BERLIN - By this I mean supporters, not players.
Ricco and I travelled into the centre of Berlin on Saturday afternoon with the specific purpose of finding Italian and French fans - what we encountered instead were thousands of German supporters heading to the for their team's .
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BERLIN - The weather has finally broken in Germany, after 30 days of unrelenting heat the storm clouds have arrived over Berlin.
After yesterday鈥檚 downpour when we were , both Fletch and I woke up bright and early this morning 鈥� about five 鈥� with the rain hammering down on Svan鈥檚 roof.
The next World Cup will be in South Africa and there are concerns over lots of issues to do with the host country.
But, while I still have worries, they've been slightly eased after the official handing over ceremony to South Africa.
I generally look forward to my all-too regular four-and-a-half hour train journeys in Germany about as much as the third place play-off but my trip to Berlin held an unexpected surprise.
First of all I managed to get a seat!! Secondly, a former World Cup manager only came and sat next to me and started chatting about all things football...