Thursday, June 08, 2006

The calf that moves Germany

The world cup ..... I can not ignore this important event. Germany will be hosting teams from 31 nations and billions of people will be watching. So please bear with me that I am also getting a little into the groove.
No Georg, this is not about food or meat. This matter is much more serious! It is about the destiny of the German national soccer team. Years of preparation and planning are in jeopardy. What the heck am I talking about? Well, Michael Ballack one of the best players of the world and also captain of the German national team has a problem with the calf of his right leg. He returned from a weekend vacation on Monday and ever since Germany is talking about nothing else. Will he play against Costa Rica? How did it happen? He was on vacation, right? For the last few days he was not able to practice and now all news channels report today that he will not play the opening match on Friday. All of Germany people worry about the calf of Ballack. How are we going to beat Cosdta Rica without him? Well, maybe this is a trick? Are we trying to be sneaky and make Costa Rica believe they will be playing a weaker team? Is this a political move? Are we preparing already an excuse for failure? Isn't this exciting? Some people might think 'who cares?', but hey, it is the world cup and we 'Mir sin die wo g'winne wellet' ('We are the team that wants to win').

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