How well I remember the day, how well I remember Lukas Podolski rising! On 4th of July 2006, the independence day of USA, one of the co-hosts of the World Cup 2026, but two decades back things looked different, but did have some links we might not even expect to find. Germany was back then…
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10 beer experiences from all around the world
I prefer to stay away from alcohol, as much as possible, because if you are candid, as you get older, any guilty “pleasure” can become faulty. I have written something relevant here, and don’t want to contribute to the ranking. However, if I am choosing, from time to time, to drink something, I am going…
André Schürrle, mental layers of conscience: from world champion to backyard ultra
“The lows were becoming lower and the highs were fewer and further between. The only thing that counts on the pitch is performance. Weakness and vulnerability must not exist at any time“, the words engraved in a forgotten DW post, from 2020. They belong to a 29 years old, André Schürrle, who recognizes that top…
FIFA World Cup 2026: participating nations at the glamourous event
As I wrote before, the FIFA World Cup is on the process of becoming 100% a true festival, rather than a sports competition. From some regards, that is not necessary bad, but if you want still to scale the event in terms of competitiveness, that won’t be possible in a couple of editions. Actually this…
Frank Schmidt, the 20 year long process of a dream team: 1. FC Heidenheim 1846
“Heidenheim failed to win its first ever promotion in the Bundesliga, after losing to Stuttgart the play-off of promotion / relegation in 2023”, could have been a headline, if Heidenheim would have lost at Jahn Regensburg in the last week game of the 2. Bundesliga 2022-2023 season. Nine years after its first ever promotion in…
Union Berlin – a success story that reached the edge of the cliff
When I have visited Berlin for the first time, in 2017, in my three weeks spent there in September I have set some goals and many of them were related to football matches I wanted to attend. Hertha Berlin was the most known team back then, but I have learned that Union, from the East…