Articles tagged with "germany"
ESPN Ads Aim to Lure Americans into Watching Euro 2008
By Laurie | May 14th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_7fKzasYjA[/youtube] ESPN has unveiled its new ad campaign for Euro 2008, and I like it. They currently shine the spotlight on five teams: Portugal (pictured),Greece, Italy, Spain and Germany. And wh ...
Weekly Dose 14.05.08
By Jan | May 14th, 2008I recently joined Angela over at the Germany World Cup Blog to do some Euro 2008 blogging. Daryl suggested we post more often now to build a readership ahead of the tournament. But I've already gone through the process with this blog, so why all t ...
The Unluckiest Goalkeeper in the Bundesliga
By Daryl | May 13th, 2008With just seven minutes to go in the game againt Borussia Dortmund this past Saturday, Arminia Bielefeld had a 2-1 lead that would have guaranteed safety from 1. Bundesliga relegation. But then disaster struck. It struck Rowen Fernández r ...
Tim Wiese Kicks Ivica Olic in the Head. And Gets Away With It
By Daryl | May 8th, 2008Oh yes he did. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGplCUlBCtw[/youtube] As spotted on the ever-excellent Bundesliga Offside, this is Werder Bremen keeper Tim Wiese's challenge on Hamburg striker Ivica Olic during the Bundesliga's northern ...
Matt Damon stars in The Ballack Identity
By Jan | May 8th, 2008I realised that I still had to reveal the identity of the kid on this picture. And it was indeed Matt Damon. I might be the last to notice it, but until I scanned YouTube for a video I could use to wrap a post around it, I wasn't aware of this striki ...
Vote: Which Euro 2008 Team Bus Has the Best Slogan?
By Daryl | May 1st, 2008Voters on the UEFA's official Euro 2008 website have been choosing team slogans to plaster on the 16 Euro 2008 team buses. Some good choices from the fans - I particularly like Portugal's "This coach is driven by the Will to Win" (above.) Some inte ...
Game Preview: Expansion Squad v. B Squad?
By Dave Martinez | April 26th, 2008Ive already gone through the Bulls injury problems, which were simply compounded on by the loss of Echeverry. We've even recounted the woe and heartache of a tie against a short handed, over played squad. A weeks gone by, and somehow, I can't s ...
There's A Left Back For Sale
By chris | April 23rd, 2008Many fans knew who Philipp Lahm was before the World Cup in '06. Everybody knew who he was afterwards, and it took only the first six minutes of the tournament for most to sit up and take notice, as you can see above. Well now some people are sit ...
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Hungry for more
By Jan | April 5th, 2008More team blogs: Check out Anna's VfB Stuttgart Offside. (Stuttgart Offside) More power: The Offside is the 35th most powerful blog in the world. Beware. More team blogs: Angela is looking for more bloggers. (Bayern Offside) More shit than y ...
Everybody Wants Them Some Huntelaar & Mario Gomez
By chris | April 3rd, 2008We're hitting that part of the season where transfer rumors go from "ah, we'll see in six months" to "oh, maybe we should be thinking about these a little". Two of the best young names hitting the marker hard right about now are Klaas Jan Huntela ...
The German National Team sets off on an Alpine Adventure
By Jan | April 1st, 2008They take on the Matterhorn and they do it in silent movie fashion. The intertitles read "A difficult path lies ahead of you" and "But you won't take it alone". Also, props to Jens Lehmann who can save more than just penalties. A big global bran ...
5 Things we learned during the International Break
By Jan | March 28th, 20081. Hamburg are missing out. Just look at that photo. Though, Croatia didn't really impress in their friendly against Scotland (1-1) and neither Dortmund's Mladen Petric nor Bremen's Ivan Klasnic could put their names on the score sheet. I'm still a ...
Chelsea Chasing Super Mario?
By Jack | March 18th, 2008German international striker Mario Gomez has revealed that Chelsea has shown interest in his services. To be more specific, the 22-year old, currently plying his trade for Bundesliga outfit VfB Stuttgart, said, "I know Chelsea scouts have watched matches
Weekly Dose 28.2.08
By Jan | February 28th, 2008Once Jogi Löw has announced his Euro 2008 squad, it'll be all downhill for Germany. (Germany Worldcupblog) The new DFB.TV video service presents Germany's way to the Euro 2008. The video ends after the second match against San Marino though. I wonde
Weekly Dose 20.2.08
By Jan | February 20th, 2008Footage from a friendly between Germany and England played back in 1930 - a 3-3 draw. (blinkx.com) 1. FC Kaiserslautern aka the Red Devils are in trouble. (Goal.com) Michael Rensing makes his first step to become a famous goalkeeper by picking up a
Jens Lehmann breaks German Goalkeeping Record
By Jan | February 6th, 2008A run of 531 minutes without conceding a goal means Jens Lehmann set up a new national team record, following Germany's 3-0 victory over Austria. A record he held anyway (530 minutes without conceding a goal between 2002 and 2005). Not bad, and to ho ...
Germany's National Team takes the hard Way to Austria and Switzerland
By Jan | February 6th, 2008If you were the first team to qualify for the Euros and are a favourite with the bookies to win the whole thing, you need to find yourself a new challenge. And should Michael Ballack ever have ambitions to drive an old DeLorean back to 1985, to get a ...
Classic Snapshot: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler
By Jan | December 13th, 2007A follow up to the Johan Cruijff post, as I thought I could just as well turn this day into Dutch-German football rivalry day at the Bundesliga Offside. Credit goes to Inara from the Lyon Offside for digging this one up. Frank Rijkaard spits at Rudi Völ
Weekly Dose 25.11.07
By Jan | November 25th, 2007A new adidas commercial to go with the new German national team kit. (YouTube) Latest rumours: Jürgen Klinsmann and Bernd Schuster are linked to the England job. (AFP) Hooray: The meaningless Ligapokal has been cancelled until the DFL comes up wit
Bundesliga Offside Rewind: They've given their all
By Jan | November 23rd, 2007As in: the German players who held Wales to a 0-0 draw at home, Jogi Löw who motivated them from the sidelines and the team of Bundesliga Offside bloggers who kept you entertained. In an attempt to assimilate every possible regular feature from all over
International Break Wrap-Up: Confidence Boosts for Valdez, Podolski and Simunic
By Jan | November 19th, 2007International breaks are one of those unnecessary evils our poor club officials have to cope with these days. In the worst case players pick up an injury or at least come back exhausted and jet-legged. The former happened to Bayern Munich's Bastian S ...
Weekly Dose 06.11.07
By Jan | November 6th, 2007I should have written a short blog post that mentions and celebrates the fact that Germany will host the Women's World Cup in 2011. To make up for it a little, here's a link to a blog post, that mentions and celebrates the fact that Germany will host t
Video: Jogi Löw is handed a Cowbell
By Jan | October 26th, 2007Here is a video of Jogi Löw, after Germany just suffered a humiliating defeat against the Czech Republic in their Euro 2008 qualifier two weeks ago. The guy to his left is the coach of second division side Mainz 05, who just analysed for him, everyt ...
Closing Comments on Ashkan Dejagah
By Jan | October 20th, 2007I had previously blogged about the controversy surrounding Germany's U21 national team player Ashkan Dejagah, and it's time to conclude this story with the latest developments of last week. While the backbench politicians who demanded his suspension f
International Break Wrap-Up
By Jan | October 20th, 2007I used the international break to play the lazy card and take the week off. Maybe I would have felt the urge to blog if someone had packed a bit more excitement into Germany's two Euro 2008 qualifiers. Now I'm really looking forward to the Bundesliga, Cha
Classic Duel: Jan Koller vs Philipp Lahm
By Jan | October 19th, 2007Jan Koller and Philipp Lahm fight for the ball, during the Euro 2008 qualifying match between the Czech Republic and Germany (1-2) back in March. ...
Hypothetical: Is Bayern Munich better than the German National Team?
By Jan | October 11th, 2007It's happy days for Bayern Munich's management, whose expensively upgraded squad is currently dominating the Bundesliga at will. They are actually so happy, that they feel confident enough to claim that Bayern Munich has the edge over Germany's flagship a
Women's World Cup Final: Germany 2-0 Brazil
By Jan | September 30th, 2007That was a hard fought victory for the women's national team. The first fifteen to twenty minutes saw chances and possession shared evenly among the two teams. Germany pulled of a great attack with some quick passing, that sliced through Brazil's defen
Women's World Cup Semi-Finals: Germany 3-0 Norway, USA 0-4 Brazil
By Jan | September 27th, 2007Germany reached the final of this year's Women's World Cup and again the final scoreline is a bit misleading. The story of this match mirrored in some ways the quarter final against North Korea. The first half probably was more balanced than in the q ...
Women's World Cup: On to the Semis
By Jan | September 24th, 2007It was quarter final time in China this weekend. Germany played against North Korea on Saturday and, for a change, I managed to watch the match live. Initially I wasn't too sure whether I liked the draw. I thought that Sweden or even the USA might ha ...
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