Bundesliga 2010/11 – Team of the ‘Hinrunde’ is a post from: Just Football
Bundesliga 2010/11 – Team of the ‘Hinrunde’ is a post from: Just Football With the Bundesliga season recently getting back underway, rejuvenated after a healthy 4-week winter break, we thought it about time to take a look back at the first half...Jogi Loew Gives Ballack Captaincy, Then Slyly Passes It To Lahm
The German captaincy saga, threatening to derail a nation if simply through the wrath of Michael Ballack, will not be allowed its due end, though Jogi may be trying.
Jogi has declared that Michael Ballack is very much Germany’s captain, which would normally put the kibosh on matters. However, he hasn’t been called up and has...
Bundesliga 2010/11 – Can Anyone Challenge Bayern Munich?
Bundesliga 2010/11 – Can Anyone Challenge Bayern Munich? is a post from: Just Football
Bundesliga 2010/11 – Can Anyone Challenge Bayern Munich? is a post from: Just Football With the Bundesliga 2010/2011 season upon us and Bayern Munich’s players now back from a pretty good World Cup all round, our German football meister Geoff Edwards...Everyone likes the “new” Germany…Except Michael Ballack
I think its safe to say that the German team that exited the World Cup managed to win not only a few games but also the hearts of a lot of fans-including mine. And, trust me, no one is more surprised about this than me. For a variety of reasons, I was definitely in the...
Just Football’s World Cup 2010 Team of the Tournament
Just Football’s World Cup 2010 Team of the Tournament is a post from: Just Football
Just Football’s World Cup 2010 Team of the Tournament is a post from: Just Football Yes it’s that time of the tournament again (i.e. the end) where we look back and assess what was. With the 2010 World Cup now over...Rummenigge: Bayern stars not for sale
Germany’s heartbreaking elimination in the World Cup certainly does not equate to an end to the interest in the nation’s stand-out performers this summer. Europe’s biggest clubs have been battling to lure everyone from Per Mertesacker to youngster Sami Khedira towards a move outside the Bundesliga. As far as Bayern Munich are concerned, though, none of...
The German Anti-Argentina Train Keeps Running Strong
You may remember Germany – Argentina from 2006, the latter stages of which were notable for two things: Jens Lehmann’s cheat sheet – we miss you, Jens – and “the afters”. Those afters involved footballer fights (slapping, purse slinging, etc.) and lots of Argentines with hurt feelings.
You may also remember halftime of Argentina – Mexico...
Four Years On: The 2006 All-Star Team.
In life, four years is a drop in the bucket, unless it involves hard time and a bully of a shower mate named Benny. In football, four years is eons; if we were to reappropriate football time to equate real time, Germany would have a brontosaurus in net instead of Manuel Neuer. (Which sounds like...
Lahm and Germany eye semifinals
Germany might be missing five of their stars during this summer’s World Cup, including influential captain and midfielder Michael Ballack, but stand-in captain Philipp Lahm insists the semifinals remain in the country’s grasp.
“The team cannot be allowed to be influenced by these injuries,” said Lahm.
“The big aim is the semi-finals but you first have to...
Daily Dose: May 28th, 2010 – Waiting in Line
South African fans waiting to buy World Cup tickets at the Maponya Mall in Soweto.
Photo: AP
World Cup history translated into American. (The Unlikely Fan)
Clearly they should be holding a tourney for the snubs. (Netherlands WCB)
Smithy, Patrick Vieira and Matt Damon picked up by ITV for the WC. (Telegraph)
Graham Poll thinks video replay is needed. It’s...
Germany World Cup 2010 Profile
It feels like a lazy stereotype to say that Germany are always there or thereabouts at World Cups. But if you look at Germany’s World Cup record (down at the bottom of this post) you’ll see that that stereotype is based on fact. Even at World Cup 2006, when expectations for the team were lower...
World Cup Moments: Philipp Lahm Kicks Off The World Cup Properly, 2006.
When discussing the history of any sport, any talk of the “greatness” is bound to be met with a quick hop in a time machine, going back into the annuls annals where myth and storytelling often displace fact and reality to the back seat. And this was necessary in a time when most could only...
