so what does this mean brehs
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So a draw in the game between Portugal and Ghana and both USA and Germany advance.
Draw between USA and Germany and they both advance.
If Germany looses, Germany will probably still advance unless there is a blowout victory in one of the two matches, because they have the best goal difference.
If the US looses, they still have a decent chance if Portugal wins, because Portugal has to score a lot against Ghana (which seems highly unlikely at this point), unless Germany scores big against the US. If Ghana wins narrowly against Portugal and the US looses narrowly against Germany, USA might still advance, depending on the exact scores. The next tie breaker after goal difference is total Goals scored. If total goals scored would be the same for Ghana and the US, US would advance because they won against Ghana.
Frankly, i can't imagine that we (germany) are going in against the US because a draw would still be enough to become first in the group and it seems to be Löws plan to conserve power. The question is if Klinsmann is content with playing it safe, because if a goal is scored late against the US, the face the danger of being eliminated. Also germany isn't a team that's really well suited to temporize, as the team has a really offensive DNA. I'm also kinda afraid of the power of the US, because our defense already had big problems against the fast and powerful offense of Ghana. Lastly, second place probably means facing Belgium which probably both the US and Germany want to avoid, even though Belgium has disappointed so far.
Also, if Germany looses 0-2 and Ghana wins 3-0, a coin toss would decide if Ghana or Germany would advance
The same would happen between Portugal and the US if the US loose 3-2 and Portugal wins 4-0.
