Ger vs. Arg

Germany versus Argentinia

If you follow me on Tumblr and Twitter and here as well, you know how crazy I get when it comes to soccer. As soon as I learned that a friendly between Germany and Argentinia was held in Frankfurt, I wanted to go. I wanted to go so badly! My mom granted my wish and bought me a ticket¹.

I was over the moon. My dad was sure Jogi Löw would not let Manuel Neuer play, that he would want to give the younger goalkeepers a chance. Oh dad dad dad...not the right thing to say when said goalkeeper is your daughters favorite soccer player...He was not right of course and I always knew Jogi would nominate him. Did not help me much, in the last game with Bayern, he got hurt. How tragic is that? I mean I already had to cope with the fact that Basti would not be able to play. It just is not fair, really, it is not. But there was not much to do about it so I decided to make the best out of it and enjoy the game anyway.

Worked pretty damn well. A stadion is pure magic! Magic! And besides Manu I am fan of the whole team so seeing them was pretty awesome as well. And the game really was worth its money. 

That referee was insane. And I mean it! I am not one to give all fault to the referee when a game is not going as hoped but that guy? Holy smokes. 

Ron Robert (ever thought about sueing your parents for that name Ron Robert?) got a red card and all I am gonna say is: Would not have happened with Manu...

After that we were one man short. Against Argentinia that is a heavy task. We still had chances, quite a few actually. Our strongest defender was knocked out (poor Mats looked pretty destroyed), we where a man short but we still fought (Funny how I always say „We“ I would not have survived one minute on that field). 

Anyway, Sami made a goal for Argentinia, it was just bad luck but it went downhill after that. A perfectly fine goal was not given to us and Argentinia shot 2 more (again I would like to say: Would not have happened with Manu, I mean Marc André gave his best but he aint no Manuel Neuer...). You could say the evening ended right there but it did not. See, rooting for a team does not end when they are 3 goals behind, actually it does not end at all. Ever. So I kept rooting and crossing my fingers and I especially did so for Benni. My dear Benni, Benedikt Höwedes captain of Schalke and in the National team for about a year. I hoped to see him on the field but was not expecting to. He came in for Mats I believe, pretty early in the game and I could kiss Jogi Löw for that chance. He fought so hard i could see it and finally the ball was in the right net. Benni scored! I screamed like a crazy person! Not only did I see him play & score it was also is first score for the national team <3 That totally made up for a lost game and a crazy referee and it almost made up for not seeing Manu. They announced the wrong name for that goal at first and crazy enough my dad told me that they annouced the wrong name in the radio as well (a diffrent one though.) I was all like: Fuck that shit that was Bennis goal! That poor guy. Of course both, the radio and the stadion corrected their mistakes. 

I already mentioned it, we lost but it did not matter to me. I had the time of my 'summer life' ;) Also my dad said that we lost a friendly against Argentinia before we became World champion in '74 and also before we played the damn fine World cup of 2010. So I am gonna take that as a good omen. In the meantime you can hear me cheering when the qualfikation for the World cup in Brasil starts and I can be found watching soccer, Bundesliga. Stay tuned, I plan to blog about it! 

 

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Summer tunes of 2012

 

With the summer on its high, I think it is time to share my personal summer hits with you. This summer was crazy so far. I had so many good moments and some pretty low ones but I always had the music on my side.

Most of my summer is associated with soccer. Gosh, I had the best nights watching soccer with family and friends, cheering for my team. The days where spent in anticipation and watching the press conferences and reading background information. A lot of time was also spent on our giant trampoline. We (my sisters, my friend Sahra and our dogs) would jump on this thing till the sun went down. Rain could not stop us. It was probably the best time of summer.

Once the EURO was over, I went into post soccer depression but I got myslef out of it. I started an internship and while I enjoyed it a lot, the long hours and writing papers for college at the same time really sent me over the edge. During this time music was the only thing to keep me sane.

Now with the summer slowly fading I was luck enough to crown my soccer summer with my first game in a stadion. A post about that special even is already in the making...

Emeli Sandé – Next to me

This song is perfect for jumping on a trampoline. In the early summer month my sisters and I spent most of our evenings in it. We had a blast and part of it was thanks to Miss Sandé.

It is all coming back to me now & Paradise by the Dashboard light – Meat Loaf / Glee Versions

Both versions, the original and the glee one, made my summer days a big singing contest. I just can not help but sing along to this song.

Of monsters and men – little talks

Sigh, what a beautiful song. It was a trampoline song as well and I mostly listened to it on game days. Meaning, whenever germany played I spent most of my days nervously paceing through the house and garden. Almost ever I ended up on the trampoline praying for the best.

Tongue tied & Up up up & Mean – Glee versions

Trampoline as well. The same songs on repeat. These songs will forever mean soccer to me.

Tage wie diese – Die toten Hosen

Here in germany, it was the song of the EM so yes it has to be on the list. It gave me, to speak a little tumblr, feels. So many actually that I could not listen to the song for a long time after we lost the semi finale.

Cough syrup – Young the giant

Yes, a trampoline song. I told you I spent too much time on that thing while the EM was on.

Von allein - Culcha Candela

My personal favorite of the soccer summer 2012. The best song and also the first of the summer. Had me dancing long before it got hot.

Triggerfinger - I follow rivers

It was the song used for the weather spot on our news channel. I listened to it about 5 times a day. In between soccer news.

Linkin park - Burn it down

Just like „Tage wie diese“ it gives me feels. Damn I wanted them to win so freakin bad.

Shake it out – Florence and the machine

The song of the post EURO depression

Wallis bird songs

I can not name a special one. But while driving to work, I would listen to her songs the most. I also played Wallis when I was out with my sisters. Wallis song „To my bones“ on my car radio and I was happy as can be. I mean singin „OH life I love you to me bones!“ while the sun was shining and I had me happy sisters with me? It does not get much better than this.

Nicki Minaj – Starships

Dance, all I am gonna say is dance!

Kyle Andrews – You always make me smile

He did, he still does. Oh if only he knew how much.

Flo Rida – Whistle

Was played at the stadion. Thus it is a summer song, end of the discussion.

Last but not least:

Taio Cruz – World at our hands

The last song of the EURO and the first of Olympia. Damn good song too.