My Team Lost the World Cup and all I got was this Lousy T-shirt
Just how easily can the support of Germany fans be bought? We might just get an answer to that on Wednesday in Dortmund when Germany plays the United States in a friendly that has more significance than most this time of year. To head off a potentially hostile reception from the home crowd towards the much maligned and painfully bad home team, German football officials are planning on distributing 11,000 t-shirts that read: “You for us and we for you.”
In addition to these stylish and inspiring shirts, a free training session featuring guest resident Jurgen Klinsmann and the German team will be open the day before the match at the stadium. The fan who can do their best Klinsmann California surfer dude impression will walk away with a dinner for two with Oliver Kahn.
All of this is being done as part of an effort to convince the German public that the 3% who actually believe Germany can win the World Cup are not completely off their rockers.
Said German football president Theo Zwanziger, “The fans must be allowed to speak out and criticism is welcome but when the game starts, they must all stand behind the team.”
At World Cup Blog our support can’t be bought with a mere t-shirt. Throw in a free beer or two and we might be open for discussions.
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By Trent | March 16th, 2006 at 11:50 am 
Not to nitpick, but actually the Klinsmann impression contest winner is dinner FOR Oliver Kahn.
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By chuck | March 16th, 2006 at 3:50 pm “At World Cup Blog our support can’t be bought with a mere t-shirt. Throw in a free beer or two and we might be open for discussions.”
I’m sure those Germans would be able to spare you a Budweiser or two…
Heh, heh.
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By The Idle Thoughts Of A DayDreamer » Blog Archive » “Grinsi Klinsi” And His American Ways… | March 20th, 2006 at 6:23 am [...] Personally, I can’t see the big deal with regards to Klinsi. The situation wouldn’t be any better with Vogts, Daum, Voller, Ribeck or anybody else. Think back of the success the Germans had at the World Cups in ‘94 and ‘98. Hello to all Bulgarian and Croatian readers! What about Euro 2000 and ‘04. Domestically, Bayern aside, club teams have fared no better. The problems facing German football are much deeper and more structural. Firing Klinsmann won’t help. Some support from the German public might help. Perhaps not. But as Klinsmann notes, “if we win our first two games, everyone will try to jump on our train.” Then again, the DFB could just give away a few more T-Shirts! [...]
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