Both Klose and Henry have a chance but, let’s be realistic, Klose probably already won the Golden Shoe of the tournament.

Henry, who has amassed six goals over the course of three FIFA World Cups, was Les Bleus’ top scorer when they hoisted the famous Trophy in 1998. With the 2006 leader Klose stuck on […]

“Unlucky lads! You battled like world champions. Germany’s dream of winning the World Cup has been shattered. It would have been brilliant, but now we’ll take third place on Saturday, and none of us is complaining. We say this to Klinsi and all his lads: Thanks for a fantastic World Cup. We’re weeping with […]

Surprisingly for a lot of the fans in the World, the German press and fans were actually very calm and proud of their result.

“It’s a pity. It was a great game,” said Chancellor Angela Merkel, who sat next to Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi in the Dortmund stands Tuesday night as Germany’s dreams were ended […]

How things change: no longer than a month ago, everybody crucified Jurgen Klinsmann and now everybody wants him not to leave.

“We trust him, the players trust him. I hope he continues,” Beckenbauer told German ZDF television after Italy scored two goals in the final two minutes of extra time to dash Germany’s dream of […]

The game had everything: fight, tactics and, more important, drama and goals.

It was an unbelievably intense game between two superbly organised teams. Italy had the better of the possession and let the ball do the work in midfield. They were exceptionally efficient and it was interesting watching them play. Germany kept it very tight at […]

Dissapointment and joy.

Andrea PIRLO (ITA), Budweiser Man of the Match(ITA)
It was a fantastic game, absolutely overflowing with emotions. It was a childhood dream for me to play in a semi-final. I think that we earned our win today. We created a lot of chances, and we also definitely had the luck we needed.
Miroslav KLOSE (GER)
We […]

Germany thought they’ve won it, but Italy had different plans.

Jurgen KLINSMANN (GER)
We’re obviously very, very disappointed, no question about it, and that is to be expected when there is so much emotion involved and when it turns out that a dream has died. It really hurts when the other side delivers a knockout punch right […]

Andrea Pirlo was the man that saw a pass-through that qualified Italy to the final. For that only, he should have been named the man of the match.

Andrea Pirlo was exceptional as both a ball-winner and a playmaker in the centre of the Italian midfield during the Azzurri’s 2-0 semi-final win over Germany, and it […]

Del Piero scores!!!!! 2-0 Italy and they are in the final of the World Cup. Who would have thought???

119′: Fabio Grosso scored and Italy leads 1-0. 1 more minute and they are in the final of the World Cup.