Germany and Argentina are playing live for a Euro 2016 qualifying friendly game on Wednesday and the matchup is from ESPRITarena in Düsseldorf as the German World Cup champions face off in a rematch of the final from Brazil and the game starts up at 2:45 pm ET and will be live from ESPN with stream coverage from the WatchESPN website as Lionel Messi and his nation take on the champs.
The two teams now face off just 52 days after playing in the World Cup and that saw Germany win 1-0 in the final to take the trophy in Germany. Germany comes in with some players banged up and some are likely tired from the start of the Euro soccer season along with all the training and play at the World Cup. Mesut Ozil is likely out for this matchup and he should be back in action when Germany p[lays against Scotland for a Sunday match in Euro 2016 qualifying.
The Arsenal star is looking to get fit and this comes ahead of some good news for Arsenal, as they picked up Danny Welbeck from Manchester United on the final day for transfers. Ozil was part of the World Cup win for Germany and he is one of 18 players from that team on the rematch roster for this game against Argentina before the first real matchup on Sunday and that will be from Dortmund.
Lionel Messi showed why he is arguably the best player in the world during the World Cup in Brazil, but he comes in injured and will not be playing for Argentina during this game. Erik Lamela and Benfica winger Nicolas Gaitan will be coming in and Messi is out while dealing with some muscle issues, but it is not a serious injury and he should be back when the team picks up next. The report says that Messi was injured over the weekend when Barcelona was playing against Villarreal.
Messi will be getting a major reinforcement coming soon, as Luis Suarez will join the team next month once his ban is up for biting at the World Cup. Suarez moved to Barca this summer after a nice run at Liverpool that saw him lead the EPL in scoring and win the yearly awards in England. Germany forward Marco Reus will be key as this match and the qualifying moves along and he comes in after missing the Cup with an injury.
The German side will have some changes, as Miroslav Klose, captain Philipp Lahm and Per Mertesacker are all done and that means some other names will have to step things up for the World Cup champs. The win was the fourth Cup win for Germany and now they come into the qualifying with Georgia, Poland, Gibraltar, Scotland and Ireland in Group D for the euro 2016 tournament.
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