one established international superstar bites the dust, steps forward a young, no-name German talent doing the job even better
Kahn is out: Rensing produces world class saves galore
Sagnol is out: Lell makes the right side his own becoming the player of the match (apart from vBuyten)
van Bommel gets a double yellow: Ottl puts in a sensational performance, as already against Inter
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this kind of madness, which you would only expect to happen in Brazil, is an everyday occurrence in German football these days
Lahm has to swtich to the right in the Nationalmannschaft against the Czechs; in moves JANSEN, a kid from Gladbach , who plays so well that Ballack says he looks like a Nationalmannschaft veteran
Klose cannot make it for Germany giving GOMEZ a shot who promtly scores in his firm game for Kaiser and Vaterland
Rost loses his place at Schalke; Neuer, a 20 year old kid takes his place in goal and produces world class saves for fun
and so it continues
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what do we learn from this ??
a) most of us don't have enough numbers in our head to quantify the endless supply of German talents
b) all you need to do to see them flourish is to PLAY them
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Sammer predicts Germany to lift the EUropean Cup; Beckenbauer thinks we are now Europe's No 1
the truth is: you should no worry about Euro 2008
you should worry about the NEXT TEN YEARS, because there are more from where Ottl, Rensing, Wiese, Lell, Gomez and Lahm are coming from
they are the top of the iceberg that is immune to global warming