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The shocking thing is that…

September 5, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

It’s not really shocking anymore.

Germany suffer shock World Cup qualifying loss to Slovakia – Germany’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a disastrous start as they suffered a deserved 2-0 defeat to Slovakia. Furious head coach Julian Nagelsmann questioned his team’s mentality.

Germany’s journey to the 2026 World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada got off to the worst possible start as Julian Nagelsmann’s team suffered a deserved 2-0 defeat to Slovakia in Bratislava.

Nearly three months after the disappointment of the Nations League, Germany looked out of shape and sorts. They had never lost a World Cup qualifier away from home before tonight. History had been made, but not the kind that Nagelsmann wanted.

German of the day: Handspiel

November 12, 2024 By in Hard Facts, Hate, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means handling the ball (in football/soccer).

Although in this case it was more like handling the knife.

Jewish youth football team ‘attacked by knife-wielding pro-Palestinian mob in Berlin’ – Police protection for teens who say they were ‘hunted down’ by a gang of Arab youngsters.

A Jewish youth football team has been put under police protection after it said it was attacked by a pro-Palestinian mob armed with sticks and knives during a match in Berlin.

Teenagers from Makkabi Berlin’s youth side say they were “hunted down” by a gang of Arab youths after a game against local rivals last week.

The game was played in Neukölln, a neighbourhood known for its large Arab and Turkish population.

“Collective embarrassment”

July 15, 2024 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , Leave a comment

Certainly not about the performance of the German team during the Euro 2024 championship.

But…

Germans don’t like what Euro 2024 has exposed about their country – Since Berlin became the capital again 25 years ago, German ingenuity, once applied to solving problems, has been applied to finding excuses. No wonder national team manager Julian Nagelsmann decided to give the whole country a pep talk.

“The championship has shown Europeans just how many things don’t work in this country.”

We’ll start checking our border crossings for once…

June 17, 2024 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

And jackpot! 1,400 unauthorized entries and 173 arrest warrants issued in one week.

Maybe we should do this more often. Like, for always and forever. And not just for Euro 2024.

Germany detects 1,400 unauthorised entries ahead of Euros, Bild says – Border authorities in Germany, host nation of Euro 2024, detected 1,400 unauthorised entries and issued 173 arrest warrants in the week preceding the soccer tournament, according to German newspaper Bild.

Expanded border controls introduced temporarily for the championships prevented 900 people from entering the country between June 7 and June 13, the Sunday paper said.

German of the day: Auseinandernehmen

June 15, 2024 By in Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

That means to take apart, dismantle, take to pieces.

We’ll even shoot one goal for you!

Euro 2024 updates: Germany thrash Scotland in record win – Jamal Musiala and Florian Wirtz inspired Euro 2024 hosts Germany to the biggest-ever opening game win at a European Championship as Julian Nagelsmann’s team inflicted a 5-1 defeat on Scotland…

An Antonio Rüdiger own goal in the 87th minute gave the sizable contingent of Scotland fans something to cheer — and they did so in exaggerated fashion — before Emre Can capped a brutal defeat, scoring Germany’s fifth in the final minute of stoppage time.

Is 666 still allowed?

April 2, 2024 By in Helplessness, Hideology, History, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

It’s numbers like these that rune the sport.

Adidas bans fans from adding ‘44’ to German team football shirt – Kit’s resemblance to infamous SS rune of Nazi paramilitary wing unintentional, company says.

Adidas has banned football fans from customising the German national shirt with the number 44 due to its perceived resemblance to the symbol used by Nazi SS units during the second world war.

German of the day: Blitzschnell

March 24, 2024 By in Hard Facts Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That means lightning fast.

Seven seconds? Get outta here.

Germany raise Euro 2024 hopes as Wirtz and Havertz shock France in Lyon – Toni Kroos returned and Florian Wirtz scored the fastest-ever Germany goal as the Euro 2024 hosts defeated France 2-0 in Lyon.

Kroos, coaxed out of international retirement for the upcoming European Championship, wasted no time with a precise pass for Wirtz, who let fly from outside the penalty area to score after seven seconds.