Ahh Germany. The land of the great Nationalmannschaft, the team with such glorious World Cup and Euro Cup history (six trophies collectively) and who almost increased their collection by one in June, had it not been for the Spanish Armada and a certain Fernando Torres. Germany is also the homeland of prestigious club teams such as [. Click to continue reading...

"Blatter will never retire. He will stay until the mortician arrives with the black bag to take his body out." Steve Amoia recently had the opportunity to interview respected investigative journalist and film maker, Mr. Andrew Jennings, whose recent book, "Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote Rigging and Ticket Scandals" painted FIFA in a [. Click to continue reading...

Yesterday i had the privilege of watching Once in a lifetime.The story of the New York Cosmos.This story is narrated by Matt Dillon who does a good job of telling the tale of a few American businessmen who had the dream of creating a soccer team from nothing and making it bigger then any sport in America. Click to continue reading...

First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were the international legends in my quiz? Every one of them was guessed by someone among our readership, but all of them were not guessed by any one person. [...] Click to continue reading...

GOLTV will air this (apparently) updated comedy "documentary" stariing former Python John Cleese at 5 p.m. Wednesday that's a couple of years old, but now includes references to Euro 2008.

From the GOLTV press release:

The documentary begins with a look at the frenzy behind the 2008 UEFA Euro in Austria and Switzerland, offering an unconventional, amusing take on the game of soccer, which attracts more viewers than the Olympics and more money than Hollywood.

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Mientras Michel Platini le restrega sus verdades a Wegner el director técnico del Arsenal, diciéndole que solo le interesa el negocio. El ex-astro del fútbol mundial Beckenbauer anuncia lo siguiente:

Burdeos - La UEFA ha acordado ampliar de dieciséis a veinticuatro equipos la fase final de la Eurocopa, a partir de 2016, según anunció hoy el alemán Franz Beckenbauer, miembro del Comité Ejecutivo de este organismo. Click to continue reading...

UEFA is going to expand the European Championships from 16 teams to 24 in 2016. "The European Championships will not lose any quality by that," said Franz Beckenbauer. Remember, 24 of 53 UEFA members in their championship (45%) are not too many, but 8 of 14 (57% and sure to drop next year and the year after and [. Click to continue reading...

Uefa have decided that from 20160 onward the European championships will include 24 teams instead of the current 16. Franz Beckenbauer said: "Yes for sure it's going to be 24 teams," "The European Championships will not lose any quality by that." The proposal to extend the competition was put forward by the Scottish . Click to continue reading...

European championship finals will feature 24 teams instead of 16 from 2016, senior UEFA committee member Franz Beckenbauer has confirmed. Click to continue reading...

"Former German international [Franz] Beckenbauer is not a Uefa executive committee member but is a European Fifa executive member who sits in on the meetings as a non-voting observer." With these words, BBC Sport said approximately everything there is to say about the UEFA executive committee's decision, revealed today by football's favorite non-voting former German [. Click to continue reading...

Germany's worst football team is looking for sponsors. (Spiegel Online) Why take a new photo of Jens Lehmann, when an intern with a pirated copy of Photoshop does the trick for VfB Stuttgart? (The Local) Seven reasons why the Bundesliga is better than the English Premier League. (Bundesliga Talk) The grass is always greener. Click to continue reading...

Apparently, Robinho wasn't the only big name player that Manchester City tried to recruit on the deadline day of the transfer window as ESPN reports in this article that they placed a big for Mario Gomez as well. I wonder if they also tried to recruit Pele and Franz Beckenbauer out of retirement....

Anyway, it seems that "Super Mario" wants to move on to a bigger club after the success that he has had in recent years with all of the goals that he has scored in the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

Being likened to Franz Beckenbauer is not a comparison which many footballers could honestly admit to, but for one Belgian defender it is a justified truth and one he can be honoured about. Vincent Kompany, once described by Belgium legend Paul Van Himst as being able to "beat three opponents with one pass", has switched life in the German Bundesliga for the starry lights of the Premiership with Manchester City. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't a big surprise, but it is a big move. Seattle now has a world-class 'keeper tending it's nets.

Listening to Keller though, who was born in Olympia and grew up in Lacey I believe, it appears as though playing on the field is only one of his goals.

I would love to be what (Franz) Beckenbauer has become to Bayern Munich for example.

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In 1965 these players were plying their trade. Ferenc Puskas, Garrincha, Pele, Bobby Charlton, George Best, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Johan Cruyff, Alfredo Di Stefano and Gerd Muller. With more than some arguments, from Argentines especially, this could be considered an all time top 10 list. Surely this was the golden age of football, talent wise? Click to continue reading...

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Immer mehr Türken wie Deutschen auf dem Platz. Einfach großartig diese Aussage von Rainer Callmund im Interview mit Franz Beckenbauer nach dem EM-Halbfinale Deutschland Türkei. Ich glaube ich muss mir demnächst auch noch die anderen 47 Calli.tv-Videos auf YouTube ansehen und die, die noch dazu kommen, sowieso.

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Liverpool's increasingly impressive unbeaten pre-season run was stretched to seven games against Valerenga in Oslo - but they suffered the worrying loss of skipper Steven Gerrard.

The midfielder limped off in the first half of this comfortable 4-1 victory with what looked like a recurrence of a groin problem that has dogged him in recent weeks. Click to continue reading...

Recently, I had the opportunity to speak with Rick Davis, current National Executive Director of the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO). Rick or Ricky Davis is also well known as a former player for the New York Cosmos and U.S. National Team.

Rick explained that when he was a child he was very active in all sports, growing up in Claremont, CA. Click to continue reading...

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Bangkok Post/Tor Chittinand - Reid named as the next Thailand boss
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Former England international Peter Reid will be Thailand's new national coach, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) announced yesterday. Click to continue reading...

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Two weeks have passed since Italy were ousted on penalty kicks to Spain and i am still disillusioned by the hire of Roberto Donadoni.Actually my feelings toward his hire and the job he has done have remained the same from day one.I have always looked at this hire with one eye flinching in horror and with a slight turn of my head. Click to continue reading...

With the Euro 2008 trophy resting on their mantle, Spain now look ahead to the 2010 World Cup, where they will undoubtedly be among the favorites. The criticism of Spanish teams in the past never centered on the talent; it was always about the team's failure to deliver in big games. Now that that's been erased, Spain will be eyeing the world's biggest prize in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

EURO 2008 Quarter-final lineup:Germany v Portugal Croatia v TurkeyNetherlands v RussiaItaly v Spain
Germany v Portugal tonight looks an intriguing contrast of styles.
The Lusitanians will be hoping Cristiano Ronaldo can catch fire in the right way tonight and burn the German defence that was breached twice by Croatia in the group stage. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by kencko Duelazo en la cancha y en la tribuna también, por primera vez en mucho tiempo Portugal es favorita sobre Alemania.

El kaiser Franz Beckenbauer corrobora esta teoría, ademas menciona que si llega a ganar Deutschland seria campeona de Europa. Click to continue reading...

As Italy prepare to play Holland in their first game of Euro 2008, as part of all the fever, Carlo Garganese offers his all-time Azzurri XI...

4) Gaetano Scirea (1975-86) – Caps 78 Goals 2
Probably the best natural sweeper to have played the game after Franz Beckenbauer, Scirea was class personified. Click to continue reading...

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German legend Franz Beckenbauer knows a thing or two about lauching World Cup bids and actually hosting the mega competition. After all, he was the architect of the organization of the World Cup in 2006. And the English FA might well do themselves a favour by listening to him. Kaiser says that the proposed plans of [. Click to continue reading...

Ich weiß gar nicht was ich von diesem Bericht halten soll. Anfang der 60er-Jahre nahm Junioren-Nationaltrainer Dettmar Cramer den damals 18-jährigen Franz Beckenbauer mit ins Bett unter seine Decke, um aufzupassen, dass der flügge Franz nicht noch ein uneheliches Kind zeugt.Verlängerung

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