We now know Germany’s next opponents: old friends Italy, who claimed the final semi-final spot after a penalty shootout win against a brave, well-organised but ultimately toothless England side in Kiev.
Of Moles and Men
Germany v Greece: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
So here we are: another fine team performance, and yet another major tournament semi-final. Fifteen competitive victories in a row, and two away from a record-extending fourth European Championship title. The worst thing now will be the waiting.
Ouzo does it.
Following the Nationalmannschaft’s third group phase victory against Denmark, there would be much talk about the eleven would start the quarter-final against Greece. Most of us expected the same team that had taken to the field against both Portugal and
Inside the Mind of the Maharishi Jogi
Three games, three times the same line up – Jérôme Boateng’s one match suspension aside – and everyone expecting more of the same for this evening’s quarter-final against Greece.
Greece is the Word.
At the end of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010, Germany beat Uruguay 3-2 to clinch third place. Since then, they have played a further thirteen competitive matches, winning them all. Ten from ten in qualifying for the
Germany v Denmark: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
Three wins from three and maximum points in a European Championship group phase for the first time – easy. Or not, given that this was yet another tough match that could very easily have swung in the opposite direction.
Danish Pastries
After the lovely refreshing glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice on Wednesday, we can now add to that a rather nice Danish pastry – though at times it did taste a little half-baked.
I’ll have a Danish, please.
Two games out of two, six points, and one more needed to guarantee a “home” quarter-final in the Mannschaft’s base in Danzig. Next up, Denmark – northern neighbours and recent rivals who have provided some entertaining moments in recent European
The Seventh Centurion
Charlton Heston? Russell Crowe? Michael Palin? No, a certain Lukas Podolski – who looks set to win his hundredth international cap against Denmark in Lviv on Sunday – becoming the seventh player to reach the mark for the Nationalmannschaft.
Germany v Netherlands: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
A settled team, a striker who really appears to have found his shooting boots, three more points, and a foot in the quarter-finals of the Euros… I don’t think that as supporters of the Nationalmannschaft we could have asked for
Oranje Juice: Netherlands squeezed by rampant Germany
It will never get old. Every time the Nationalmannschaft gets one over these guys, I feel far better than if we had beaten Spain, Italy or even the Three Lions. It was close in the end and perhaps should have
Building up to the big one…
Anyone who who is on this site should know what is going down in the otherwise obscure Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv tonight, and if you don’t… Hmm. To avoid repeating much of what I have said in the last