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Germany v Tunisia Live On Star Sports 9:55pm

Semis spot beckons hosts

Afp, Cologne
Hosts Germany have the opportunity to all but book a place in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup when they take on African champions Tunisia on Saturday.
While the opening 4-3 Group A win over Australia was far from convincing the three points means another victory over Tunisia will virtually secure Germany's passage into the last four.
"We were criticised after the Australia game but if we win against Tunisia we are in the semi-finals," said Germany keeper Oliver Kahn.
Kahn is expected to make way for Jens Lehmann in goal, as manager Jurgen Klinsmann continues to rotate his goalkeepers, and the Arsenal man will not want to concede three times.
"We need to be more compact against Tunisia," explained
Klinsmann. "Australia had too much space in midfield and we cannot let that happen again."
Tunisia lost their first group match 2-1 to Argentina, rueing a first half penalty miss, but captain and Ajax star Hatem Trabelsi is confident for the Germany encounter.
"it will be a totally different match against Germany - they play very differently to Argentina and i think we can upset them," Trabelsi said.
Tunisia have played Germany just twice and on both occasions the spoils have been shared, with a 0-0 draw in the 1978 World Cup and a 1-1 friendly draw in Tunis in 1993.
"Tunisia may not be the most attractive team but they are effective," declared Germany captain Michael Ballack.
"They are a good side and their style is more European than African style because of their manager."
Roger Lemerre won this compe-
tition with France in 2001 but just getting out of the group stage with debutants Tunisia would be an achievement.
The last time Germany played in Cologne they beat Belgium 3-0 in a friendly and the local crowd are looking forward to seeing their 20-year-old striking sensation Lukas podolski in action.
"it will be something special for me to play in front of my own fans," admitted podolski. "i hope i can score a goal for them."
The bolder attacking approach of Klinsmann is likely to see podolski and Kevin Kuranyi continue in attack with Ballack coming from deep.
As an attacking unit Germany looked potent in their opening match but must find a way to stabilise a defence that has leaked five goals in its last two matches.
With nothing to lose Tunisia may choose to test out the German backline with a more adventurous line-up.