10 to Watch in August
Hard as it is to believe, the European season kicks off tomorrow with the first of the pre-season “Super” Cups. So whether you’re ready or not, football is coming for […]
Category Archives: Germany
Olympics (Men): Game 3 Preview
With the Premier League season starting this weekend, it’s hard to spare much energy for a glorified U-23 tournament. But if you’re feeling Olympic enough to watch men’s football tomorrow, […]
Olympics (Women): Day One Round-Up
Heading into Day Two of the preliminary group stage of the Women’s Olympic tournament, here’s a quick round-up of what you missed on Day One. Sweden 1 – South Africa […]
Euro 2016: Germany 0 – France 2
A deserved penalty gave France an undeserved lead, and they held on to overcome Germany in the game of the tournament. Despite missing key players, Germany were definitely unfortunate not to […]
Euro 2016: Germany 1 – Italy 1 (6-5 SO)
A substantially weakened Italy pushed Germany a full 120 minutes, after which the Germans managed, as the British say, to just about win a penalty shoot-out. While Italy retained the […]
United States 2, Germany 0
The United States clearly outperformed Germany, but won the game through poor refereeing and excellent diving. After weathering a brief spell of German pressure at the beginning of the match, […]
Ten Games in October
October opened with a game between the last two teams in the major European leagues to not have dropped points, and ended with the return of Luis Suárez in the […]
Devil’s Due
There is a lot of time to go yet, and no reason to believe that qualifiers will have any more bearing on the quality of Euro 2016 than they have […]
Brazil 1, Germany 7: A Thought Experiment
Germany’s historic victory over Brazil is the kind of game that makes ordinary analysis virtually pointless. It is so out of line with any sort of sensible expectations that it short circuits […]
Precap Double: United States v. Portugal, Germany
So many games I want to cover in the last two days, but with the US playing Belgium this afternoon, it seems like a good time to catch up on […]
