There were many signs in the past few months, which showed the upcoming ending of Torsten Frings career in the national team. Now after a conversation with national-team coach Joachim Löw, the national-team career of the defensive midfielder of Werder Bremen is definitely over! Löw explained his fromer key player Frings, that he wouldn’t be […]
German National Team
Every German football-fan mourn national team keeper Robert Enke, who committed suicide yesterday evening on a railroad near Hannover. Hours after his suicide, fans put candles and team-scarfs as a sign of mourning at the place where Enke spend his last minutes of his life. The whole Bundesliga, the DFB and the coach […]
With this weeks 4–0 drubbing of England u21s by the German u21s, Die Mannschaft completed a hat-trick of youth level European Championships (winning the u17, u19, and u21 tournaments). Such success indicates that the future of the Bundesliga is bright, and that while the Serie A begins a period of decline, the Premier League is […]
Derek Rae of ESPN was kind enough to speak to me at length about Germany and German football. If you have access to ESPN/ESPN International, you may be accustomed to Rae’s commentary for the Champions League, La Liga or even Eredivisie; therefore, you might find that an interview of a football announcer who doesn’t announce […]
While controversy may surround the goals scored in Germany’s 2–0 defeat of Wales at the Millennium Stadium, one thing that has gone under the radar was the small tactical switch that Jogi Löw employed in the victory. Germany now sits atop of group 4 with 16 points, four clear of second place Russia. What was […]
The future is now as Germany are hit by injury to Robert Enke. Not that I wanted any injury to Enke, as I think he is a fantastic keeper and seems like an all around good guy; however, he has broken his hand during the run up to this round of World Cup qualifiers for […]
