The Offside 19 November @ 03:40 PM EST
The Germans become comic book heroes before our very eyes. Looking back at Russian disappointment.
(Russian Football Now) Hands were flying in Brazil yesterday too. (See The Cup) The US World Cup
uniform leaks. (Football Fashion) The pitch invader from Sweden-Denmark gets a huge fine. (BBC)
Take the stadium aerial challenge and waste loads of time at work.
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In the famous words of Alan Partridge the French spend all their time chomping on onions going
he hor, he hor, he hor! This of course, is not true, as a European footballing nation only the
Italians and the Germans have a better record. Jealous? We sure are.
For those of you who were to young to remember, the French had a sensational side in the 80's
winning the European Championship in 1984 and reaching the World Cup Semi's in 1982, before the
Germans cheated their way to the final.
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So yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and thusly the
reunification of Germany. To mark the occasion I watched the rather brilliant film Goodbye Lenin!
(recommended, if you haven't seen it), which basically takes place during the fall of the Berlin
Wall, from the East German perspective.
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I've got this weird mental block - I always have to remind myself whether it's CHRISTIE Rampone, or
CHRISTINE Rampone. (It's Christie.)
Embarrassing, right? I wonder how people like, say, FIFA deal with it. Turns out they have a very
simple way of making sure they don't make that mistake.
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USWNT beats Germany in Germany. From Melissa:
The crazy phsychic voodoo communication between Solo and Chalupny can probably be
attributed to their season together with the Saint Louis Athletica. It was a bit eerie at
times.
I'm Fake Sigi and I approve this message.
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I know we are still in the first part of the football season but it seems to me that some changes
might occur at the top of the football chain. Some teams that always have made a good impression
are getting worse.
Some examples are Bayern Munchen and AC Milan. Both teams played in the UEFA Cup in recent years
and this year they are having weak runs in the domestic leagues with Bayern in 6th position and
Milan in 8th.
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Dirty Tackle 21 October @ 04:13 PM EST
With their place in the World Cup sealed, the German national team must now prepare for success
by staying focused, training hard, and figuring out a way to not get shot in the terrifyingly
dangerous host country.
Security firm BaySecur is in charge of that last order and according to representative Guenter
Schnelle, it sounds like they're going to approach South Africa like a war zone:
"The possibility for the players of moving outside of the hotel boundaries should be kept to a
minimum.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger highlighted Alex Song's performance in victory over Birmingham City.
Song was again outstanding in his defensive role and Wenger told arsenal.com:
"He is strong and
smooth. He is not rigid, he is agile.
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Foreign fans rejoice! The 2009 leg of the Bucks for Becks World Tourâ„¢ is on. Having already run
through Australia, Asia and Canada in off-seasons past, the Galaxy are spending this Thanksgiving
in Europe...kind of like that rich kid you went to school with who always rocked Lacoste and had
cool parents who would let him have wine at dinner.
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A very confident Hungarian side ran on the pitch in Berne for the 1954 World Cup final in Berne,
Switzerland: they had not lost a match in four years, and in the four previous matches to reach the
final had scored a staggering 25 goals, among them, an 8-3 victory against the other finalists,
West Germany, in the first round of the tournament.
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Now that the Germans have qualified for next year's FIFA World Cup, here are a few names not known
outside of the country you should watch out for. Chances are, your club will sign them up leading
to the 2010/11 club season... Heiko Westermann, CB, Shalke 04 Solid for both club and country,
Heiko Westermann [.
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There is a delicious sense of the absurd in the way Don Garber has gone about his MLS business in
the last few days, almost like a Steven Colbert satirizing the moronic "ideas" market of the
Blatter/Warner contingent in order to expose football's upper echelon time-wasters for what they
are.
First, we had Garber telling European clubs that MLS could be a model for wage sharing on the
continent, the equivalent of asking the Germans to slow down on the Autobahn or the French to
"clean up those unions so everything can run better in the country and there'd be less strikes and
stuff.
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Anfield Talk 12 October @ 12:29 PM EST
Borussia Moenchengladbach are lining up a cheeky bid to take Liverpool defender Daniel Agger on
loan.
The Bundesliga side's sporting director Max Eberl confirmed he had sent scouts to watch Denmark
beat Sweden 1-0 on Saturday, but refused to confirm they were looking at the centre half.
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Der Mannschaft has done it again. Miroslav Klose found the back of the net in the 35th minute to
give Germany the 1-0 win over Russia on their plastic pitch. Credit has to go to Adler and his
defense to hold off the Russian offense lead by Arsenal midfielder, Arshavin. This was definitely
match to watch over the weekend.
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The good ship World Cup is almost ready to set sail for South Africa and the penultimate round of
qualifiers ensured eight more countries secured their berth for 2010. Here's how they got there
starting off with our first update from
Europe
Reigning champions Italy confirmed they'll be defending their title next year, but only thanks to a
last-minute equaliser by Alberto Gilardino in Dublin.
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Malawi 1 - 1 Ivory Coast
Elephants book ticket
Cameroon 3 - 0 Togo
Lions too much for Togo
Republic of Ireland 2 - 2 Italy
Trap rues ability to hold lead as playoffs loom
Russia 0 - 1 Germany
Klose strikes to send Germans through
Serbia 5 - 0 Romania
Rout clinches spot in South Africa
France 5 - 0 Faroe Islands
Les Blues seal play-off spot
Denmark 1 - 0 Sweden
Late goal sends Danes through
Mexico 4 - 1 El Salvador
El Tri cruise through
Bolivia 2 - 1 Brazil
Selecao run out of steam in La Paz
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Arguably his finest night in an Arsenal shirt against Liverpool
Normally when Arsene makes a signing, there is the obligatory "I don't know enough about him"
and the shrug of the shoulder. But we all knew who Tomas Rosicky was when he signed on 23rd May
2006.
I was extremely excited when he joined Arsenal.
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PERTH Glory take on Adelaide United at around 7pm tonight and it's a pretty important game for the
home side.
More so because Perth have a pretty tough month ahead with Gold Coast (away), North Queensland
(away), Melboure (home) and Wellington (away) - so not getting a win here could be a disaster.
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EPL Talk 08 October @ 03:00 PM EST
In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the seventh
episode of RNF's podcast.
At Russian Football Now, we have been looking forward to this match since our inception. The
seventh episode of the podcast celebrates the wait coming to an end.
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October 7, 2009 Ten-man Germany knocked Nigeria out of  FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2009 3-2 yesterday
on a stoppage time goal from Bayern Munich II man Bjorn Kopplin. Kopplin's and Mario Vrancic's
previous goals for the Germans were answered by strikes from Super Eaglettes Danny Uchchi and Rabiu
Ibrahim.
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Luzhniki Stadium
If European footballers were to be asked about the away venue they would least like to play at,
Russia would probably top the list. ‘A tough place to go' is about the size of the cliché, with
both clubs and national teams wary of the distance, temperatures and the teams that thrive on home
soil.
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See The Cup 07 October @ 05:15 PM EST
Today Germany faced Nigeria on the round of 16 of the U20 World Cup, going on in Egypt. Germany
was playing with 10 men on the pitch and the game was 2-2. Germany's #13, Koppin, managed to steal
the ball and score on the last second to send the Nigerians home. Well done.
The Germans now face Brazil on the quarter finals and that should be a great match.
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Off the Post 29 September @ 04:40 AM EST
A suggestion for World Cup success Dear Mr Capello, An idea. OK, so it may be a tad premature but
if we're going to finally win another World Cup, we need some cutting edge ideas. The Argentinians
had a Hand of God in 1986, the Germans perfected the noble art of diving in 1990, the Brazilians
learned [.
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The U.S. Under-20 men's national team begins World Cup play today against Germany (10am, ESPN
Classic) knowing that points are vital from this match in order to help qualifying out of a loaded
group that includes Cameroon and South Korea.
The Americans will be looking to improve on a quarterfinal appearance for the 2007 U.
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Two weeks ago Diego Maradona was talking about shake up and revolution within the Argentine
national team ranks. He talked about going to Europe and going "face to face" with players to tell
them that they were no longer on the national team. He talked about having a domestic side that was
going to be fielded as they were "hungrier" than the foreign-based players.
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Raphael Honigstein makes his living as a football interpreter. Best known in the English
speaking world for his columns on German football in the Guardian and participation in
that newspaper's well-known football podcast, he plays the reverse role in his home country, acting
as English football correspondent for the Suddetsche Zeitung.
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The U-20's are preparing for the U-20 World Cup coming up in a few days. It is nice to see
ESPN televising a few of their games on ESPN2 & ESPN360. I will do my best to post when games are
coming up, but note now the first one is set for September 26th against Germany at 10am eastern so
mark your calendars!
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kenn.com 16 September @ 03:38 PM EST
Major League Soccer will not play league matches during the two-week group stage of next
summer's World Cup in South Africa.
Okay, fine. If teams are going to be without star players, and if you believe (as I do) that
MLS' product suffers by comparison when you watch high-level international play and then watch an
MLS match, not a bad move.
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It was a cracking weekend footballing wise. Full of  bad blood, twisted blood, blood on face,
all sorts of other blood, and it was bloody good. While there were many incidents around the houses
this week, the main two occured in London and Manchester, and both between sides from those
respective cities.
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Big Story
It's not often a 6-2 loss is taken to presage a "nation's arrival on the big stage", but that's the
reaction today in the Guardian from Anna Kessel on the England's women's team's
defeat in the UEFA European Championship final to Germany last night.
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"Football is a simple game you play for 120 minutes and then the Germans win on penalties", as
Gary Lineker once observed. Oh, for things to have been that simple in Helsinki this evening.
Germany, whose female team dominate European women's football in a way that their male team hasn't
done provided formidable opposition to an England team that has surpassed all expectations by
getting to the final of this competition in the first place.
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