Why does Germany wear green? The Ireland myth and the truth.
After dropping a few hints over the past few months, Adidas released the new Germany away kit
that will be used throughout EURO 2012. It's green. Really, really green. Like you, we've seen a
German flag before and could not find a trace of green on it.
Marcos, goalkeeper of the Brazilian team who won the World Cup 2002, announced his retirement,
at age 38. He retires after a career of 20 years, playing only for one team: Palmeiras; the team
informed that no other player will wear jacket #12, the one Marcos used to wear; also, there plans
of building an statue of Marcos to be planted at the stadium of Palmeiras.
Germans left seething by Capello's 'theft of talent' comments
England boss criticises number of dual nationality players in German team
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One-time U.S. youth international Preston Zimmerman doesn't have a single cap for the senior
U.S. national team, and while it wasn't likely that he'd be receiving his first call-up sometime
soon anyway based on his current level of play and club standing, he didn't do himself any favors
by using social media to voice his opinion about the current U.
Here is my (personal) list of the best football teams of the year 2011:10) Borussia Dortmund: The
Germans won the 2010-11 Bundesliga title playing entertaining football and a very young team. They
have nevertheless disappointed in the fall. 9) Manchester City: Proof that money can buy a team,
they have nevertheless also worked hard under Roberto Mancini to become a new power in English
football.
Why reality TV-style fan voting will get refs to stop thinking of their image and start
doing their jobs
We all know that football fans when whipped into a mob frenzy can take banality to frightening
heights. Sustained cancerous abuse is yelled at players, yet if the subject reacts, they cry to the
police about the psychological damage visited on the child who's sat next to them troughout their
bile-fest.
The tories have outdone themselves this time. Somehow they think they've vetoed a major treaty
that's actually gone ahead anyway leaving us basically out in the cold.
Our neighbours have gone ahead and done everything without us so all Cameron has achieved is to
drive a wedge between us and Europe for no other reason than to appease his own party's xenophobic
Tea-Party element.
This is extraordinary. Just extraordinary. It's entirely possible that, with a group comprised
of Bayern, Napoli and Villarreal, Manchester City's first foray wouldn't go brilliantly. And it
didn't, dropping down to the 3rd spot below the Germans and Italians. (Villarreal finishing with a
big fat goose egg.
Didier Drogba scored a brace either side of a first-half goal from Ramires to guide Chelsea to a
3-0 win over Valencia that sees them qualify for the UEFA Champions League Round of 16.
After many question marks raised over his abilities in recent months, the 33-year old Drogba
looked very much like his old self as he opened the scoring as early as the 3rd minute.
There are stats that could make Fulham's visit to the Emirates look like a walk in the park for
Arsenal. The Cottagers haven't won away against Arsenal in any competition, losing 22 of the 25
games played. They are currently just 2 points above the relegation zone and have won only 2 of
their 12 league games.
Last night I got stuck at work till 2200 so Sky+'d the game. Obviously kept up to date with the
score while I was here and knew we had lost. I was reading twitter comments and some comments
posted on here last night and had the impression that this was a shambles and Chelsea had a
shocker! My view is far from that and we were hard done by.
Written by FatGingerGooner
Champions League week 5 and ze Germans were the visitors to London town in the form of Borussia
Dortmund. Fresh from a fantastic 1-0 win against league rivals Bayern, they came into the game full
of confidence and looking for the win that would put them right back in Group F contention.
szólj hozzá: B2-1C
Bayern Leverkusen stunned Chelsea with a last minute winner which see's the German's into the
Champions League last 16 at the expense of Chelsea who will fight it out with Valaencia in the
final group game at Stamford Bridge to join the Michael Ballack led Germans in to the Champions
League last 16.
I think we are all agreed on that fact that this is a must win game for Chelsea. Not only so that
we can take a step into the next round but for the confidence of the team. AVB has stated that the
players need to keep believing and working hard to get back to winning ways and if we can get the
right result tonight, it will give us confidence heading into the three big games in the Premier
League.
Cut and paste the post for the Dortmund away fixture .....
Except, Arsenal were in the midst of our terrible run and some of the players who have now
bedded in were still struggling. That is not all, our Centre Backs had yet to be formally
introduced and with Aaron out, Benayoun started. The stadium was full of fervent and expectant
BD fans.
Bayer are looking to turn Group E on its end tomorrow night in Leverkusen. Current Bayer
midfielder and former Chelsea boy Michael Ballack, for visual aid, demonstrates the effect the home
side is seeking to have in the splashy photograph below.
Beat Street
But really, nevermind the hosts.
This home game against Borussia Dortmund could turn out to be tougher than the away visit to
Chelsea. It probably won't have as many goals and will be tighter in the middle, but from a
physical and mental point of view the players will have to give at least as much if not more than
that celebrated triumph.
Robin Van Persie grabbed all the headlines after his two goals gave the Arsenal a 2-1 win at
Norwich and rightly so. Arsene Wenger also managed to garner quite a few column inches in the wake
of the Premier League victory after his interview with L'Equipe in which he was less than
convincing when it came to affirming his Arsenal future.
After refusing to sign a new contract with Arsenal and casting doubt about his future with the
club, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger reiterated his commitment to the club saying that he will only
think about stepping down when he felt like it.
Arsenal were 2-1 winners over Norwich yesterday with their captain Robin Van Persie scoring both
goals to ensure the Gunners kept pressure on the exclusive top 4 club.
What's In a Name: England's Greatest Football Surnames - originally posted on Soccerlens.com
On Tuesday night Tottenham's youngster, Kyle Walker, who made his debut on Saturday
started his first England game. The promising defender is the 4th player named Walker to have a
have represented his country.
Holy Bratwursten Batman, the Zjermans are bitchslappin' us
We fooled them yet again!
Back in 1986, we played Germany ( West-Germany to be precise) in a friendly and we missed a
couple of regulars ( Van Basten and Rijkaard weren't there) while Arnold Muhren and Erwin Koeman
weren't selected yet.
Still very quiet, as you might imagine.
The main story this morning is the news that football has come under attack from something
called 'common sense'. Robin van Persie has been allowed back to Arsenal to rest up as his
international manager has taken a hugely sensible approach to things.
FIFA poppy ban: Germans back England to wear poppies as David Cameron blasts
FIFA
The FA's fading hope of displaying poppies on England's shirts to show their respect and support
for our armed forces received welcome and dramatic support on Tuesday night from Germany.
Inter Milan poised to swoop for Arsenal striker Robin Van Persie. Or how about Borussia Dortmund
midfielder Kevin Grosskreutz admitting he is interested in a move to Gunners?
These are two of the offerings within the nation's sports pages this morning in a week that will
drag out the merest rumour of a yarn to fill the papers in the absense of domestic football and the
stories to meet our thirst for knowledge.
Damn y'all. U.S. Soccer just went in on the Afro-Germericans™. Between the senior and U-23
callups there are 10 of 'em ready to suit up for the Yanks. Crazy. This has to be the biggest piece
of Afro-German news since Milli (or was it Vanilli?) passed away.
Germans in for Polo
Andy Polo could be heading for Germany rather than England, according to his agent.
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney and Liverpool's Luis Suarez make 23-man shortlist for
2011 Fifa Ballon d'Or
An impressive number of seven Spaniards are in contention to win the prestigious individual
trophy, while three Germans are in the race to scoop up the award
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Who the hell is Royal-Dominique Fennell? I have no idea and you probably don't either unless you
are Brian Sciaretta, Philneezy or German. Apparently though he plays for Stuttgart Kickers, his dad
is (surprise!) a U.S. serviceman and he's been called up to Caleb Porter's U-23's. That's pretty
much all you need to do to be named Afro-Germerican™ of the Moment so congrats Royal-Dominique.
Euro 2012 qualifying began in August 2010, with 51 nations vying to be part of next Juneís
tournament in Poland and Ukraine. Of course, only about half of those teams entered with realistic
hopes of qualifying or making the playoffs, and less than half of those teams have a legitimate
chance to make a serious run at the title.
I think we've been here before. There's little to say about today's game in terms of tactics,
team set-up, approach or anything. It's very, very simple. Win.
Three points are a must today, again were back in the realm where performance doesn't matter. A
good win and a good performance would go some way to help restoring confidence but such is our
league position that how we get the three points isn't even an issue once we get them.
Bayern Munich youngster Thomas Muller has revealed that he turned down the opportunity to join
then-Barclays Premier League champions Chelsea in the aftermath of Germany's impressive 2010 World
Cup campaign.
Muller, who won the Golden Boot with his five goals as well as three assists in South Africa,
contributed to the demolition of Argentina and England before the Germans exited the tournament
with a 1-0 defeat to eventual champions Spain.
Surprising losses for Portugal and the Netherlands on the last day of Euro 2012 qualifiers
provided an unexpected end to a campaign. Portugal lost 2-1 away to Denmark while the Netherlands
were beaten 3-2 by Sweden.
Although, the Netherlands lost, they had already qualified for the tournament and they were only
looking to cement their perfect record in Group E by not losing a single game.
A host of Chelsea players are in action today for their respective countries as qualifying for
next year's European Championships comes to a close. Some, including Branislav Ivanovic, are in for
a nervy couple of hours.
Rant it up on an international level right here.
Bane.
With Germany, Italy, Holland, England, Spain and hosts Poland and Ukraine
already qualified their are still 9 places remaining in the Euro 2012
Finals, so which teams have their own destiny in their own hands and who have to rely on others to
keep their Euro 2012 dreams alive.
Just hours before England's crucial Euro 2012 qualifier against Montenegro, traces of disquiet
in the team camp are emerging. Liverpool and England defender Jamie Carragher has for the first
time spoken out the issue surrounding the FA selecting a foreigner to coach the team.
Carragher believes it was wrong for England to have appointed a foreigner to coach the team.
Is this a 'Twister' contest?
As usual in the days leading up to a bunch of international fixtures, our inboxes are littered
with images of players in training. We have been studying these at length (for work purposes,
obviously) and quickly became aware of a number of important questions that need to be asked
regarding team preparation, proposed formations and tactics.
Ali Krieger is the only U.S. Women's National Team player ever to win a UEFA Champions League title
(2008) and she's going for another one.
Krieger, who recently returned to Germany for her fifth season at FFC Frankfurt, one of Europe's
top women's clubs, should play a big part of Frankfurt's European run this season, but the first
leg of Frankfurt's Round of 32 series with Norway's Stabæk didn't go exactly as planned.
By Alan Duffy
Spot the drug cheats
Forget the Russian linesman and whether or not the ball crossed the line and all that malarkey,
it has now been revealed that three of West Germany's team in the famous 1966 World Cup final
failed drug tests after the game.
In our latest column from the club's Academy, Frank McParland offers his thoughts on the NextGen
Series so far and reveals which two Reds legends have visited Kirkby recently.
It's been a frustrating couple of weeks for us with regards to the NextGen Series double header
against Wolfsburg.
I felt we played poorly in the first game at Anfield and were somewhat fortunate to get a point
thanks to a late own goal.
