Germany and Armenia are playing on the World Cup international friendly schedule ahead of Brazil 2014 on Friday and the match is on ESPN and streaming live from the WatchESPN stream website and it starts up from Coface Arena in Mainz at 2:45 pm ET and 8:45 pm local time as the German side prepares for the WC and the group of death against the United States, Portugal and Ghana.
The German team comes into Brazil as one of the favorites with Spain and the host nation and they have the toughest group in the tournament draw and should be able to make it out. The team knows US head coach Jurgen Klinsmann very well and that could be a factor for the team and they have the chance to make a big impact at the tourney this year. This is the final World Cup warm-up for Germany heading into the tournament and they pulled two draws with Cameroon and Poland leading into this matchup and while they are favorites in their group, coach Joachim Löw will not let his team underestimate their opponents.
Germany is looking to win and Armenia is not much of a tough opponent and they lost to Algeria 3-1 in their last matchup and they will not be in Brazil for the tournament. The team is planning on using a starting lineup here that they will use in Brazil and then the team will have their next game during the tournament and that is against Portugal. Miroslav Klose has plenty of expectations for the tournament and he has been playing very well coming in and both Mario Goetze and Thomas Mueller are key players for the squad too. Mesut Ozil has to work to get things going and the team is expecting a nice performance from Toni Kroos and Bastian Schweinsteiger on Friday.
The German team is getting prepared for the toughest group in the tournament and they have previously won games against Armenia, including in a qualifier for the Cup back in 1996 and they also won a return game the year after that and now they will matchup here against the team ahead of the World Cup. The Germany team had games with Chile, Poland and Cameroon set on the schedule with this and it comes ahead of playing the United States in their first game before matchups with Portugal and Ghana and none of those teams will be easy to beat, even with Germany as one of the favorites.
Germany has the chance to make an impact on Friday and they will be looking to play tough and get into Brazil form in the friendly matchup. The team has tough games with the US, Portugal and Ghana and if Cristiano Ronaldo is out, Portugal will not be as tough to play.
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