Following the Nationalmannschaft’s third group phase victory against Denmark, there would be much talk about the eleven would start the quarter-final against Greece. Most of us expected the same team that had taken to the field against both Portugal and
After the lovely refreshing glass of freshly-squeezed orange juice on Wednesday, we can now add to that a rather nice Danish pastry – though at times it did taste a little half-baked.
A settled team, a striker who really appears to have found his shooting boots, three more points, and a foot in the quarter-finals of the Euros… I don’t think that as supporters of the Nationalmannschaft we could have asked for
What a match. Seventy minutes of frustration, one minute of sheer elation, and just under twenty minutes of desperation and panic. But all in all, a successful start to the Euro 2012 campaign and three points safely in the bag.
It’s just three days to go until Germany take on Portugal in L’viv, and there’s time for at least a couple more pre-tournament posts before we finally get going with the real stuff. I will be keeping myself busy during
After Saturday’s failed experiment in Basel, yesterday’s final pre-tournament friendly in Leipzig against Israel could best be described as a workmanlike effort against obdurate opposition – a victory without frills.
Joachim Löw’s side made their way back home and to Leipzig’s Zentralstadion – known these days as the Red-Bull-Arena – for their final game before next month’s European Championships, with the coach expected to make the few final tweaks to
Now that everyone has had time to discuss yesterday’s experiment/disaster/wake up call in Basel, it’s time for my analysis of the match, the players and where everything stands – or in my view should stand – with the selection of
So, the Euros are fast approaching, and the first of the pre-tournament friendlies is upon us. With Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw needing to trim his preliminary squad of twenty-seven down to the final twenty-three, the time has come for some of
With just over a month remaining until the big kick-off in Poland and the Ukraine, the preliminary group of twenty-seven players have been named by Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw.
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
As as usual form in the days leading up to any match, there has been the usual spate of weekend injuries that has affected the team that will line up on Wednesday in Bremen against France.