Top 5 reasons why Germany will win the World Cup
This is the first 4KS report from the soccer capital of the world – Berlin.
Germany is different these days and the main reason is the World Cup. Soccer is everywhere here. There is no newspaper that doesn’t report on this number one topic, no store that doesn’t have some sort of advertisement using a German soccer star, and even the huge ball on top of the TV-Tower here in Berlin is covered in the colors of one of the main sponsors.
The people don’t talk about anything else. I witnessed a conversation between two women pushing strollers today in which they were discussing whether Totti’s penalty kick against Australia in the 95th minute that brought the Italians in the quarter final was indeed justified or not. I saw a little ice cream-licking 8-year-old girl getting angry after her mother told her that Brasil won against Ghana because the girl had bet on a victory for Ghana.
The one thing that is the most amazing (besides the German team actually playing like gods) are German flags everywhere. It was a strange thing for me to see cars with German flags, German flags on houses, people wrapped in them, German flags painted on faces, …. and all this even if Germany doesn’t play. One just has to understand a little bit of German history to realize that this is kind of a big deal. If you would have driven around with a German flag on your car even 3 or 4 months ago people would have put you in the right wing racist corner. It changed and it does Germany a whole lot of good. The newspapers are talking about the new “we” feeling in Germany. And you can indeed feel it in the streets when you watch soccer in beer gardens or in public viewing areas in the parks around. There are huge screens everywhere. For the last German game, nearly one million people gathered in front of the Brandenburg Gate to watch their heroes win 2:0 against Sweden. The World Cup is doing Germany so well that I am a little worried about what will happen after it’s over….
There are people from all corners of the world here in Berlin to see their team win. All they will see, however, is the German team getting to the final game and claiming the cup for themselves. If people, including me, expected the German team to embarrass themselves they talk now about winning the thing. Even our coach talks about it. Newspapers call it the “new German confidence” - I call it the survival of the fittest. If you look at all the games and compare the teams Germany can, without a doubt, win it.
Here are the top 5 reasons why Germany will become the World Champion this year:
No. 5 I’m back in Germany and I didn’t come here for nothing.
No. 4 None of our players are dumb enough to marry an ex-Spice Girl.
No. 3 Players who are used to beer and „Bratwurst“ for breakfast just won’t lose against south American tortilla-eaters.
No. 2 If you have about 5000 performers dancing around in “Lederhosen” during the Opening Ceremony of the World Cup you just have to win the Championship to regain at least some respect.
No.1 According to statistics Germany always becomes World Champion in Germany (seriously, just look it up).
My guess for the game against Argentina tomorrow – 3:2 Germany. And I hope I’m right because I am so sick of seeing Maradona sitting in the VIP lounge behaving like an idiot…
…if it’s 2:3, I don’t know what I’ll do….
posted by knasselhoff at
6:46 PM
7 Comments:
great to hear from you you, khoff. a couple responses:
1. any german player, for that matter any german, would marry posh spice if given the chance.
2. "tortilla-eaters"? maybe you are feeling a little "nationalistic".
3. how 'bout that late goal for argentina vs. mexico? one of the best i've ever seen.
4. germany can definitely score some goals, but i think their defense is suspect. still, i'll be rooting for deutschland on your behalf.
5. do you remember that time i schooled you for a goal at that intramural indoor soccer tournament?
congrats on the victory, khoff. drink a celebratory kolsh for me.
Congrats on the win, K-nut. However, I must say that I was pulling hard for the Argentines. There was something about them that I liked, and if they had played Messi in the game, there may have been a different outcome. I like to think so, anyway.
Ya'll are going against Italy next, eh? 3-0 against the Ukraine...
With the German win, my bracket is still barely alive....here's hopin' y'all stomp Italy.
It's hard to describe what happened today. I was watching the game with 1 Million people around me and it was one of the most intense experiences I have ever had. I'll posed some pictures soon. There were people everywhere in the streets after this quite historic victory. Thousands of cars honking and hundreds of thousands of people waving flags and singing.
All I want to say is: "No, I don't cry for you Argentina," and especially not after the entire Argentinian team started kicking and beating German players and team members after the game. That was just unexceptable and shameful. But I guess they have enough time to think about what they have done there - back in Argentina....
Do you know exactly what happened there? It wasn't very clear on t.v. Kinda seemed like it wasn't unprovoked...but if you know otherwise, do tell.
excellent reporting and commentary, knasselhoff. i just might start watching this thing called the world cup.
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