Scholari was probably benching the top players so that they'll be in good shape for the more crucial matches
@highthief: I'm with you on that one. Buffon is far better than Cech, that penalty save against Romania was classic. I don't think Cech would have saved it. Casillas is excellent too, though he hasn't been in danger on the field so far.
Germany has a better lineup, Podolski will be playing, along with Thomas Hitzlsperger and Tim Borowski. Predictably, Gomez has been dropped. I saw some of the World Cup videos, Germany really did play a wonderful game. Klose and Podolski backup each other better than anyone else. Let's hope Klose plays against Austria like did before.
Does anyone have a clip of Hitzlsperger speaking in English? I want to hear his peculiar accent.
@StrangeFamous: The football coverage here is abysmal, just the EPL/BPL, UEFA and qualifiers, and a few of the La Liga matches (Madrid and Barca... Valencia to an extent). It's cricket, cricket, cricket. And cricket. So I always assumed that Brazil, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, France, England, Argentina and Netherlands are the big guns of football. And since many players from these countries (not many from Italy) play for clubs in England, I was more familiar with them.