The Nationalmannschaft would round off their calendar year in satisfactory style against England at Wembley, a ground that has become home from home. With a place in the World Cup safely in the bag Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw would use the
It’s a dry but slightly chilly evening in North-West London, with England taking on a German side described by many as a B-Team in front of a crowd of just under eighty-six thousand. The home team are in their white
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
Joachim Löw’s side would close out 2013 with two prestige friendlies, the first of which would take place in Milan’s famous San Siro against old rivals and tournament bête noire Italy. The encounter would give the Nationaltrainer the perfect opportunity
Having been unable to watch this game live – it would not be broadcast in the United Kingdom and I would be in Edinburgh having dinner after a long walk in the city – I would return home to watch
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 would round off their World Cup qualifying campaign with a visit to Stockholm’s new Friends Arena, in a game that given both sides’ qualification for the finals would be tantamount to a friendly warm-down. That said, both sides would
It’s a cool and dry evening in Stockholm’s new Friends Arena, located in the district of Solna. With both sides already through to the next year’s World Cup finals, this game is all about results and records. While the Swedes
The penultimate fixture of Germany’s World Cup qualifying campaign would see them take on the Republic of Ireland in Köln’s Rhein-Energie-Stadion, with the Nationalmannschaft needing a win to secure their automatic passage to Brazil. Having beaten the Irish 6-1 on
It’s a wet evening in Köln, and the bad weather appears to have headed north… To provide a little context, I have gone native once again for this World Cup encounter. After spending most of the day trying to escape
So, two matches in five days. Six points, six goals, two clean sheets. In short, job done. While we could simply take things as they are and look forward to Germany wrapping up their qualifying campaign next month at home
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