Die Mannschaft takes on Los Ticos. Germany has won the World Cup three times (1954, 1974, 1990). Costa Rica has been twice (1990 and 2002), making it to the Round of Sixteen in 1990.
Michael Ballack will be out for this match for Germany with a leg injury.
Although host nations usually do very well at World Cups, Germans are downbeat about their chances.
Part of the problem is the unpopularity of their coach, the great 90's striker Jürgen Klinsmann. He has benched Oliver Kahn, their virtually deified goalkeeper, and, worse, has been commuting to his job — from Los Angeles.
Klinsmann doesn't live in Los Angeles. He lives in South Orange County.
The guy writing it must be British because he uses plural verbs with "Costa Rica" and "Germany"
I actually give a lot of credit to the Costa Rican team for putting up a good fight (even though the second goal was clearly offsides). In the first 10 minutes all I was saying was "this team is terrible." Now, I think they actually have a decent chance of getting out of this group if they can beat Poland without conceding too many goals.
And Ed Zwick is part of a World Cup blog?
http://www.tnr.com/blog/world-cup
Although host nations usually do very well at World Cups, Germans are downbeat about their chances.
Part of the problem is the unpopularity of their coach, the great 90's striker Jürgen Klinsmann. He has benched Oliver Kahn, their virtually deified goalkeeper, and, worse, has been commuting to his job — from Los Angeles.
Klinsmann doesn't live in Los Angeles. He lives in South Orange County.
The guy writing it must be British because he uses plural verbs with "Costa Rica" and "Germany"
Since I'm 40, I need to find out what happened to the last 12 years of my life.
I actually give a lot of credit to the Costa Rican team for putting up a good fight (even though the second goal was clearly offsides). In the first 10 minutes all I was saying was "this team is terrible." Now, I think they actually have a decent chance of getting out of this group if they can beat Poland without conceding too many goals.
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