The tabloids usually have their eyes and ears everywhere and when they don’t they pretend and invent. Yet, BILD currently scream on their front page “Jaaaaaaaa! Michael Ballack spielt!” which translates to “Jaaaaaaaa! Michael Ballack is playing!”. So, here’s a short bit of good news, or is it?
Afterall we will field a half fit Torsten [...]

OK, just to give you a quick news update, as it’s already spreading through the comments:
Germany captain Michael Ballack is doubtful for Sunday’s Euro 2008 final against Spain because of an injury to his right calf, the German Football Association (DFB) said on its website (www.dfb.de) on Saturday.
Ballack missed training on Friday back at the [...]

The 26 man Germany squad are currently training in Mallorca. On Tuesday, May 27, they will have a preliminary match against Belarus in Kaiserslautern. This will give Jogi a chance to test his team and have a better idea of which players will be nominated to the final 23 man squad on May [...]

Mario Gomez is out for at least two weeks with a torn muscle fiber in his thigh.  He has scored 15 goals this season for VfB Stuttgart.
“Injuries are never welcomed, and I was pretty disappointed at first. But what can you do about it? I will try to return for the remainder of the season [...]