portugal last autumn. In total, Saudi Arabia was smashed only in one out of last 20 encounters conducted (0:4 defeat from Belgium). Unlike all the other participants of the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, Saudi Arabia has been training under the rule of the Spanish specialist for some months already, thus, the side must have learnt something from them. The footballers have to be in good physical conditions now. The Saudi Arabians were only one point behind Japan, having left all the other opponents including Australia in the Asian Football Confederation’s Preliminary Competition for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia, thus, they are quite tough opponent.
Four-goal Asian handicap is too much for a friendly game. The second half is usually conducted in a low tempo due to numerous substitutions. At this point the footballers will definitely save their forces as well as try to avoid injuries on the eve of the Mundial. I believe that the visitors' chances to escape from the smashing failure are significantly higher than the bookmakers' suggestions.
Prediction for the match: Saudi Arabia to win with +3.5 Asian handicap.
