Articles tagged with "international"
Odd Couple: Per Mertesacker and Squidward Tentacles
By Jan | November 20th, 2007OK, I need to revise my original assumption regarding this Per Mertesacker photo. There was something else that drew me to it.
More Obscene Gestures from the Germany-Cyprus Match
By Jan | November 20th, 2007It seems the uncovering of Jens Lehmann's obscene gesture towards the crowd in Hannover was only the tip of the iceberg. Further study of the ...
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 ...
Mad Jens gives German Fans the Finger
By Jan | November 19th, 2007"It's nonsense. I've never done anything like that", says Jens Lehmann. It supposedly happened after one of Lehmann's risky trademark excursions outside of the box, ...
Champions League: Ifs and thens
By Jan | November 6th, 2007One half of this week's Champions League matchday is over, though since Stuttgart is basically dead already, I can start sketching out my favourite scenarios ...
Weekly Dose 06.11.07
By Jan | November 5th, 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 ...
Great Duels: The German Goalkeeper vs. German the Goalkeeper
By Jan | November 5th, 2007Here's Valencia's goalkeeper and German international Timo Hildebrand and RCD Mallorca's goalkeeper German Lux - who is Argentine, and actually played for Argentina in the ...
LA Galaxy coach Yallop resigns, where's Klinsmann?
By Jan | November 5th, 2007I don't know whether this has made it into a rumour yet, but it was my first thought when I read the news that LA ...
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 ...
Weekly Dose 21.10.07
By Jan | October 21st, 2007Alliteration of the weekend: Hamburg hammer Stuttgart. (ESPN Soccernet) A video interview with Frankfurt's Ioannis Amanatidis. (DW Bundesliga Kick off!) For the Kids: the German national team ...
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 ...
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.
International Break Wrap-Up
By Jan | October 19th, 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 ...
Weekly Dose 13.10.07
By Jan | October 13th, 2007Jogi Löw attempts the impossible. (Who Ate All the Pies) Jens Lehmann attempts the impossible, if he fails he might still join Manchester City in the ...
National Team: Off the Pitch Acting Skills Shootout sorted by Position
By Jan | October 13th, 2007It's fair to expect any player who deems himself good enough to play football for a living, to come with a minimum set of acting ...
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 ...
Political or Personal: Ashkahn Dejagah's Refusal to play against Israel
By Jan | October 10th, 2007There's a story that has quickly generated a lot of buzz in Germany. VfL Wolfsburg's Ashkahn Dejagah was originally nominated by U21 coach Dieter Eilts ...
Late Laurels: Berti Vogts gets some Credit for Scotland's Resurgence
By Jan | October 10th, 2007Berti Vogts' reign as Scottish national team coach between 2002 and 2004 wasn't particularly successful, filled with poor performances and a failed attempt to qualify ...
Weekly Dose 09.10.07
By Jan | October 8th, 2007Why Jürgen Klinsmann enjoys life in California. (Reuters Soccer Blog) Why Jürgen Klinsmann didn't take the Chelsea job and why he isn't desperately looking for a ...
Hamburg vs Litex Lovech Post Match Ringtone Moment
By Jan | October 5th, 2007I take some enjoyment from listening to ring tones only when they interrupt a meeting, marriage or a UEFA Cup press conference. Here is Litex ...
UEFA Cup: Four out of Four
By Jan | October 4th, 2007Some good news from the European stage at last. The UEFA Cup may lack the mass appeal of its big European brother, but it's still ...
European Misery: Werder Bremen makes it 5 Defeats from 6 Matches for the Bundesliga
By Jan | October 3rd, 2007Werder Bremen 1 - 3 Olympiakos Piräus If you take a very cautious look at the opponents, the Bundesliga had to face so far, you could ...
Snapshot: Messi Hair
By Jan | October 3rd, 2007Here's Lionel Messi fighting for the ball against Fernando Meira during Stuttgart's Champions League match against Barcelona yesterday. Barcelona won the match 2-0. I only ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Weekly Dose 22.09.07
By Jan | September 22nd, 2007The German national team is the fourth best football team in the world according to this month's FIFA World Ranking. (FIFA.com) The Bundesliga is the fourth ...
Women's World Cup: From China with Love
By Jan | September 21st, 2007The FIFA Women's World Cup in China is in the difficult position, where it has to overcome negative prejudices towards women's football as well as ...
UEFA Cup Round Up
By Jan | September 20th, 2007Bayer Leverkusen 3-1 Uniao Leiria Leverkusen controlled a good portion of the match but were always vulnerable at the back and too generous with their chances ...
It's a Shame we're not in the Champions League
By Jan | September 20th, 2007Says Luca Toni and says Uli Hoeneß. And it's probably old habits that make Bayern Munich speak more about the Champions League than the competition ...
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