Group D - Germany

Welcome to the Group of Death, opening with Germany. Now Germany have a 'history', let's say, with a lot of teams at the World Cup, which could add to the rivalry and atmosphere in every game. Brilliant.

Every memeber of their squad is based in Germany, which hasn't happened for years. With the loss of Michael Ballack, they could be missing a natural leader, but Germany will do well this year.

Capital City: Berlin
Captain: Philipp Lahm
Manager: Joachim Low
Star Man: Mesut Ozil - he hasn't played many games for Germany, but what a player. This kid is just a speed machine - he's like Wayne Rooney was when he was at Everton. Expect big stuff from him this year, and a big move in the near future.
Group Games: Australia (13th June); Serbia (18th June); Ghana (23rd June)
Adam's Prediction: Should win the group comfortably, and will win in the second round, but I don't think they'll get much further than the quarters. 1st in Group D.

Full Squad:
Goalkeepers: Joerg Butt (Bayern Munich), Manuel Neuer (Schalke), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen) 

Defenders: Dennis Aogo (Hamburger SV), Holger Badstuber (Bayern Munich), Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Jerome Boateng (Hamburger SV), Marcell Jansen (Hamburger SV), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Werder Bremen), Serdar Tasci (Stuttgart) 

Midfielders: Sami Khedira (Stuttgart), Toni Kroos (Bayer Leverkusen), Marko Marin (Werder Bremen), Mesut Oezil (Werder Bremen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Piotr Trochowski (Hamburger SV) 

Forwards: Cacau (Stuttgart), Mario Gomez (Bayern Munich), Stefan Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Bayern Munich), Thomas Mueller (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (Cologne)