If you missed the game, you missed a good one. The first German attack and goal was so pretty, a real picture of the German style. There were several one touch passes involving a long run up the wing, and a well played cross to Schweinsteiger who knocked it in. It didn't seem like the defenders made any glaring mistakes, but they never even had ( Read more... )

I'm now going to root for the Dutch team. They played another excellent game and beat the French team 4-1, though the French did play better than the score suggests ( Read more... )

The Germans played an awful, awful game of football yesterday. What's amusing is that it was bad in a particularly technical, pointless way.

Spreeblick has a good impression. Auf Deutsch.

BTW, Spreeblick also has a podcast where you can, (a) practice your German, and (b) hear what Kreuzberg sounds like when Turkey wins.

Wie Toll ist das Leben. Es ist viertel vor 11 und noch nicht ganz dunkel. Ich saß draußen auf der Straße mit einem Glas Wein, um das Spiel nach der Arbeit anzuschauen.

Niederland 3:0 Italien.

Alles. Wunderbar.