The World Cup has reached the-semi-final stage. In the normal football universe, we would be looking forward to a last-four meeting with Croatia right now. German fans everywhere would be celebrating yet another victory over England, possibly from the penalty
After the staggering comeback against Sweden, everything is back in Germany’s hands for their final group phase match against South Korea in Kazan. A win should guarantee safe passage through to the knockout stages, and despite the shaky start Jogi
After the last-second victory against Sweden, Germany’s World Cup campaign is back in their hands. Like in South Africa in 2010 when they came into their final group match against Ghana, Die Mannschaft need to win to guarantee their progress
At half-time against Sweden in Sochi, Germany were teetering on the brink. Another half of the same, and we would have been talking about the Nationalmannschaft’s earliest elimination in the tournament since 1938. Eighty years. Instead, we witnessed ten men
Crunch time. After their opening group phase defeat against Mexico in Moscow, it is make or break for Jögi Low’s men in Sochi against Sweden. One has to go back sixty years to find the last World Cup defeat for
Germany’s World Cup campaign would get off to a horrible start in Moscow, with a 1-0 defeat against Mexico. Coming into the match as hot favourites, the reigning world champions were out-thought and outplayed by a fast-paced and well-drilled Mexican
Before I set down to write my in depth analysis and churn out a post-match video piece, I will share some stream of consciousness stuff here. A lot of the time, I post a reply to somebody else, and just
After much speculation, debate and untimely final squad poster leaks, Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw has make the final tweaks to his German world cup squad. The 27 is now down to the final 23 who will be on the plane to
Time for something a little different today, as part of the gradual buildup towards the World Cup. We now have less than two weeks until things kick off in Russia, and sixteen days before Germany get their campaign underway. Today
When the draw was made last December for next month’s World Cup, Germany were provided with a challenging, but workable, set of three opponents. Three countries that, for fans of the Mannschaft, will be familiar without having to trawl too
Avoiding the protracted selection process before previous tournaments, Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw announced a rump squad of 27 players this morning. After the two upcoming friendly matches against Austria and Saudi Arabia, this will be shaved down to the final 23
After the 1-0 friendly win against England in Dortmund, Germany resume their World Cup qualifying campaign with a trip to Azerbaijan. Having started their campaign brightly, the Azeris would come unstuck with a 4-0 defeat in Belfast against Northern Ireland,