paul-collins Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Didn't I see a link to an "article" on the Germans in the German Playboy somewhere? Yahoo's "Dirty Tackle" I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwntfan Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 Yeah someone posted it on twitter yesterday. I really don't want to post the link though so if you find it do what you please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-collins Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 No, not really. Just showing that the Germans are leaving no stone unturned when it comes to promotion... must've made ol' Sepp happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 10, 2011 Author Share Posted June 10, 2011 Just saw the link, reminds me of the German porn star "player" a while back. None of these players are on the national team. This week in England the cover scandal was Ryan Gigg's brother's ex-partner kiss-and-telling about the players she'd slept with, so the Germans are well above the baseline English trash. Deutsche Welle has done their usual great work in a series on the German women this year: The cultural adoption of women's soccer in Germany: Women's football moves onside in German life The increase of female fan-dom in Germany: Female football fans claim vital ground in German stadiums The German World Cup performance bonus plan: Germany's female footballers celebrate higher bonus victory Lesbians vs. gays in the German national teams: Steeped in a man's sport, lesbian footballers fit the mold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 German PR, press and promotion picking up hype as the tournament approaches. Coach Silvia Neid and their players: The bus: Fatmire Bajramaj does the talkshows. Source: http://www.derwesten.de/sport/fussball/wm2011/Fotoshooting-des-DFB-Nationalteams-fuer-die-Frauenfussball-WM-id4749365.html Schwarzkopf Haircare has set a new standard for sponsors in terms of quality in promoting women's soccer. Yes, these are all players on the women's team. Source subsite: http://www.schwarzkopf.de/laolala Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niagara Hammer Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 10 Days to go. very excitted. Is Game time 12:00 pm eastern? Just trying to arange my life arround this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 You got it - 12 noon EST and 9am PCT, 6PM local in Berlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Half-time whistle just blew - Germany/Norway 0-0. Gotta love a stadium that plays Van Halen at half-time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Caught the last half of the game. 3-0 Germany with goals in the 79', 80' and 82'. Glad the Germans got their big result and didn't have to look the full game in the mirror. Silvia Neid has the massive German machine behind her but she isn't half the coach Eli Landsem is. For 80' the Norwegians masterfully broke the German team down into 11 individuals and managed to unsettle, disrupt, and isolate them for the majority of the game. The Germans whined every call, most of which they knew they were culpable on. They pouted, they panicked, couldn't hit the net, felt the pressure of the crowd, looked human to a fault and never caught a rhythm. They were the classic team we've all played a hundred times that beats themselves. Neid was scowling and looking pissed on the bench for the first 15-20 minutes of the second half before she caught herself and started fake laughing. It started raining heavy at around 70' and I thought the Norwegians would be home-free but they paid the price of a friendly and relaxed substitution rules. They also got denied what looked like a pretty clear German handball in the box that would have put them up 1-0 and a bit later they caught the Germans napping and had a 4v5 counter that could have been dangerous but it fizzled. By the time of the first German goal the Norwegians had gone to the bench hard, replacing 4-5 players. Norway doesn't have Germany's depth and the backbreaker was a corner where a player was left unmarked for a close-distance easy finish. It was even more remarkable because she was standing on top of the six calling for the ball while the server was standing over it in the corner. The Norwegians were stunned and the second came from the last defender playing a long ball upfield while Popp and her big leg managed to close her down and jump up and block it and then shield off a player half her size and go in alone and slot it right in the corner of the net. It was a beautiful individual effort. The third was a head height darting cross from the wide left wing and Popp did her signature diving header from the top of the six. Behringer served the corner on the first goal and the cross for the last Popp goal. She's a natural left and can pinpoint from distance while on the run. Something like an NFL quarterback with his arm. The first goal woke the Germans up and they had the Norwegians on their heels for the last 10 minutes of the game. The Norwegians at this point were deer in the headlights and when the Germans hit that confidence and rhythm you don't want to be on the other side of the field acting like that. The Germans are very, very strong in the air. If we give up corners we're toast, and we'll get nothing off ours unless Zurrer gets served perfectly. The Germans play very physical in tight and challenge hard low and it wouldn't surprise me if someone milks it and they see a player sent off in the tournament because of it. They say good teams don't make the same mistake twice. Let's hope they focus on the last 10 minutes and forget the first 80. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-22cPVkk3U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 17, 2011 Author Share Posted June 17, 2011 Correction: Norway had subbed 7 players when the Germans breeched them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trillium Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I thought i would do a post on where people are sitting in the stadia... since the CSA has not the chutzpah to get us all tickets in one section.... Trillium, Nordtribue, Sektro Grun block M1, row 37 seat 27 an 28. Add your location in.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmateo Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Anyone watching this match in Ottawa? Going to probably head to Georgetown Pub on Bank St. to watch it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Silvia Neid signs to 2016 The German Football Federation (DFB) has five days before the start of the Women's World Cup 2011 on Sunday announced an agreement with Germany coach Silvia Neid extending her contract for three more years until 2016. This was announced at a press conference on Tuesday the arrival of the national team in Berlin. http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/frauen/startseite/554200/artikel_dfb-bindet-neid-bis-2016.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Fact of the day: After beating Canada 5-0 last Fall the Germans defeated Australia 2-1 on October 28, 2010 in Wolfsburg. The goal was scored by Australian prodigy Samantha Kerr, a couple of weeks after her 17th birthday. The Germans have not given up a goal since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Neid: there is no enemy against which we are afraid What are you working on between now and kickoff? "We are still refining things like passing, and standards. You have to go over them again and again intensely. As well as attacking play, combination play. I believe that we now no longer necessarily need our psychologists to give us courage. We are brave, we want to get started. The only thing they could do now is get things going quicker." Do you know your starting 11? "It's all still open. I'm going to watch the workouts again exactly. Our players know we can win this title together, and we need all 21 players. When will you decide and tell the team? "My impressions are training. Then my eyes or even my gut and my tactical knowledge of what Canada is concerned, these are now the right players. We always have our game day morning meeting. " You do not often play in front of 75,000 people. What role is home field advantage? "Stage fright, it will exist in any case. 75,000 spectators is something very special for us. I do not know when we will play again in such a large stadium. I hope that these 75,000 spectators will help us to take three points on Sunday." Is there a nemesis? "There are very many opponents who are in a position to win the world title. There is no enemy against which we are afraid. But we have many teams from all over and give them very, very much respect. " http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/nachrichten/sport/sport1/sport/fussball/frauen/wm/deutschesteam/news/Fussball-Frauen-WM-Deutschland-Interview-Neid-Gibt-keinen-Gegner-vor-dem-wir-Angst-haben;art291498,3814693 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 "We need players, not Barbie dolls" For 40 years, trained Bernd Schröder Germany's best women's soccer team. In the interview, he lamented the commercialization and warns against exaggerated expectations. We must be realistic and cautious. You know: Today, "Hosanna," tomorrow "Crucify them!". If we are unable to provide a good result, many people will come crawling back out of their holes. The women's game is judged too rarely factual. It becomes an event and produces pseudo-stars. But we need players, not Barbie dolls. In men's soccer, we have already lost the plot. Look at the millions of euros in debt. It's a situation we do not want. Women's soccer needs to be different in kind from commercialized men's football. Merchandising alone will not save the women's game. If I pick one footballer on the podium, that's all well and good, but you must always ask the question: who is that? And what happens if she comes back down from the podium? You must still be realistic. We have a solid audience. From Men's Soccer no one comes to us [German champions Turbine Potsdam], why should he? Of course I would also like to see that we make it big. But I am also there when things go badly [he has been coach for 40 years]. We can not compare this with the World Cup for men. http://www.zeit.de/sport/2011-06/interview-schroeder-turbine-frauenwm/seite-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 22, 2011 Author Share Posted June 22, 2011 Ambassador representing Canada in the opening game Peter Michael Boehm, Canadian Ambassador to Germany, is attending the opening game of the Women's World Cup on Sunday. "I will, with great joy and with my little Canadian flag, represent the Canadian government," Boehm said the sports-information service (AFP): "I'm in the stadium but belong to a minority, but I'm looking forward to." Both the deputy head of state, Canadian Governor General David Johnston and Prime Minister Stephen Harper will not participate in the opening game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Fast FAQ: the last time the German women lost a World Cup game was 12 years ago. World Player of the Year top 3 finalist Bajrajmaj was on the "B" team in training yesterday behind Okoyino da Mbabi. Ex-MNT coach Holger Osieck was quoted yesterday as saying Canada will palce second in the group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Speaks for itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwntfan Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Is it ok if I say I don't like any of them? On Sunday at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 23, 2011 Author Share Posted June 23, 2011 Not just ok, we're all going to scream it Sunday. The salient point is when you back people like this into a corner in front of 75,000 of their countrymen, you had better be prepared for the gates of hell to open. They will play to the death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 If you have Google Earth you can load up the Olympic Stadium in Berlin and it's absolutely amazing. You can fly right into the stadium through the roof and onto the center circle and actually run down the field toward the end lines. Kelly Parker training Tuesday in Berlin, courtesy of the CSA: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-collins Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Is it ok if I reserve my hatred for when we meet them the second time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwntfan Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Love your thinking, Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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