Two games out of two, six points, and one more needed to guarantee a “home” quarter-final in the Mannschaft’s base in Danzig. Next up, Denmark – northern neighbours and recent rivals who have provided some entertaining moments in recent European
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
It will never get old. Every time the Nationalmannschaft gets one over these guys, I feel far better than if we had beaten Spain, Italy or even the Three Lions. It was close in the end and perhaps should have
Anyone who who is on this site should know what is going down in the otherwise obscure Eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv tonight, and if you don’t… Hmm. To avoid repeating much of what I have said in the last
Now that we have all had a very pleasant night’s sleep – or not, if you happen to be currently in Lviv – we can take a closer look at yesterday’s performance – and the player ratings. There were some
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.
So, we now have less than two hours to go until the Nationalmannschaft’s tournament kicks off – so here’s a brief overview of the eleven players that are likely to start against Portugal in the Arena Lviv. Kicker Online have
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.
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.
A new year, a new green and white Trikot harking back to the glory days of 1972, a prestige friendly against tough opposition: all seemed set for a sparkling start to the slow build-up towards the Euro 2012 finals in
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.