How did this England team not win anything? Owen, Becks, Scholes, Gerrard, Rio, Cole, Seamen.. If only Giggs was English I guess. But this was a lethal team.
Being English I hate to shit on our parade but this whole obsession with beating the Germans and reminding them about 2 war wins is very sad and pathetic. Germans do not care, they have forgotten this result ever happened and are now number 1 team in the world. We English laugh and mock Scotland for having this anti-English sentiment where they always want to beat us, but we are the same with Germany. It's very sad to see. Time for England to move on and focus on building a winning team!
As a Germany supporter, it's nice to see some England-bite & overflowing pride; England has had a few good squads and could have had an extra Euro Cup championship or World Cup title if things went luckier for them. If Germany is out of a tournament and England is still in contention, I completely disregard the supposed venomous rivalry we're usually entangled in, media & certain supporters fuelling the atmospheric mutual-dislike; and I simply cheer-on England. I just have an inclination towards England as my second team of support – & past that, it's just rooting for underdogs. : ) Goodluck England in Euro Cup 2016 & World Cup 2018! Unless England is clashing with Deutschland, then you can understand my allegiance to my German team!
The Germans have never gotten over this, you know. They are deeply ashamed. Even beating Brazil 7-1 and also winning the World Cup did not erase the shame of the ass whooping they took that night. This truly was England's Golden Generation and doubt we will have a team like that for a long time. The reason England always fail at competitions is because we have a deeply ingrained feeling of inferiority. We grow up, whether conscious of it or not, feeling inferior to foreign nations. We try to mask it with 'but we invented footbal [so we have to be the best].)
It truly is deeply ingrained in us and this is why we bomb at competitions. Tell me Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney weren't among the best in their positions at some point… Yet we bottled it at the big stage. We usually do well in qualifiers and friendlies but that is because there is less pressure.
Until we start believing, we could have the German or Spanish players but it wouldn't make a difference.
In terms of players, the future looks good for England. Sturridge, Sterling, Ibe, Barkley, Shaw, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Delph, to name just a few. But they probably have the belief issue too.
Watching this is interesting. Look at how the two nations have reversed fortunes. Germany, winning the world cup and packed with young talent who are only going to get better. England, underperforming every tournament with no real sign of turning things around.
Lesson : In the after math of this game, the germans completely revamped their grassroots from top to bottom and a little over 10 years later they are Champions of the World… England has since regressed
If Britain had lost World War 2,Germany most likely would have won all the world cups after 1945. Hitler was a manipulating maniac and I would much prefer to produce a few bad football teams ratherthan the most evil man of all time.
How did this England team not win anything? Owen, Becks, Scholes, Gerrard, Rio, Cole, Seamen.. If only Giggs was English I guess. But this was a lethal team.
Being English I hate to shit on our parade but this whole obsession with beating the Germans and reminding them about 2 war wins is very sad and pathetic. Germans do not care, they have forgotten this result ever happened and are now number 1 team in the world. We English laugh and mock Scotland for having this anti-English sentiment where they always want to beat us, but we are the same with Germany. It's very sad to see. Time for England to move on and focus on building a winning team!
2 World Wars
1 World Cup
5-1
The times that Englishmen live.
As a Germany supporter, it's nice to see some England-bite & overflowing pride; England has had a few good squads and could have had an extra Euro Cup championship or World Cup title if things went luckier for them.
If Germany is out of a tournament and England is still in contention, I completely disregard the supposed venomous rivalry we're usually entangled in, media & certain supporters fuelling the atmospheric mutual-dislike; and I simply cheer-on England. I just have an inclination towards England as my second team of support – & past that, it's just rooting for underdogs. : )
Goodluck England in Euro Cup 2016 & World Cup 2018! Unless England is clashing with Deutschland, then you can understand my allegiance to my German team!
Reading all the comments Grabs popcorn
The Germans have never gotten over this, you know. They are deeply ashamed. Even beating Brazil 7-1 and also winning the World Cup did not erase the shame of the ass whooping they took that night. This truly was England's Golden Generation and doubt we will have a team like that for a long time. The reason England always fail at competitions is because we have a deeply ingrained feeling of inferiority. We grow up, whether conscious of it or not, feeling inferior to foreign nations. We try to mask it with 'but we invented footbal [so we have to be the best].)
It truly is deeply ingrained in us and this is why we bomb at competitions. Tell me Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Paul Scholes, Frank Lampard, Ashley Cole, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney weren't among the best in their positions at some point… Yet we bottled it at the big stage. We usually do well in qualifiers and friendlies but that is because there is less pressure.
Until we start believing, we could have the German or Spanish players but it wouldn't make a difference.
In terms of players, the future looks good for England. Sturridge, Sterling, Ibe, Barkley, Shaw, Chambers, Oxlade-Chamberlain, Delph, to name just a few. But they probably have the belief issue too.
>5-1
Come to our level and try 7-1 in a semi final.
Feels good to be Weltmeister.
That was a really shit German team
im actuzlly crying watching this, when will we ever get back to this level
Watching this is interesting. Look at how the two nations have reversed fortunes. Germany, winning the world cup and packed with young talent who are only going to get better. England, underperforming every tournament with no real sign of turning things around.
Lesson : In the after math of this game, the germans completely revamped their grassroots from top to bottom and a little over 10 years later they are Champions of the World… England has since regressed
If Britain had lost World War 2,Germany most likely would have won all the world cups after 1945. Hitler was a manipulating maniac and I would much prefer to produce a few bad football teams ratherthan the most evil man of all time.
THERE WERE TEN GERMAN BOMBERS IN THE AIR
You mad Germany?
back when england wern't utter shite
We ve ´got 4 stars on our jerseys now! You have got only one – stolen from us in 1966!
oliver kahn was so over rated , HE SUCKED !
Unfortunately, this was one of the first England games I saw, I've been disappointed ever since, but just keep coming back for more…
When England players actually gave a shit about playing for their country!
My favorite English team ever….