Nick King wrote:
Oooh, I doubt it - Germany aren't that great at the moment, Italy thrashed them 4-1 the other month - everyone's blaming Klinsmann for not being in Germany for the warm-ups! :)
As far as I can remember the situation was quite the same when France hosted the competition. Jacquet was said to be the worst coach France ever had before the competition began... and they won...
For the final, I was on plane to Boston. The captain said : "Here we have some news of the final. France 3" I wondered how many goals Brazil scored... 4, 5, 6, more ? Then, after a few seconds, he added "Brazil, nothing"...
We say that impossible is not French. Maybe unmöglich is not German as well...