Author: Jude North
Date: 16:08:34 09/02/01
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I find your post completely incomprehensible but I defend your right to post it. Jude On September 02, 2001 at 10:39:33, Graham Laight wrote: >I am prepared to forgive Bruce, because, being American, he's not been fully >exposed to the real passion that the rest of the world feels about soccer >(although my colleagues in our California office seem to understand). > >Last night's result was truly historic. > >Germany were expected to win, and thereby gain automatic entry into next year's >world cup. The bookmakers were offering far bigger odds on Germany winning than >England. Germany were unbeaten in the group. Germany were on their home soil. I >regard Kahn, the German goalkeeper as the best in the world, wheras our own >goalkeeper, David Seaman, is too old at 38. > >At the start of the game, England were stiff, and their passing loose. Germany >took advantage of this, and went one ahead, with a soft goal. > >However - this seemed to suddenly galvanise England, who started wanting to >fight (metaphorically speaking). > >Then suddenly, the German defence (which was horribly immobile throughout the >game, it has to be said), failed in an offside trap, and 4 England players were >facing Kahn. The ball fell to the brilliant Liverpool striker Michael Owen, and >it was 1:1. > >I was elated at this point. At least we were going to get a proper game - even >if Germany do tend to win the close encounters. > >As the referee blew for half time, a German defender fouled and England player, >and the referee allowed a free kick. From the free kick, the ball fell to >Gerrard who, with the last kick of the ball in the 1st half, and with immaculate >timing, blasted the ball into the bottom right - 1:2. > >To be fair, England were lucky in many ways. However - the luck was made good >use of, and in the 2nd half it was soon 1:4 as the brilliant Michael Owen made >up his "hat trick" (3 goals in one game). > >To finish a truly splendid evening of sport, Scholes passed to Heskey, who made >it 1:5. On the drive home, I saw an unusual number of England flags flying. > >The World Cup qualifying position is transformed. With England four goals ahead >of Germany in goal difference, there is now a possibility that it might be >England who take the automatic qualifying place - and it might be Germany who >have to go into the playoffs. > >The last time Germany lost a World Cup qualifying game was in 1985. > >The last time England beat Germany on German soil was in 1965 - and the year >after, we gained our only ever world cup victory. > >A truly magnificent and historical game. September 1 2001 - a night to remember >forever! > >Bruce doesn't understand any of this. How could he possibly? > >Here, for all those who do understand - a true delicacy: the "Das Bild" report >on the game translated by Alta Vista: > >A historical tracht Pruegel! And none has itself resisted... Of walter M. >STRATEN, VIM VOMLAND, WOLFGANG RUINER and INGO GRUENPETER Germany: Asamoah (46.) >for Woerns, Klose (67.) for Ballack, Kehl (78) for Neuville England: McManaman >(starting from 65.) for Barmby, Hargreaves (78) for Gerrard, Carragher (83.) for >Scholes Oh NO, which for a terrible low impact! We wanted to make the WM >qualification perfect against England. Instead it set a historical tracht >Pruegel for Rudi Voellers crew. 1:5 in the olympia stadium. to seize not! Munich >2001 belongs now into the number of unforgettable battles Germany. England such >as Wembley 1966 or Leon 1970. The classical author of Munich however had a >super+bitter end for us. The bad 1:5 were only our second defeat in 61. WM >Qualifikationsspiel (beforehand 0:1 against Portugal 1985). Just as painfully: >Our last home defeat against England was nevertheless eternally for a long time >ago (0:1 in Nuernberg 1965)... A short view, a long step, Carsten Jancker >presses the ball to torwart Seaman to the 1:0 for Germany in the gate thereby >tingled nevertheless beforehand so a wonderful football atmosphere in the >bangful olympia stadium. The fans had a temperature, the large ones like Franz >basin farmer or Boris Becker (had to be!) discussed. Many expected a tactical, >cautious play. of because of! Our dream start! 7. Minute: Ballack flankt >cream-tenderly from left. At the strafraum Neuville the ball nods into the run >of the starting Jancker. That ticks the ball with the sole at the rauslaufenden >torwart Seaman past in the gate. 1:0, go marvelously loosely! Owens first gate >it takes off volley. it is to 1:1. Woerns comes much to late the high-speed >shock! 13. Minute: Our guidance already again futsch! Scholes cuts back a >repelled ball back before the gate our defense plays on offside. Barmby (not in >the offside) squirts to the ball, cuts back it before punt crosswise. and there >Owen shoots in the abandoned gate, 1:1. Komm, come!. Rudi Voeller called >encouraging on the field. But only the Englishmen came. Powerfully. Now our >defensive players were much too far from wire-pullers such as Beckham or >Gerrard. And the swimming celebration in our defense already began... Physicians >fought for the life of father Voeller Owen ran links away, slammed a long pass >of Beckham volley past (24.). Punt threw itself on a dangerous back pass of >Deisler (30.). Beckham from seven meters slammed the freistoss into the stomach >of Rehmer (in the wall on the line). Football comment Voeller looked badly. >Which he did not suspect: In these minutes its father on the grandstand broke >down. Read in addition the report on the next page. 45. Minute: Again and again >Beckham (of because of border violation!). After its flank a glass-hard shot of >Gerrard from 20 meters. Fit exactly left down. 1:2! Involuntary stringer agony >position of Beckham, about which all female fans could be pleased: It had to >change its torn trousers for Die guidance of the Englishmen is earned. found >Lothar Matthaeus on the grandstand complete. Andy Brehme nodded: Absolut, those >are much stronger in the centre zone. Was correct also after the break. England >many more agressiver, with mad wing play. And class gates. 48. Minute: Again >Beckham... its flank presented Heskey by heading for Owen, hit in the short hits >a corner. 1:3. 66. Minute: Ballack verdaddelte against Gerrard, pass to Owen. >The outstanding Liverpooler slammed hard over punt in the gate and our hearts: >No, 1:4! Why did none resist there? It became still worse: Heskey after Scholes >pass freely to the 1:5 (74.). Speechless our eleven, Rudi Voeller and the fans >looked too. Thousands of Englishmen however sang and sang. A low-sad day for the >German football! > >Just to show the relevancy to computer chess, it's like Shredder beating Junior, >expecting to easily win - then suddenly, in a quite unexpected manner - it all >starts to go the other way.
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