Monthly Archive for September, 2007

Wir sind Weltmeisterin! Hell Yeah!

Posted to Blog on September 30, 2007. 0 Comments

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Photo credit: Reuters

Can’t really post right now, I’m all knocked out after this brilliant match (and the USA winning against Norway earlier today! Go Abby!!), but I can’t recall ever having been this happy either. I hope that other Germans will now start paying attention to our fine team!
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Ich bin heiser und fix und fertig, aber war auch noch nie in meinem Leben so glücklich. Was für eine fabelhafte Leistung der Nationalelf, besonders von Nadine “Nadse” Angerer! Hoffentlich wird dieser Mannschaft nun endlich in Deutschland der Respekt gezollt, den sie schon so lange verdient.
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Tags: Football Not Soccer, Germany.

For Tomorrow

Posted to Blog on September 29, 2007. 0 Comments

Keeping my fingers crossed for Germany (and the USA at 11am). Oh and my hair is not as short as the picture may suggest.

Tags: Football Not Soccer, Germany.

Oh Fuck You, Swiss Referee with the Silly Terry Cloth Headband!

Posted to Blog on September 27, 2007. 7 Comments

As expected, emotions are raging pretty high on the USA vs. Brazil match. But poor Shannon Boxx got TWO yellow cards, neither of which she DESERVED. Even the German commentator, who appears to be blatantly on Brazil’s side, agreed. We’re now into half time, and I’m thinking about just switching the telly off. In fact, the very reason why I can stay home and watch this at 2pm CET is the fact that I’m on sick leave (severe bronchitis when you have asthma is not something I’d recommend to anyone), but this match is too agitating to watch. Another player I feel sorry for is Leslie Osborne, obviously. Scoring an own goal is terrible enough, but when so much is at stake, it’s something that takes a lot of strength to overcome.

Strength sadly will be a key factor for the USA in the second half of the match, since they are now down to just ten players. Will they be able to keep up? I certainly do hope so. Talking about hope: I do blame Greg Ryan, the US coach, for replacing Hope Solo, who in my humble opinion has been playing a fine tournament, with Briana Scurry for this match. Don’t get me wrong, Scurry is an exceptional and incredibly experienced goalie, but Solo did a good job so far, so there was no need to change a running system.

The second half has just begun. I’m still not sure whether I will be able to watch this. I think I’ll turn the sound off and lend mental support to the US girls by having a piece of American carrot cake!

Nicole Petignat doing what she does best in another match. It’s just that she doesn’t do this very well!

Tags: Football Not Soccer.

[english]Wu Hu![/english][german]Finale, Woooohoooo![/german]

Posted to Blog on September 26, 2007. 2 Comments

[english]Germany made it to the final of the Women’s Football (Soccer) World Cup in China!! I’m so happy, now all I want is for the USA to defeat the Brazilian team tomorrow and also make it through. In fact, I do feel like tomorrow’s match is somewhat of a petite finale already. The USA is arguably one of the best teams, and definitely one of the hardest working ones. However, I do feel like they have not reached the pinnacle of their performance yet (maybe they were saving it), Brazil on the other hand has been incredibly strong throughout the tournament. I’m still not rooting for Brazil though, never going to happen when it comes to football. Plus, the USA has all the cool players on their team – and the prettiest jersey to boot.

From left to right: Carli Lloyd, Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx, Catherine Whitehill. Front row: Lindsay Tarpley, Natasha Kai.
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[german]Es ist geschafft – Deutschland ist im Finale, und das ohne einziges Gegentor. Nun gilt es, am Sonntag, 14.00 Uhr, die Daumen zu drücken. Der Gegner wird morgen entschieden – entweder die USA oder Brasilien. Ich halte natürlich zu den USA, neben Deutschland meine absolute Lieblingsmannschaft. Leider haben die Damen bisher, wie Deutschland, nicht ihr bestes Tournier gespielt. Brasilien hat auf der anderen Seite relativ stark gespielt. Aber was den Fußball angeht, habe ich meine Prinzipien: Bitte nicht Brasilien. Mein Traumfinale wäre also Deutschland gegen die USA. Ich werde dann natürlich zu Deutschland halten, aber wenn das Finale aus Deutschland gegen Brasilien bestehen sollte, und Brasilien gewinnt… nun, dann müsste ich meine Havaianas aussortieren. Ok, in einem sehr kalten September nicht das Schlimmste, auf Flip-Flops verzichten zu müssen. Aber mal ehrlich, ich weiß gar nicht, wie ich die Spannung bis Sonntag überstehen soll! Continue reading ‘[english]Wu Hu![/english][german]Finale, Woooohoooo![/german]‘

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