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Allez les vieux

July 6, 2006

I hope I spelled that correctly. High school French class just gets further and further away with each passing day. So Germany is out and the nation is depressed. Rainer has recovered from Football Fever. Italy and France will by vying for the title of World Champion this weekend. I just realized this morning that [...]

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What goes on at a Fan Fest when there’s no game?

July 4, 2006

Last night was Mateo’s last night in Germany, so we went to an Austrian restaurant on Kantstrasse in Berlin. He’s arriving in Italy at 8:30pm, and since his house is an hour from the airport, he’s got one of his students picking him up and he will watch the Germany v. Italy game at the [...]

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Arme England alles ist vorbei

July 1, 2006

In keeping with tradition, England has been knocked out of the World Cup by Portugal in a match decided by penalty kicks. This was really a heart-wrenching game. I was rooting for England to win it all, and the Portugese team should have been ejected after the extremely dirty game they played against Holland. But, [...]

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Some new German goings-on

June 28, 2006

Rainer claims there was an opinion piece on SpiegelOnline that has Italy in an uproar. It was removed before I could read it and I haven’t managed to find it referred to on any sites yet either. Strange. So, according to Rainer, the author of the piece, who was trying to be funny but wasn’t, [...]

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Halftime and it’s Germany 2:0 Ecuador

June 20, 2006

Germany has been playing well so far and it appears safe to say that they will finish 1st in Group A. Costa Rica v. Paraguay is tied at 1:1. Tonight at 9pm is the England v. Switzerland match and that should be exciting. We need to find someplace to watch the USA v. Ghana game [...]

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Italy v. USA

June 18, 2006

WOW! What a match that turned out to be; I’m all hoarse today from screaming. The USA stepped up and brought their best game to the match against Italy. As the game started, the crowd in the tent stadium quickly drowned out the “USA! USA!” cheers with boos, but slowly, the balance shifted. By the [...]

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June 17, 2006

South America is rockin’ the World Cup so far (except that Paraguay is out); Ecuador and Argentina seem to be at top form (I’m sure Brazil will eventually get there). Ivory Coast, Serbia-Montenegro, Paraguay, Poland, and Costa Rica won’t be progressing. Tonight we’ll find out if the USA should start packing or prepare for an [...]

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