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They are a nation can never be underestimated in their footballing ability but now that the German national side have entered another golden era, they are entering next year's World Cup and tomorrow's game against England as favourites.
In an international friendly already plagued with injury woes, England will play host to Chile tonight at Wembley with the nation's audience expecting a performance from the new call-ups.
A number of England regulars have pulled out of the friendly match against Chile on Friday - the latest are Steven Gerard and Kyle Walker.
We are well into the 2013/14 season and with the January transfer lurking round the corner, we look at who Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool etc should sign for a better chance of success this season.
After living in the shadow of Lionel Messi for the past four years, there is a growing confidence that Cristiano Ronaldo may win the Ballon d'Or this year - after scoring 24 goals already this season.
No other team in the Barclay's Premier League have taken more points than Southampton in the last six games - proving that they are the in-form English team.
The #WinADiamond weekly competition has finished but may return in the new year. Details of Diamond Football's Christmas competition with Soccer Bible and Pro Direct Soccer will be released soon.
Aaron Ramsey has, arguably, been the best player in the Premier League. But how has the Welshman gone from liability to world-beater?
In the past three seasons, out of 21 games played in November Chelsea have only won six - are The Blues cursed in November?
The Premier League is regarded as the most competitive league in the world. We are only 10 games into the current season and can see why - we explain the method behind our ideology.
Joe Hart's recent blunders between the goalposts have been discussed up and down the country - but what goalkeeping mistakes have been the worst in history?
Ray Clemence, the former Liverpool and Tottenham goalkeeping genius, has announced his retirement from football completely. This has got us thinking which keepers rank amongst the best ever.