I bring news! As of 9am today, I am officially a civil servant! *squirts champagne over you all* XD Since this is a public entry, I won't go into detail, but let me just say that the handing over of my certificate this morning ended a legal fight that lasted almost two years, which might give you a good idea of how relieved, glad and simply ( Read more... )

Germany vs Belgium, friendly in Nürnberg, 0-0 at half-time ( Read more... )

The majority has decided. :D

The German national team at the Fanmeile in Berlin [29]
Trainerstab [03], Michael Ballack [06], Christoph Metzelder [04], Per Mertesacker [01], Jens Lehmann [02], Lukas Podolski [03], Bastian Schweinsteiger [02] and some others.


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I found an interesting article about the Euro 2008 in Monday's Kicker and thought I'd share it with you. Pardon me if there are any mistakes, I can't translate properly in this heat.

( Do you remember? Drama, records and a monument - all extremes are part of this retrospect on the Euro. The final was the end of the line for the German team, but two captains had a disastrous start already... )

Germany vs Spain: 0-1
(Torres 33')

Germany: Lehmann - Friedrich, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm (Jansen, 46') - Frings, Hitzlsperger (
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Germany vs Turkey: 3-2
(Schweinsteiger 26', Klose 79', Lahm 90'; Ugur 22', Semih 86')

Germany: Lehmann - Friedrich, Mertesacker, Metzelder, Lahm - Rolfes (Frings 46'), Hitzlsperger - Schweinsteiger, Ballack, Podolski - Klose (Jansen 90+2')
Türkey: Rüstü - Sabri, Topal, Zan, Balta - Aurélio - Kazim (Tümer 90+1'), Altintop, Ayhan (Mevlüt 81'), Ugur ( Read more... )

Portugal vs Germany: 2-3
(N. Gomes 40', H. Postiga 87'; Schweinsteiger 22', Klose 26', Ballack 62')

Portugal: Ricardo - P. Ferreira, R. Carvalho,
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Austria vs Germany: 0-1
(Ballack 49')

Austria: Macho -
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Croatia vs Germany: 2-1
(Srna 24', Olić 62'; Podolski 79')

Croatia: Pletikosa - Ćorluka, R. Kovać,
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Two little articles I found in the newspaper my parents are subscribing to. They're too awesome not to share. =)

Why we will win the Euro
Optimism. It's our turn again, of course. However, there also are a couple of good reasons to hope for a German triumph. We just shouldn't underestimate Romania.
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