When your team wins 4-0, there is usually no reason to complain. Yet the reaction in Germany after their fourth game in the qualifying campaign for Euro 2016 would see plenty of consternation and more hand-wringing. The Nationalmannschaft had registered
This morning Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw would name his 23-man squad for the European Championship qualifier against minnows Gibraltar and the friendly against reigning tournament champions Spain, and amidst the familiar names and post-injury recalls there would be yet another new
A year and three days after their last meeting in Köln, Germany host the Republic of Ireland at the the Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, looking to erase the bad memories of the previous Saturday’s defeat in Poland and get their Euro
Battered, bloodied and bruised but far from broken, Bastian Schweinsteiger had gone through the entire gamut of emotions in Rio de Janiero on 13th July, 2014. As he emerged from the final battle with the Nationalmannschaft securing the coveted golden
As promised, here’s my update on the squad for the up-coming double header against Turkey and Belgium, and my selected lineup. Jogi Löw has made things easy this month by making few changes to the squad selected for the last
With the Nationalmannschaft now safely in the mix for next year’s feast of football in Poland and the Ukraine, and I have now switched into another gear in the hope of having a number of key sections of this site
After the media blow-up that was the Philipp Lahm saga, it’s back to business today with the just-released squad list for the European Championship qualifier against Austria (2nd September) in Gelsenkirchen and the friendly international against Poland (6th September) in