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The big news filtering through from Durban this evening is that Fernando Torres has been dropped by Del Bosque in favour of Barcelona striker Pedro Rodriguez. The manager had been backing Torres publicly all week, but you’d expect nothing else in the build-up to such a big game. 22 year old Pedrito is starting only his seventh game in Spain’s colours, and has one international goal to his name. For Germany, the influential Thomas Muller misses out through suspension, and Piotr Trochowski comes in for his first start this tournament. Freidrich and Khedira have both shaken off knocks to make the starting eleven. Fabregas is fit to take his place on the bench for Spain. [Read more...]