September 1st 2001. I was on my way home having spent three weeks travelling around Poland, somewhere between Danzig and Koszalin. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Internet, just a ropey mobile telephone connection to my roving text reporter – my
Sami Khedira, Mario Gómez, Marco Reus, and now a fourth name – Sven Bender. With the Austria game now just over two days away, Nationaltrainer Joachim Löw is down to a squad of twenty-one. The BV 09 Borussia Dortmund midfielder
While the Philipp Lahm story continues with yet more snapshot excerpts from the tabloid Bild, the mundane business of football goes on – and with it the news that Mario Gómez has had to pull out of the national team
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
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
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
I am trying something new for the blog this season whenever I can – the “as it happened” match report as opposed to an after-the-event piece. The aim is to try and get the report to have a bit more
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
So today saw the draw for the group qualification stage for the 2014 World Cup, and what is a somewhat familiar-looking group for Germany. In what is a six-team Group C, the Nationalmannschaft have been pitted against Sweden, Austria, the
A late and final update on the recent FIFA competitions now, which admittedly went a bit flat after the German women were eliminated in their own tournament by Japan and the Under-17s blew a 2-1 to lose their semi-final to
Well, a couple of days. In my last blog entry I waxed lyrical about the hopes of the women’s side and the Under 17s… Only to see both campaigns come to a juddering halt.
As you all know, this site is dedicated to the Nationalmannschaft – which in strict terms means the first team. However it can also be applied to others wearing the Schwarz und Weiß, and it just so happens that two