OK, I never expected Jogi to choose the team I outlined earlier this week, and the line-up is not too much of a surprise save for Dennis Aogo starting in place of Arne Friedrich and the just fit-again Miro starting
Tonight’s XI
Italy again in Dortmund…
I am sure most of you reading this will want to forget the last time Germany played Italy in Dortmund – so Wednesday’s encounter against the Azzurri might offer an opportunity to make up for some of the hurt of
A goalless finish
Germany finished the year with a goalless draw in Sweden – only the third time in seventeen games where they have failed to hit the target. They could not be accused of not trying, as a largely experimental side including
New faces for Sweden
Tomorrow the Mannschaft take on Sweden in Gothenburg in their final game of what has been a highly entertaining year. Remaining true to his policy of using friendly fixtures to blood younger players, Nationaltrainer Jogi Löw has pencilled in a
A Kazakh Adventure
Kazakhstan. A country unknown to many, and one that would have been unknown to many more were if not for the film about its allegedly most famous son Borat Sagdaev. A country famous for a weird, peasant-like people, bizarre public
The flies are dropping…
Once again, the Mannschaft has been badly hit with illness and injury when closing in on an important tournament qualifier. With Michael Ballack out for the best part of two months and looking increasingly unlikely to wear the Schwarz und
Germany v Azerbaijan: Real-time blog update
Here is my real-time blog for the game against Azerbaijan, shown live on ESPN as part of their commitment to German football. The game started slowly – and perhaps rather ominously with the substitution of Per Mertesacker – but soon