Comments on: Definition: Meaningful Friendly (England 1 – Germany 2)

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 06:25:59 +0000

Juliet: Now they actually try to make a big deal out of this match.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 18:40:44 +0000

*Ahem* Jan, did you happen to see this? *cackles evilly*

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 18:11:44 +0000

You can use italics. Put angle brackets (chevrons) around the letter i, write the word to appear in italics and then put those brackets around /i again to close the command.

By: rickard

rickard — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:15:37 +0000

Lahm is just one of those Footballers, (wish I could format that into italic) he really understands the game and has the athleticism and skill to make use of his intelligence. My favourite player in a fit squad, along with Klose.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:10:07 +0000

When he took the captain’s armband I first thought he might even be a bit overwhelmed by the gesture, but now that I saw the footage again, he was just a bit exhausted.

By: Juliet

Juliet — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:42:11 +0000

Ha! England always brings a B team, so why should last night have been any different?

But seriously, I know there was lots said about how they were both bringing B teams, but England still had Lampard, Owen, Crouch, Beckham, etc. Germany had most of their defense…and that was it. For the first 20 minutes, I thought Jogi had lost his mind. And then, crazy B team or no, it all started working. Teamgeist.

Who would’ve guessed the small, hard-working Lahm could drop into the hole? He’s my man of the match. Captaining the team for a few minutes seems a just reward.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:26:24 +0000

You’re right. I just read some articles about the match and the one from the Daily Mail points out:
“In a crowd of 86,000, the Germans even won the singing.”

So it didn’t just appear to be like that on TV.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/sport/football.html?in_article_id=477155&in_page_id=1779

By: Bense

Bense — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 07:29:42 +0000

I’ve noticed that chants issue as well. Possibly the German fans were a little more proactive. You could easily hear the English chants at some points of time but they just didn’t sing that often, seemingly. Maybe because the English game was one-dimensional and pretty bad at times.