The Black Stars are pinning their goalscoring hopes on 24-year-old Gyan, scorer of both their goals at the tournament so far from the penalty spot. The striker is likely to be marked by Per Mertesacker, solid at the finals up to now and starting the match with a definite height advantage at 1.98 metres to Gyan's 1.86.
0 – Three-time FIFA World Cup™ winners Germany have never failed to progress beyond the first group round of the tournament.
"There's no reason to change anything. We have to keep playing the same way. We played badly in 2008, but we’ve been good in both our games here at the World Cup. The pressure's on now, but there's always pressure in any case. We're well able to cope, and that includes the younger players. I'm not in the slightest bit worried that we might not win the game. We'll neutralise Ghana," Philipp Lahm, Germany captain
