Good evening from the Franconian city of Würzburg (OK, this was written the day after the event), where I have just seen the Nationalmannschaft round off the 2010-2011 season with a solid if unspectacular win against a game yet ineffective
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
Right, I’ll give in and share it here. A friend of mine on Facebook pointed me in the direction of a site where the new Adidas design for the 2012-14 Germany shirts have been leaked… (Sorry, the link is now
OK, so we have what looks like a team line-up for tonight’s Euro 2012 qualifier against Austria in Vienna; deprived of the services of Bastian Schweinsteiger, Marco Reus and Miroslav Klose, Jogi Löw is also without defensive midfielder Sami Khedira
Latest news: it has been revealed that Miroslav Klose suffered rib contusions following a mid-air clash with Uruguayan ‘keeper Fernando Muslera yesterday, meaning that he is out of the two European Championship qualifying games against Austria and Azerbaijan.
The Jogi Löw era has brought much success, and the raw statistics bear this out. However, the results in friendly fixtures over this otherwise successful period have not been that great, mainly on account of the Nationaltrainer’s use of these
Just checked the Kicker website, and the injury issues are adding up. Neuling Marco Reus is definitely out of the Uruguay game, and given that this was the fixture he might have been looking to start, it is looking unlikely
After a busy end to the domestic season, 2010/2011 finally comes to a close for the Nationalmannschaft with a home friendly and two away fixtures – with the aim being to secure all six points and place one foot firmly
OK, it was a friendly. Yes, there were a couple of duff penalty decisions – one given to Australia, one not given to Germany. Yes, the game flipped on its head in a crazy three minute spell. Yes, Australia’s penalty
Nothing less than a convincing victory was expected last night against Kazakhstan, and in terms of the eventual outcome Germany delivered. Three more points in the bag, four more goals on the tally. But it could have been so much
Two games, two contrasting opponents, one 22-man squad. Yes, it’s that time again. Germany’s European Championship qualifying campaign picks up again on the 26th of this month with the home tie in Kaiserslautern against Kazakhstan, and nothing less than a
There was a vote on satellite channel ESPN for viewers to decide which match to show live: Germany-Italy or France-Brazil in Paris. The Germany game got the short straw and hence was shown after the France game finished (the French