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
Germany v Netherlands – Analysis
Latest News from Kyiv
Time for an update on the latest team news, and what – according to Kicker at least – looks like something approaching an experimental line-up by Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw. Having initially been left behind at the team hotel, Mario Gómez
Ukraine Update…
Time for some latest news on the team for the friendly against the Ukraine in Kyiv this coming Friday, and the bad news that noth Miroslav Klose and Marco Reus are both out of the running. While I didn’t actually
The Squad for the Ukraine and the Netherlands
Next week we see the Nationalmannschaft in two rather tasty-looking fixtures: away in Kiev against Euro 2012 co-hosts the Ukraine and then what should should be a classic at Hamburg’s AWD Arena against old rivals the Netherlands – twenty-three years
Ten out of ten?
Tomorrow evening Germany take on second-placed Belgium in Düsseldorf, in what will hopefully be a gala sign-off to what has been an encouraging and highly satisfactory qualifying campaign. While the game is technically meaningless for the Mannschaft there is still
Team News Update
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
Squad for Turkey and Belgium
The qualifying round for the 2012 European Championship is almost at an end, as Joachim Löw’s side finish off their campaign with fixtures in Turkey and at home to Belgium. While the Mannschaft have safely qualified for next year’s finals
Back to business… The squads for Austria and Poland
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
Philipp Lahm: A Very Silly Boy
Another autobiography, another round of controversy – this time from current skipper Philipp Lahm. Those of us who follow the German game closely will know that Lahm is an intelligent, articulate, thoughtful man who wears his heart on his sleeve
Auf Wiedersehen Balla…
When the Nationalmannschaft produced a sparkling display to beat Brazil for the first time in eighteen years yesterday the talk was all about Euro 2012, the dynamic young team and its new starlet Mario Götze. However in the days leading
Squad for Brazil match announced…
Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw has today named the twenty-two man squad for the friendly in Stuttgart against Brazil this coming Wednesday, and among the small tweaks there is one new addition – Borussia Dortmund’s new signing from 1. FC Nürnberg, İlkay
Last-minute drama in Vienna…
I can only get in a short report of this evening’s match in Vienna, as we are off on holiday this evening… Nach Deutschland! Thankfully this evening’s encounter was a case of all’s well that ends well, with Jogi Löw’s