R.I.P. Germany

March 2nd, 2006 | by: WC Bob |

Germany 1908-2006
The legendarily efficient and well organized German national football team has passed way in Florence, Italy. German football was 98 years old.

For most of its boring, yet successful life, Germany was known for its systematic team play that rarely yielded excitement and even more rarely yielded goals. Never a team to possess the pizzazz of Brazil or the attack of Argentina, Germany was a consistent and reliable force on the international football scene. When Germany showed up to play, both foes and friendlies knew the team would be well prepared.

This style led to three World Cup titles and a reputation as one of the world’s elite powers.

Germany first showed signs of terminal illness in Euro 2004 when it bowed out in the first round after not winning a match. The team was treated with proven medicine, including the powerful drug known as World Cup Hostephermine.

But even this was not enough for it to overcome the vitrolic nature of Klinsmann’s Disease, an epidemic that has its origins in California.

German football will be missed.

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Lyle

Germany just doesn’t have any exceptional players. There is Ballack, Kahn, and Lehman… and then absolutely nobody else.

There problem over the last several years seems to be figuring out who to play when everybody is mediocre. That’s why Klinsmann, I think, has gone young because everybody knows there is no great hope in the veteran Germany players.

He may just need to young completely and build something for Africa, because they just aren’t going to be very good this summer. Although they may look good coming out of their group. Once they play a good team though, they’re going to lose.

The DFB (german footbal federation) also needs to stop putting former players in charge of der Mannschaft. I love Klinsmann, but there has go to be a Bruce Arena in Germany somewhere, and they need to find him and give him his shot.

Beckenbaur and his coterie are too elitist for Germany’s own good.
http://ecuador.worldcupblog.org/ Trent

I think an intervention may be in order. To wit: does poor Michael Ballack understand that transferring to Chelsea does not mean he gets to play for the Three Lions? He does know how that all works, right?
nick jones

Hmmm, so Germany only manage second in their group, setting up a last 16 match against England?
http://www.bensefels.de Bense

Well, indeed a nice and funny article, but I’ve written that before and I’ll write it again: Who dares to write Germany off? The U.S. will be punished I fear for what happened there.

German football laid in its ruins ever since the EC 2000 and Ribbeck. Young players are being introduced and that might as well be the foundation of a legacy. Think about it, Germany has lost 1:5 against England in the WC qualification in 2001, and the marched on as the bloody tanks to become vice world champs in Yokohama…

You can never write them off. No matter how well Spain, Czechs, Portugal and the Netherlands will ever play: My money will be on Germany and my heart will be with them, too… The Manschaft is bmuch better than their proovings and still oppponents are doing them a favour by underestimating them – if any does.
Euler

It is too soon to consider Germany dead. Brazil had a lousy result too, but we must remember that we are still far away from the big event.

Of course the humiliation must have an unpleasent taste for the Germans. Very sad moment for them. Maybe this loss will become Germany’s salvation.

Italy seems to be in a good path. They’ll bring trouble to their rivals.
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i’m verry sorry to german for her result