- 18 Jun 06, 11:45 PM
MUNICH - There was real tension outside the ground as Brazil prepared to face Australia - and it wasn't about the match.
The sheer number of people hanging around outside looking for tickets really took me by surprise.
- 18 Jun 06, 03:49 PM
Isn’t it funny how 10 days of football can change so many people’s ideas about other nations?
I never expected to hear so many voices from around the world say how great the Germans are. I also didn’t expect the World Cup to be quite such an international love-in.
- 18 Jun 06, 03:43 PM
IBC, MUNICH – There’s a football pundit on German TV who looks uncannily like .
I discovered today he is former West Germany international . He seems to be their number one pundit (in fact, possibly their only pundit) – Germany’s answer to Alan Hansen I reckon.
Has anyone else got any good World Cup look-alikes?
- 18 Jun 06, 02:19 PM
BADEN-BADEN - England's "open" training sessions in front of the media are hardly the most informative of affairs.
The 15 minutes allotted usually allows you enough time to confirm international footballers can run, stretch, jump, and play a clever little game where one player stands in the middle and his team-mates torment him by passing the ball around him.
- 18 Jun 06, 01:17 PM
MUNiCH - Arriving in Munich we've walked straight into another massive party, the Brazilians and Aussies are in town for their match on Sunday.
As every other first time visitor to the city, Fletch and I made a bee-line for the to try and get something to eat and drink.
- 18 Jun 06, 11:57 AM
HEIDELBERG - They say never meet your heroes because they will only disappoint you. Well when I saw him shimmy out of the commentary box after the Italy USA game, I knew that wasn't going to be the case.
Chris Waddle hadn't lost his touch.
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