Finally, after all the pre-tournament hype, we have seen some football. The opening game would see the hosts Brazil record a 3-1 win over Croatia, but the score would not really reflect what had happened over the ninety minutes. Two
So it begins…
Yet another Group of Death
Yes, it’s getting a little boring now. While some seeded teams would get away with some really easy groups – I’m looking at you, Argentina and Belgium – Germany would again end up with a stinker. In short, yet another
Another man down
The squad of twenty-seven players taken to the training camp in Italy is now down to twenty-six, following the withdrawal of gritty midfielder Lars Bender thorough injury. The absence of the Bayer 04 Leverkusen defensive midfielder leaves Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw
Earplugs at the ready: Mannschaft-Musik
With the World Cup Finals just around the corner, it will soon be time for us to gear our ears for yet another tournament anthem specially made to encourage and drive Jogi’s Jungs to success. With it being Brazil, my
One Cap Wonders No. 4: Thomas Wolter
Porto Alegre, 12th December 1992 December 1992, and Berti Vogts’ German side are on a tour-match tour to South America to take on Brazil in Porto Alegre, and then Uruguay in Montevideo. The touring squad includes a number of new
The Götzinho Show
I am trying something new for the blog this season whenever I can – the “as it happened” match report as opposed to an after-the-event piece. The aim is to try and get the report to have a bit more
Squad for Brazil match announced…
Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw has today named the twenty-two man squad for the friendly in Stuttgart against Brazil this coming Wednesday, and among the small tweaks there is one new addition – Borussia Dortmund’s new signing from 1. FC Nürnberg, İlkay
World Cup 2014 draw
So today saw the draw for the group qualification stage for the 2014 World Cup, and what is a somewhat familiar-looking group for Germany. In what is a six-team Group C, the Nationalmannschaft have been pitted against Sweden, Austria, the
Two thirds…
A late and final update on the recent FIFA competitions now, which admittedly went a bit flat after the German women were eliminated in their own tournament by Japan and the Under-17s blew a 2-1 to lose their semi-final to