After the 3-0 win over Austria on Friday Joachim Löw’s side are looking for another three points against the Faroe Islands, who are currently sitting bottom of the group table with no return from their seven matches played. It should
Germany v Austria: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
The Allianz-Arena in München would see Germany resume their World Cup qualifying campaign, and while a number if team goals and personal milestones would be met, there is still a way to go yet. Having the 3-3 draw against Paraguay
Missions and Milestones met in München
So, after last month’s rather painful 3-3 draw against Paraguay in Kaiserslautern, it’s back to the serious stuff with the first match of the World Cup double header against Austria at Munich’s Allianz Arena. Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw will be looking
Netherlands v Germany: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
This was billed as a prestige friendly to end the calendar year, and seen by some as the third chapter in a three-part series that had started with the Mannschaft’s 3-0 win in Hamburg a year previously. Given the almost
Republic of Ireland v Germany: Will German eyes be smiling?
After two wins in their opening two fixtures against the Faroe Islands and Austria, Joachin Löw’s side face a far tougher double-header – with the first match in Dublin against the Republic of Ireland followed by a home meeting with
Mario Balotelli ruined my Summer
It is hard to believe that the Euros are finally all over. Ten qualifying matches. Months of anticipation and buildup. Then, just over three weeks of football, extracting every last emotion and shredding every last nerve. Especially if you were
Germany v Italy: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
I never thought it would come to this – my last ratings report of Euro 2012, and I’m not writing about the final. Instead, another semi-final against that old banana skin Italy, and yet another painful defeat.
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
The Team According to Kicker
So, we now have less than two hours to go until the Nationalmannschaft’s tournament kicks off – so here’s a brief overview of the eleven players that are likely to start against Portugal in the Arena Lviv. Kicker Online have
The Group of Death
OK, I’ve been holding off this one for a while – but the time has come to finally provide you all with some potted previews of the Mannschaft’s three group opponents for the upcoming Euro finals. Not too much depth:
Mission 2012
So, we now know the final twenty-three man squad that will be going to the Euros. No surprise really – the selection was exactly was what I expected, though it would have been nice had the Maharishi Jogi gone with
Blamage in Basel
Joachim Löw’s German side started their penultimate match before the European Championship finals without their FC Bayern München contingent – and it showed. In what was a fractured, chaotic performance defined by a particularly poor defensive display