Arch rivals Germany and England do battle yet again while Diego Maradona's all-attacking Argentina expect to knock out Mexico for a second consecutive World Cup in two mouth-watering clashes on Sunday.Though England won their only World Cup by beating then West Germany 4-2 in 1966, they paid for it in later decades, going out to them on penalties in the 1990 World Cup semi-finals in Italy and the 1996 European championship in London.Germany have injury problems with striker Cacau confirmed out from an abdominal muscle strain, and midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger and defender Jerome Boateng doubtful.England's problems are more psychological, the confidence and fluency of a near-perfect qualifying round deserting them in the first stage when they stuttered to two draws before sneaking through with a 1-0 win over lowly Slovenia. No less intriguing is Argentina's game against Mexico which pits two attack-minded and slick-passing teams.Just as happened with him in the 1986 World Cup that Argentina won, Maradona has built a team around his brilliant world player of the year, Lionel Messi. He has lit up the tournament with his dribbling and shots though is yet to score.The Mexicans want revenge after Argentina dumped them out of the World Cup in Germany four years ago, 2-1 in extra time.Maradona, whose brilliant playing career was tarnished by drug problems, is enjoying a personal renaissance as coach.
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