Sunday, July 09, 2006

The Germanic spirit -- the World Cup the 3rd-place match

Germany vs. Portugal.

Germany is in a pinch! The Deutschen Fussball-Bundes announced that DF Mertesacker wouldn't show up for the game. He is injured and has left from the team for surgery. Oh... Moreover DF Friedrich also has an injured knee so his appearance is doubtful. Oh, 2 defenders...
And Klose is injured too. He said that he want to play but if he can't make a contribution to the team even if he plays there would be nothing he can do except give up.
Furthermore!! Germany's coach Klismann said that he makes Ballack absent. Oh, my goodness! I'm concerned about this situation... Germany team! Show us your Germanic spirit!

By the way, Japanese often use the word "the Germanic spirit" when talking about Germany. Do people in other countries often use it as well?

Klinsmann also announced that GK Kahn is in the starting lineup.

It's time that game started. I will come back to this article after the game. See you later.

------------------------------ after the game ------------------------------


The game was a clean sweep for Germany, 3 - 1. So Klinsmann could afford to send young players who hadn't play yet in this World Cup to the pitch from the second half.

Person of the match I choose is Schweinsteiger. He is still 21 years old. 9 players out of 23 in Germany team are 20 - 23 years old young players. Especially DFs. 4 players out of 9 are under 23. (Of which 3 are over 190cm in height. Very ta--ll!) This World Cup was very good experience for them.

By the way, a chief referee and one of assistant referees of this game were Japanese. I think the chief referee Kamikawa judged rightly. Cristiano Ronaldo often fell down in a very artificial way as ever, but the referee saw through his artifice and was never deceived. What a nice judge!

Congratulations on the 3rd place!

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