RIO Olympics 2016 football preview and Prediction:Mexico vs Germany
Rio Olympics 2016 men football Mexico vs Germany a super classic game is expected.Mexico a football powerhouse from North America Zone ,Germany World Champion and European football power house will meet each other on August 5,2016 at Arena Fonte Nova.Mexico qualified for Rio Olympics 2016 after winning CONCACAF OlymPic Championship.Mexico beat Honduras in final by 2-0. Mexico is Olympic Champion of football.Mexico won gold medal in London Olympics 2012 by beating Brazil.
Germany footbal team is playing first time in Olympics after unification.West Germany played two times in Olympic Games in 1964 Tokyo Olympics and 1998 in Seoul Olympic Games.West Germny won bronz medal in two Olympics .Germany qualified for Olympics in Under-21 UEFA Euro Championship.
Mexico Team:
Mexico under-23 is coached by Raul Gutierrez. Mexico foot ball team has some very talented player. Oriba Peralta who was key figure of Mexico Winning Team in 2012.Other two players who are 23 plus are goal keeper Alfredo Talavera and defender Jorge Torres.
The 21-year old Pachuca forward Hirving Lozano is going to Manchester United .Majority of Mexican players represent Mexican Liga MX.
Mexico vs Germany:predicted Line-up (4-3-3)
Talavera Goalkeeper
Nilo,Abella,Silva,Aguirre defender
Midfield: Guzman,Pizzaro,Gonzales
Forward: Torres,Lozano and Peralta
Germany Team:
Germany head-coach is Horst Hrubesh.Majority players play in Bundesliga.Serge Gnarby plays for Arsenal.Three over age player in German squad are Lars Bender,Sven Bender and Nls peterson Friburg striker.Goal keeper Timo horn is experienced player.
Mathias Ginter, Max Meyer and Julian Brandt are other player to watch.Meyer is considered”one of the most exciting attacking talents at these games” as per ESPN.Petersen is experienced goal scorer.
Germany vs Mexico:predicted Line-Up(4-2-3-1)
Horn-Toljan,Sule,Klostermann,Ginter-Lars Bender,Sven-Bender- Brandt,Gnarby,Mayer-Peterson
Head to Head stats: Germany vs Mexico
Germany and Mexico played 10 match.Germany won 5,Four draw and only one match won by Mexican.Biggest margin was 7-0 by East Germany vs Mexico.
Prediction:Mexico vs Germany
Germany football side is much stronger than Mexico.German player have experience of playing at highest level.We cannot write off Mexico because same type of side won Olympics Gold medal in 2012.
Predicted Result :Both teams are attacking teams score can go 3-2 .Any one can win buy German is 60:40 favorite for this game.
Match highlights
Mexico vs Germany:
Date:Wednesday,August 5,2016
Kick-off:0:00 UK
Venue:Arena Fonte Nova