Due to the success of the German soccer team, the cities in Germany have turned into big party areas again (like in 2006 when the world cup took place in Germany). The biggest one is in Berlin where there are up to 350.000 Menschen (people) when a match is broadcast over giant screens. The Atmosph\u00e4re (atmosphere) is incredible and the high victory over Argentina eliminated all doubts about the quality of the German team.<\/p>\n
The whole country is celebrating while the Mannschaft (team) itself is already concentrating on the semi final on Wednesday. As you could feel at the last press conference, trainer Joachim L\u00f6w is totally focused on Spain.<\/p>\n
In L\u00f6ws opinion there hasn\u00b4t been an opponent like Spain until now\u2026Trotz (despite) England and Argentina. L\u00f6w says: \u201cSpain hasn\u00b4t just one Messi, but they have a lot of Messis\u201d. The Spanish team who defeated Germany in the Endspiel (final match) in 2008 (European Championship) is a real unity and they don\u00b4t make Fehler (mistakes) on their own, he says. Even midfield star Bastian Schweinsteiger says: \u201cFor me, Spain is the best team in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thomas M\u00fcller will be missing in the next match due to yellow cards, so everybody is guessing who will be replacing him. When L\u00f6w is asked about this Thema (topic), he just answers \u201cwhoever will be playing\u2026I have a good feeling\u201d.<\/p>\n
Vor (before) the match against Argentina there have been some rude statements in the Presse (press). But this time, L\u00f6w and Schweinsteiger act a little more calm by showing the biggest respect to Spain. There are no feelings of Rache (revenge) and at the same time they seem to be very selbstbewusst (self confident) and entspannt (relaxed).<\/p>\n
As you can imagine the trainer himself as well as the players are asked endless questions about their victories, their feelings and even personal things. But all of the answers are pretty \u00e4hnlich (similar): \u201cWe don\u00b4t care what people write about us\u2026we\u00b4re just thinking about how to defeat Spain\u201d.<\/p>\n
But between the lines there has been one statement of Bastian Schweinsteiger: \u201cI have been to Berlin after two tournaments to celebrate with our fans. But something has been missing. I hope this time it will be different. If every one of us gives everything, we could beat the best teams in the world.\u201d So as you can see, a second or third place doesn\u00b4t seem to be enough for him. And you can bet that all people in Germany think the same way!<\/p>\n
So hopefully the German \u201cSommerm\u00e4rchen*\u201d will come true and
\neverybody sings “54 – 74 – 90 – 2010″…<\/p>\n
Go Germany go!!!<\/p>\n
* \u201cDeutschland: Ein Sommerm\u00e4rchen\u201d has been a documentary about the German soccer team, filmed by the famous filmmaker S\u00f6nke Wortmann. It mainly shows the extraordinary atmosphere during the world cup in 2006 that took place in Germany.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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