Jogi is reporting seven unnamed players exhibiting flulike symptoms today, not including Mats Hummels, who is recovering and should be fit for the match on Friday. Evidently his symptoms worsened on the second day before getting better, so we can probably expect the same of those players tomorrow. Which, you know, brings their fitness on Friday ( Read more... )

The former national-team-player Thomas Hitzlsperger ends his football-career with only 31 years.
He says, he has suffered too much injuries. "I think it's enough," he said. Although he continued to receive offers to resume his playing career, the newspaper reported, Hitzlsperger said: "I've noticed: I need something else."His breakthrough began in ( Read more... )

That lovely quote above is from Joachim Loew's press conference. Gorgeous isn't it?

Meanwhile...

1. Nice Guardian Article

Back in the day, when German football was hideous and defensive, a rivalry developed that has since simmered down slightly. Nevertheless there's a reason they say that Holland-Germany games are never friendlies. The Guardian's Sean ( Read more... )

I have posted this to tumblr but I haven't seen this here soooo


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Miro isn't playing on Friday against Ukraine because of tendinitis in his left knee. The current plan is for him to arrive in Hamburg on Saturday and play in the match against the Netherlands ( Read more... )

Bayern Munich midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger is set to undergo surgery after breaking his collarbone in a Champions League clash on Wednesday evening.

Schweinsteiger has been in fine form for club and country this season, but will now miss Germany's upcoming international friendlies against Ukraine and the Netherlands, as well as Bayern's ( Read more... )

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Interview translated by me, jenny_jenkins

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With the game against Turkey coming up on Friday, and with yesterday's minor injury fright in the game against Espanyol, Mesut Ozil is back in the news. And for those of you who have been asking: the newspapers are reporting that he does not seem to be seriously injured and should be able to play.

Here is his interview with Welt Am Sonntag.

"Papa was ( Read more... )

The German international is once again having fitness problems after missing the first half of the 2010-2011 campaign due to back surgery

By Vasil Kotsev
25 Jun 2011 15:43:00

World Cup 2012 star Arne Friedrich's fitness struggles look set to continue after Wolfsburg confirmed on their official website that the defender will miss the start of the ( Read more... )

The official twitter just posted this.

lt_lutra has kindly provided a translation:

The national player of 109 caps left the 2:1 match against Uruguay on Sunday evening with a painful rib bruise ( Read more... )