German Team has a lot of “Watch Freaks”
It’s Germany O’Clock. To help pass the time during their World Cup training camp in Switzerland, Germany’s players will take a course in watch making. “They’ll learn how to take a watch apart and put it back together again,” German team manager Oliver Bierhoff said on Sunday. “It’s something a bit different. We have a lot of watch freaks in the squad.” Not exactly my hobby of choice, but whatever floats your boat. If nothing else, Germany should be the most punctually sound team in the World Cup.
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By Trent | May 21st, 2006 at 3:16 pm 
I just know there’s an Oliver Kahn ‘big hand on the little hand’ joke in there somewhere.
By Not all World Cup Training is Focused on Football - FIFA World Cup 2006 - World Cup 2006 Blog | May 24th, 2006 at 12:11 pm [...] The activity is a little less rigorous for Germany with its players partaking in watch making classes when they aren’t training. It does sound like a relaxing hobby but one that could also lead to some serious cross-eyed players. Not that being cross-eyed is anything new for Oliver Kahn. [...]
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