With less that three months to go before Germany’s World Cup campaign kicks off in Brazil against Portugal, the build-up begins today with an interesting and potentially testing fixture against fellow qualifiers Chile.
Brazil 2014 begins today
Smarter than the average bear?
Just a quick update before tonight’s encounter against England at Wembley, one more game to add to the list. According to reports Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw is set to rest a number of key players in the last international fixture of
Not just one, but two…
A fixture that can be called a “Klassiker” is a rare thing – outside of the major tournaments, you may be lucky to get one in a year. However as the year comes to a close the Nationalmannschaft have got
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
Six More Points On Offer…
After the bizarre opening fixture of 2013/14 against Paraguay, the serious stuff starts up again with a World Cup Qualifier double header against Austria and the Faroe Islands. With six points on offer, Joachim Löw’s side will have the opportunity
Germany v Paraguay: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
The first match of the 2013/14 season – and indeed the first tentative steps on the road to next year’s FIFA World Cup in Brazil – would be taken on a dry evening in Kaiserslautern’s Fritz-Walter-Stadion. The opposition: Paraguay, a
Paraguay. Peinlich.
Usually the first early season friendly fixture sees a German side packed with youngsters, but for what I think is the first time in his tenure as Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw has named a close to full-strength starting eleven – with
2013/14 Kicks off in Kaiserslautern
It’s difficult to believe how quickly the last few months have gone – maybe it has been the exceptionally decent weather. When I last looked at the match countdown there would be more than ninety days until Germany’s opening friendly
Germany v Kazakhstan: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
Five days after returning from the Kazakh capital Astana, Joachim Löw’s side would line up against the same opposition in the more familiar environs of Nürnberg’s Frankenstadion, albeit with the weather being more like Siberia as opposed to Franconia at
A schizophrenic display in chilly Nürnberg
There’s no coverage here in the UK once again – ESPN are showing Scotland against Serbia – so it’s find the stream time again. I manage to find a pretty stable one from Al Jazeera, with commentary in English. Bonus.
Kazakhstan v Germany: Match Analysis and Player Ratings
Having suffered the ignominy of blowing a four-goal lead in Berlin against Sweden at the end of 2012, Joachim Löw’s German side would look to get the 2013 leg of their campaign off to a winning start against Kazakhstan in