Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
Jurgen Klinsmann is no longer Germany’s coach. He decided to leave the team he brought to the third place in the World Cup and, more, the team that got Germany to love their national team again.
A German soccer federation (DFB) official confirmed local media reports that Klinsmann would step aside and that a news […]
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
This is the question that clouds the German party. Will the coach that made Germany fall back in love with their football team leave or not?
The increasingly desperate calls for Jurgen Klinsmann to stay show just how real the fear is that Germany’s run to the semi-finals was down to the coach’s sheer force […]
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Monday, July 10th, 2006
Germany’s Miroslav Klose won the adidas Golden Shoe for the goalgetter of the World Cup with 5 goals.
Klose’s five-goal tally is the lowest winning total since the 1962 FIFA World Cup Chile™, not that it makes his achievement any less worthy. With two goals against Costa Rica, a further brace against Ecuador and a fine […]
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Germany’s Miroslav Klose has to wait 90 more minutes and hope for Henry not to score 3 times or even twice to take his Golden Shoe.
Before the game Klose had announced his intention of getting on the scoresheet to help Germany pick up at least one title at ‘their’ FIFA World Cup. The mobile […]
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Schweinsteiger scored three goals (well, two and a half) and he is now going straight in the history books.
TSG analysis by Rodrigo KENTON (CRC)
Germany played their usual system and fielded a largely unchanged team, apart from Oliver Kahn, Jens Nowotny and Sebastian Kehl. They controlled the game from the outset and the changes in personnel […]
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Germany and Portugal offered a great game and both coaches (at their last games as the teams’ respective coaches) aknowledged it.
Jurgen KLINSMANN (GER)
It’s impossible to put into words what happened here this evening. You can’t top that. The fans were fantastic, and the team played like men possessed. I’m so incredibly proud that the […]
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Germany and Portugal played a nice match, that really was the mirror of the wonderful show in the public.
THE DAY REPLAYED: Twenty-nine days ago, Germany won by a two-goal margin to start their FIFA World Cup™ campaign with a flourish. Tonight they matched the feat with a 3-1 victory over Portugal to ensure they would […]
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Both Geramny and Portugal have young players that know they will have a lot more chances to prove themselves. More, Kahn left the national team in style.
Oliver KAHN (GER)
I had a chance to show what I’m capable of in this match, and that’s all that you can ask for. It’ll take weeks for all […]
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Schweinsteiger scores again with a huge shot. Sensational goal…
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
Again Schweinsteiger with the shot, but Petit did the job of scoring an own goal. 2-0 for the hosts of the World Cup.
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