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Snapshot: Private Lessons for Jens Lehmann

June 6th, 2008 | By: Jan | No Comments »

Jens Lehmann will be one of the big unknown factors in Germany’s Euro campaign. Jogi Löw hasn’t given up on him though and has taken on the task of teaching Mad Jens some basics.

Ascona Diary: Of Vegetarian Nudists and Oliver Neuville

June 4th, 2008 | By: Jan | 3 Comments »

The German national team have arrived at their Euro base-camp in the small Swiss town of Ascona, where they’ll hopefully reside up until the very end of the tournament. Jogi Löw is already busy doing what he likes best: fine-tuning and optimising. Which gives us time to explore Germany’s temporary home and uncover some fun [...]

Mallorca Diary 31.05.08

May 31st, 2008 | By: Jan | 3 Comments »

The training camp in Mallorca is over and it’s time for a last round up of all the news, which came out of Spain over the last few days.
Joachim Löw has received some negative press following his Euro squad “casting”, with the journalists questioning whether it was necessary to pick 26 instead of 23 players [...]

Snapshot: Michael Ballack’s brand new Car

May 28th, 2008 | By: Jan | 7 Comments »

Michael Ballack probably had enough of the ridicule he received from his Chelsea team mates, or better anyone in England, for his white Ferrari, nicknamed “The Ambulance” after his long injury spell. I think there’s nothing wrong with living out your Miami Vice fanboy fantasies, but then again, I don’t have to cope with the [...]

Gearing up for the first test

May 25th, 2008 | By: angela | 3 Comments »

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 [...]

A Name to Remember: Marko Marin

May 22nd, 2008 | By: Jan | 4 Comments »

This feature is long over due. Marko Marin is a 19 year old youngster playing for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He debuted in the Bundesliga late in the 2006/2007 season. He came on as a substitute in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt and crowned his cameo with an assist, which helped Gladbach to a last minute 1-1 [...]

Mallorca Diary 21.05.08

May 21st, 2008 | By: Jan | 3 Comments »

The German national team arrived on the Spanish island of Mallorca on Monday, for their pre-Euro training camp and it’s time to do a quick scan of the German press, to collect the bits of news rippling out of Jogi’s hideout.
Miroslav Klose is officially out of form. Not that this comes as a big [...]

Schneider to miss EUROs.

May 14th, 2008 | By: angela | 4 Comments »

On May 2, 2008 Joachim Löw made a phone call to Bernd Schneider. The conversation was about Bernd’s back injury and his ability to play in the Euro’s. Schneider had an operation on his spinal disc on April 25th in Hannover. The two had a lengthy conversation about the tough decision [...]

Gomez injured

April 2nd, 2008 | By: angela | No Comments »

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 [...]


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