Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Uber Football
Hansa and St. Pauli
One of the fiercest rivalries in German football since their very first meeting in 1993. Pauli's left-wing attitude and nationalistic tendencies amongst parts of the Hansa fan scene seemed to "connect" immediately.
Sold out ghost game in Dresden
Because of riots during a cup tie, Dynamo Dresden had to play a league game behind closed doors. Despite the ban, the second division outfit started to offer tickets to the fans. This proved a resounding success: Dynamo announced that they sold any of the 32,066 available "ghost tickets" (which equals the stadium's capacity).
Football beneath the tower
Stuttgarter Kickers are the German club that plays for the longest time in the same stadium. And most likely the only one doing so at the foot of a TV tower.
Chairman on the terrace
For a couple of years now, Schalkes de facto chairman Clemens Tönnies prefers to attend the annual Revierderby in Dortmund with fellow supporters on the terrace. The last meeting has seen smoke and fireworks coming from the away end. And Tönnies starting to take photos of the troublemakers.
Showing posts with label Euro 2012. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Euro 2012. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Whatever became of... Mario Basler?
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| The proof: It's really him! (screenshot: netto-online.de/blog/) |
So he started to blog for a big discount supermarket chain about Euro 2012. He was not known for profound evaluations as a player, all the better that we now can admire his thinker's pose in front of a chalkboard.
You'd better watch out, Zonal Marking!
Thursday, May 31, 2012
A football recovery called Euro 2012
The typical end of season feeling: another year of club football is gone. And along with it loads of blood, sweat and tears. On the contrary, World Cups and European Championships have always been kind of footballing recreational holidays for me.
I don't have to root for anybody and therefore I'm able to simply enjoy the beautiful game in the true sense of the word. Having a barbecue and chilled drinks while watching Europe's finest footballers doin' their job in HD – as good as it gets.
At every international tournament since World Cup 94 I participated in a private betting game run by some of my mates. This time I furthermore decided to try out some Euro fantasy football at fanxt.com. Should be a lot of fun to build my own team of European superstars.
There are two variations of the game. The totally free to use version addresses the more casual users amongst us but you can also register as a premium user and compete for prizes amounting to 17,600 US Dollars.
All I have to do now is to figure out which players are worth my $100 million budget. Still haven't found Messi, yet...
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Germany UEFA Euro 2012 Squad
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| Eastern bloc party |
Goalkeepers:
Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover 96)
Defenders:
Holger Badstuber (Bayern München), Jerome Boateng (Bayern München), Benedikt Höwedes (FC Schalke 04), Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Marcel Schmelzer (Borussia Dortmund), Philipp Lahm (Bayern München), Per Mertesacker (Arsenal FC)
Midfielders:
Lars Bender (Bayer Leverkusen), Mario Götze (Borussia Dortmund), Sami Khedira (Real Madrid), Toni Kroos (Bayern München), Thomas Müller (Bayern München), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern München), Mesut Özil (Real Madrid), Marco Reus (Borussia Mönchengladbach), André Schürrle (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Ilkay Gündogan (Borussia Dortmund)
Forwards:
Mario Gomez (Bayern München), Miroslav Klose (SS Lazio), Lukas Podolski (1. FC Köln)
No big surprises really but I'm not totally convinced that Löw chose the better one of the two Benders. Maybe someone should tell him that identical twins are the spitting image of each other. Anyway, we are very much relieved that Draxler didn't make it.
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