technically our midfield raped them all over the way
we are leading 2:0
well fully deserved, they got 1 chance in the whole game, and a red card for the goalkeeper aswell
Kroos wrote:the same to germany
götze
holtby
schmelzer
schürrle
There was no doubt that Steele made contact with the striker's feet, but given he had begun to dive long before the contact was made, the red card was a harsh decision.
COTR wrote:I'm sure this wonderful German team will be sitting back with their feet up enjoying the European under 21 championships they failed to qualify for ahead of the likes of Belarus and Iceland and thinking back gloating about this important game
What ya think Ozil ?
Ä wrote:
apparently, they stayed VERY LONG
Ä wrote:haha
Sammer reports that Pearce + English delegation made a trip to the DFB HQ in Frankfurt the other day
trying to understand what the German youth set-up was getting RIGHT
apparently, they stayed VERY LONG and tried to soak up everything like a sponge
football's coming HOME, I guess
Allez les rouges wrote:We has been over this before. He applied for citizenship off his own bat because he wanted it, wanted to become a proper German and has his family over here.
You might have a point with him, alone of the whole squad, but like it or not (that he learnt his football elsewhere etc), it would make him a second-class citizen if he wasn't allowed to play for the national team (as Blut said) and we can't have that. He learnt the anthem and takes pride in bellowing it out, speaks better German than plenty and is something of a hero.
Allez les rouges wrote:There are exceptions here, I think it's an EU thing and not a case of taking away your dual nationality if you already have it... anyway for instance a good mate of mine possesses an American and a German passport...
110% wrote:Allez les rouges wrote:There are exceptions here, I think it's an EU thing and not a case of taking away your dual nationality if you already have it... anyway for instance a good mate of mine possesses an American and a German passport...
It is clearly not an EU thing, it is a German thing.
There are a number of people with dual nationality including German. I posted that part of the German law in another thread some time ago I think, but it had something to do with it being illegal in their home country for them to give up their nationality at birth when becoming a German citizen. Therefore Germany allows those people to keep dual nationality but everyone else who wants a German passport for right to live there, earn a living, reduction in harassment (albeit only slight reduction if they look brown/islamic) etc has to give up their other rights.
It basically comes down to whether it is illegal in their home country to give up their nationality, which seems not to be the case in Poland, Turkey etc. It is not really Germany's fault for being clever, but it is a bit mean to lose your right to choose or have both.