Euro 2012 Qualifiers

[minionofmidas]

Italy losing a quarterfinal against England or a semifinal against Germany feels less realistic than them going out in the group stage, somehow.

[minionofmidas]

And as to Holland...

[minionofmidas]

And as to Holland...

You're thinking about the traditional Holland meltdowns?

Nah, just of the recent friendly.

[minionofmidas]

And especially one who is an idiot.

I think that after their recent experiences with idiots, they'll go back to what we were accustomed from them pre-Erikson, ie fullblown cretins.

[minionofmidas]

If this is some kind of ploy to get me to withdraw support for the Istanbul Olympics, it fails.

[minionofmidas]

We all know that training people to keep goal is beneath English clubs (or beyond their ability), but seriously?

[minionofmidas]

Anyway, why is Germany playing in green-white dresses ?

Green is historically Germany's away color. Only in the past few years have they changed it (to red and then black).

And grey before the red, but otherwise yeah. First used in 1954, and based on the DFB's emblem.



Ooh yeah, wikipedia has just what I needed.

[minionofmidas]

That mix of unexperienced kids and the elderly (plus Özil, Khedira and Podolski admittedly) would not be viable competition.

[minionofmidas]

I hope they keep the Nazis out of the stadium.

Aber dann spielt Deutschland ja nur zu fünft!