After Saturday’s gruesome horror show against the Netherlands in Amsterdam, the knives are out for German coach Jogi Löw. The next challenge is no easier as die Nationalmannschaft take on newly-crowned world champions France in Paris. Having lost five times
Two big games, one new face: Germany take on Netherlands and France in UEFA Nations League double-header
After last month’s UEFA Nations League opener against France, Germany are on the road to face the Netherlands and France as the competition hots up. Die Nationalmannschaft are first up against the Oranje in Amsterdam, before they head to Paris
Germany v France: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
Ahead of Germany’s first match of the season against France, there was plenty of trepidation. Badly traumatised and with the wounds still raw from this summer’s debacle in Russia, a match against the team that had taken the World Cup
The recovery begins: three new faces for France and Peru
For many German fans, the pain of this summer’s World Cup is still fresh, the wounds still raw. It may take a while longer to truly start the recovery process. Football continues, however, and the new season starts with a
Mannschaft saved at the death by supersub Stindl
Germany extended their unbeaten tun to 21 matches with a last-gasp draw at home to neighbours and reigning world champions France in Köln. In what a large evenly contested match, the home side twice went a goal down before substitute
Rounding off the year. Hopefully in style.
The second week in November sees Germany close off the year, with two prestige friendlies. The Mannschaft are in England to take on old foes England at Wembley, and four days later they line up in Köln against neighbours France.
Euro 2016: Wrapping Up
Unlike in 2014, there are no glorious reviews of Euro 2016 – just a sober postmortem and another sigh of “what could have been”. Germany showed that they were one of the better if not the best team at this
France v Germany: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
All good things have to come to an end. Germany had come into their Euro semi-final against hosts France with more than a degree of confidence after their dramatic quarter-final victory over (former) bogey team Italy, but in the end
Semi-Final Preview: History favours the Mannschaft. Or does it?
History, omens, form, fitness, psychology. Some of many things one has to factor in when attempting to do the impossible – namely, to write a preview for a high-profile football match. I usually try to avoid this sort of thing,
Closing in on the last sixteen
With four points on the board ahead of their final group against Northern Ireland at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Joachim Löw’s Germany are assured a top three finish, and have one foot in the last sixteen. While the
Defeat in Paris for the Mannschaft, but a bigger defeat for humanity
Usually I release the minute by minute match report a few hours after the end of the match. Barring a few edits and typo corrections, it is usually ready to go. Things were a little different after the game in
The return of a classic
Ahead of Germany’s up and coming prestige close of the year friendlies against France and the Netherlands, the new home Trikot has been revealed with the usual media fanfare. In contrast to the current version, it is something of a