Germany and Euro 2008

We're Nummer Zwei!

We're Nummer Zwei!

We wrote a bit about Deutschland Fußball Fever in a previous post, but we're sure you'll need an update, given the dearth of television coverage in America for international soccer competitions.

No one can say we fans didn't give it our all. We wore the wigs and the leis. We waved the flags. We screamed ourselves hoarse. We drove honking through the streets of Berlin until the wee morning hours to celebrate our victories (well, we didn't, but many did!). We staggered drunkenly from beer gardens when our team stumbled (again, we didn't, but many did!).


And the team . . . the team played brilliantly, the team played dismally: we just never knew which team would show up. Against Portugal and Poland they were a well-oiled, explosive machine. Against Croatia and Turkey we wondered where they'd gone. And then finally, against Spain, the new European champion, they were simply outplayed.


The disappointment was great, but somewhere we almost lost sight of this important fact: Germany got second place. That's a great achievement! Go Germany!