02.04.2013 - En una semana marcada por otro salvataje y temeraria inyección en la eurozona, Alemania vuelve a preocuparse por su (mala) imagen en el exterior. Y es que desde Madrid hasta Nicosia, en las calles de la Europa en crisis se protesta con fuerza contra la canciller Angela Merkel, promotora del más crudo y neoliberal de los ajustes contra los ciudadanos europeos en nombre de la "crisis" (acreencia de inversores).
26.06.2012 - Se fue Grecia... que por momentos remitió al inesperado título europeo de
2004 y cuyo nombre no deja de aparecer en los diarios del mundo como punta de iceberg de una
profunda crisis europea.
Como dijera Kyriacos Papadopoulos que, envuelto en tibieza, declaró que (ante Alemania)
jugaban para "11 millones de griegos" y sin querer, marcó
(indirectamente) que el salvataje económico que tiene en vilo a Europa no es para esos millones
sino para los bancos (griegos), que luego (y ya) se lo cobran a esos mismos 11 millones.
23.06.2012 -"El partido de la deuda" se lo llevó (previsiblemente) Alemania. El
equipo de Joachim Low fue superior y venció (4-2) a Grecia para pasar a las semifinales de la
Eurocopa 2012.
No justamente por el parejo nivel de potencialidades fue el "partido especial" de la Copa.
06.06.2012 - Todo es relativo, incluso la idea de que "todo es relativo" y también la
crisis de Europa, donde el fútbol sigue perlando burbujas cosmopolitas y no menos fastuosas. No
(sólo) digamos que la geografía de una de las más castigadas España(s) reúne la cúspide del
fútbol mundial como ombligo centrípeto de los más ignotos capitales.
No fue insospechado ni azaroso. Ceremonial de Casa Blanca preparó los monitores para que los
dirigentes del G8 pudieran ver la definición por penales de la Champions League entre Chelsea y
Bayern Munich.
Sí, a días de la furtiva caza de elefantes del Rey de (la ajustada) España, la buena de Angela
Merkel, mandataria alemana y principal precursora de las salvajes políticas conservadoras que
condenan a varios países europeos, también se tomó su tiempo para, en pleno break, mirar los
penales por televisión (en directo) y recibir las cargadas correspondientes (por la derrota de
su Bayern Munich).
Whoo! Hat tip to a wonderful collective effort by Arsenal on their trip to Anfield. Santi
Cazorla and Lukas Podolski delivered the attacking goods while Abou Diaby was simply outstanding in
centre midfield pushing up. The defense orchestrated by Thomas Vermaelen fell back in numbers
keeping their shape as Liverpool recycled the ball repeatedly to try and crack them open.
CLAUSURA 2012 - FECHA 15 GODOY CRUZ 1 ARGENTINOS 1 TIGRE 3 NEWELLS 1 BANFIELD 0 ESTUDIANTES 3 ALL BOYS 1 SAN MARTIN (SJ) 0 UNION 1 SAN LORENZO 0 OLIMPO 2 INDEPENDIENTE 1 VELEZ 0 BELGRANO 1 RAFALEA 0 COLON 0 RACING 0 BOCA 2 ARSENAL - LANUS (21.
The English Football Association today issued an official complaint to UEFA after no English female
fans were gratuitously zeroed in on during the European Championships. Despite a bounty of
beautiful and often scantily clad female fans being caught on camera at breaks in the game over the
past few weeks, there was a distinct lack [.
The English Football Association today issued an official complaint to UEFA after no English female
fans were gratuitously zeroed in on during the European Championships. Despite a bounty of
beautiful and often scantily clad female fans being caught on camera at breaks in the game over the
past few weeks, there was a distinct lack [.
Just days after Gazetta dello Sport were quite rightly chastised for depicting Mario Balotelli
as a giant, civilsation-threatening ape, a second Italian newspaper, Tuttosport,
has chosen to run with an equally iffy image of the Italian striker accompanying a picture of
Balotelli 'hulking up' after his second goal against Germany with the headline 'Li abbiamo fatti
neri!
Prior to today's politically-heated Euro 2012 quarter-final between Germany and Greece,
newspapers from both countries have been slinging plenty of mud at each other.
German tabloid Bild, for example, previewed the game with a headline that translated to 'Bye,
Greece. Today we cannot save you!
Glückwünsche! After a 4-2 win over Greece tonight, the Germans are through to the semi-finals
of Euro 2012, although admittedly, they were a shadow of themselves in
the first half. Lackluster finishing, passing (Ozil's fish diet clearly doesn't hide his
exhaustion) and poor defending almost cost them dearly, as did Joachim Low's
unexpected decision to field Miroslav Klose, who hardly touched the ball in the
first half.
Angela Merkel frowned, probably. Here was Giorgos Karagounis, a Greek man with a Greek name,
taking the plaudits for something that they had both done; though not together. The Germans have
kept the Greek economy alive - just - but it was Karagounis who bailed out the Greeks against
Russia on Saturday.
It rained at the PDE arena in Gdansk yesterday, which made it rather tricky for both the
Germans and the Greeks to conduct their obligatory open training
sessions. Luckily, for Thomas Mueller, the weather didn't get in the way of his
special risotto-making session with German national team chef, Holger
Stromberg.
Germany pulls rank over the Euro zone with its GDP
Germany ranks 14th in external debt and will meet Greece which ranks one place below them in the
list of world's biggest debtor nations on July 22nd. Angela Merkel who has been talking down to
Greece about their debt crisis will attend the match.
Personally I think that the Republic of Ireland should automatially qualify for every major
tournament on the strength of their always entertaining fans. Although after saying that Ireland
fans will probably now go on a bloody, violent rampage in the streets of Poznan.
A group of Republic of Ireland supporters have taken the internet by storm with a cheeky flag aimed
at German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Irish fan Gerry Nolan and a group of friends from Limerick are
behind the topical banner. He told the BBC: "It was purely a joke, it wasn't political at all. "We
were [.
Mesut offers his thoughts on the Euro crisis to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Images via
facebook, Scott Heavey/Getty Images. Grab a cream puff and settle down for a sightseeing tour of
this week's hits and misses, dear readers. You needn't be picky; any stale, calorific cream puff
will do. GOOD WEEK Naked Has A New Name: Manchester [.
OTP gives you the lowdown on all the Euro 2012 teams. 10 word description: Defending champions,
World Cup winners and red / rojo hot favourites. Coach: Vicente Del Bosque Win the World Cup and
you're probably in a fairly strong position as an international coach. That's the situation in
which 61-year-old former Real Madrid boss [.
OTP gives you the lowdown on all the Euro 2012 teams. 10 word description: Tournament specialists
make familiar trip to Poland with exciting generation. Coach: Joachim Low Jogi stepped out of
Jurgen Klinsmann's shadow in 2006 and has left most people in no doubt that he was always the
footballing brain behind the operation.
Snarl! Oh Angela, you hot cougar! She could just eat up smooth-chested Mesut Ozil. He wouldn't
stand a chance, poor little Galactico.
Back in the real world, German Chancellor Angela Merkel was congratulating Ozil and his Germany
team-mates on their 3-0 win over Turkey in a Euro 2012 qualifier on Saturday.
This evening, as we have been reliably, repeatedly and at great length informed over the last
few days, is more than a football match. This evening, apparently, is all about geo-politics and
economics. While this not true, of course, the presence of Angela Merkel at the PGE Arena in Gdansk
an appearance which is either saying something quite profound about discretion being the better
part of valour or will one day be used in dictionaries alongside the definition of the word
"chutzpah"- has added a frisson of tension to a match which otherwise would probably be considered
little more than a stroll in the park for Germany.
German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was invited to dinner with the German national squad at the
squad's hotel in Sopot, Poland yesterday. She stopped to talk to everyone from Mesut
Ozil to the chatty Bastian Schweinsteiger and sat next to Captain
Philipp Lahm throughout the session.
*Provided you're not a Bayern fan. Or Angela Merkel. Let's sift through Chelsea's rude guest
European championship triumph that knocked Brad Friedel to the Europa League (rabidly unfairly, I
say) and shoved Sacha Kljestan's Anderlecht out of the 2012/13 Champions League group phase. szólj
hozzá: Bayern - Chelsea Full HD - Greg Seltzer
This photo has Germany in a bit of a bother, being seen as politicians using sports as a tool
for their agendas while also serving to highlight the current hot button immigration issue.
But half the reports seemed to indicate those in those locker room were in some scandalous state
of undress, prime among them Mesut Ozil.
The chancellor's office and the German football federation are trying to iron out a flap over
Chancellor Angela Merkel visiting the Germany dressing room and congratulating half naked players
after their 3-0 win over Turkey. A photograph showing Merkel with Mesut Oezil, a German player of
Turkish background, upset German federation president Theo Zwanziger—apparently because he was
not taken along for the occasion in Berlin on Oct.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel considers the benefits of inviting Mario Gomez to join her cabinet.
Mario and the rest of the German NT were collecting awards for looking ridiculously hot in suits
their performance in the World Cup.
Ep. 39 Oh Didier! by Off The Post on Mixcloud David Cameron getting one over Angela Merkel at the
G8 Summit. David Luiz conducting an interview for Italian TV half-cut. Michael Essien and Salomon
Kalou making the female physio the filling in their grind sandwich. John Terry wearing shin pads
even though he took no [.
This was how we looked after the game, too. Only instead of a medal, we had shot glasses on our
foreheads.
Wahey the Chelsea!
The Champions League final has been twelve months in the planning. For the last couple of weeks,
there's been talk of little else in the footballing world.
Which is why, instead of forcing the celebrations into an ill-advised second day, Kickette will
be launching an enquiry into how our staffers managed to arrive at the pub late, failed to get a
seat, drank too much to compensate and then collapsed on 64 mins.
07.06.2012 - Finalmente, después de dos votaciones aplazadas por la Cámara de Diputados
brasileña, Dilma Rousseff (presidenta) promulgó la Ley General de la Copa del Mundo
(2014).
Y después de mucha bulla mediática, la buena de Dilma sacó su pañuelo blanco para rendirse ante
FIFA.
