A new year, a new green and white Trikot harking back to the glory days of 1972, a prestige friendly against tough opposition: all seemed set for a sparkling start to the slow build-up towards the Euro 2012 finals in
So, here we are with the first match of 2012 – doesn’t time fly. It’s a slightly damp evening in the northern city of Bremen, where the Nationalmannschaft are taking on neighbours France and hope to secure their first win
Well, it’s less than twelve hours until the Mannschaft kick off their first match of 2012 against France in Bremen – and time for an update on the team line-up. Despite rumours circulating that he was not completely fit –
The 22-man squad has just been named for next week’s friendly international against France in Bremen, and with the Euro finals fast approaching there are no surprises or new names. The squad has a slightly weaker look to it on
Finally – after months of anticipation – the new green away kit has been revealed by the DFB. Sporting the DFB Adler in black on a white disc surmounted by three championship stars in subtle green thread, the new incarnation
Just a quick note to wish all of you reading this a Happy New Year – and what will be come summertime a Happy New Championship-Winning Year!
Just a quick one today, just to say that two pre-tournament warm-up fixtures have now been arranged in late May and early June. This means that there are now three friendly matches for the Nationalmannschaft between now and their opening
So, finally – time for more analysis of the game against the Netherlands from earlier this week, as well as the usual player ratings. Although this was a only a friendly, the perfomance has to go down as one of