Expect David Villa not to be in the line up, the Valencia striker has a muscle tear in his thigh and has been ruled out.

Expect Cesc Fabregas to start. Arsenal's maestro has been having quite a tournament

Expect Michael Ballack to be a gametime decision.

Expect a foul filled initial 20 minutes as the Germans try and break the rhythm of the free flowing Spanish midfield.

Unsere Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel wird am kommenden Wochenende zum Ehrenmitglied des FC Energie Cottbus erklärt. Überzeugt sagte sie in einem Interview: "Wenn sich alle gemeinsam auf die Stärken von Energie besinnen und die Fans ihre Spieler unterstützen, dann wird der Klassenerhalt auch zu schaffen sein.

Germany 1, Austria 0
Croatia 1, Poland
It wasn't the beautiful advertisement for soccer that yesterday's Turkey-Czech Republic game was, but Germany secured the result they needed with a 1-0 win over Austria to advance to the quarterfinals. It's the first quarterfinal berth for Germany since they won Euro '96.

History : - Germany have a superior head-to-head record against Spain. In 19 previous meetings, the Germany have triumphed eight times to Spain's five.
This will be Germany's sixth final, having won three of their previous five - won in 1972, lost in 1976, won in 1980, lost in 1992, won in 1996.

OK. Listen up.
With both Angela Merkel and Abdullah Gül present at last night's Euro 2008 semi Final between Germany and Turkey, our incredibly simple, yet startlingly profitable latter phase match determinator was unable to solve the outcome pre-match.
But, in our collective boredom, we have produced an even more efficient "model".

German chancellor Angela Merkel had enough of the unconvincing performances of the German national team and decided to root for Oranje instead. Outrageously opportunistic but she's a politician after all. Still, it's such a shame, not just from a fashion perspective. And it doesn't even qualify for our Euro 2008

Germany 1, Austria 0
Croatia 1, Poland
It wasn't the beautiful advertisement for soccer that yesterday's Turkey-Czech Republic game was, but Germany secured the result they needed with a 1-0 win over Austria to advance to the quarterfinals. It's the first quarterfinal berth for Germany since they won Euro '96.