The time of our lives!

German players celebrated their victory after today's match with their fantasitc coash Klinsmann. Time of our lives!

I nearly cried on the 12th mintue when Podolski kiched his second goal on the first half this morning. German Team was fantastic today. It only took them 12 minutes to secure their victory. The ball possession for German during the whole match was 63% and Sweden only got 37%. German players attacked crazily even though they already kicked two goals. I can not believe it is German Team in front of my eyes.

Podolski had two goals today, which helped Germany get their victory. But Behind his goals, one guy played a big role: Klose. He gave two best opportunities to Podolski. Klose was everywhere today. He really improved a lot: controlling the ball, kicking the ball, creating opportunities and even defending. I see a strong Klose in a confident German Team. Ballack slowly recovered, although he was still scoreless. German's wonderful performance beat Sweden to reach Quarter-final. If they could win over Argentina on Quarter-final, they will go to Semi-final and Berlin will not be far away from them.

I didn't expect this match to be so easy for Germany. Sweden is one of the top traditionally European sides and from their history, they always won over Germany. But Podolski's 2 goals were too quickly today, which made Swedish suddently shocked. Actually, Swedish still had chance even after losing 2 goals. A red card beat them, so they had to play with only 10 players. At the same time, German got hungrier and hungrier, they didn't give them any time to recover or even think about what was going on there. But German defender's mistake gave them a chance at 53rd minute. Sweden got a penalty kick. It was a great chance for them to recover, but God bless Germany today, Swedish missed their penalty kick. Great pressure beats Swedish.

"Berlin, Berlin, we're going to Berlin." My friend told me that the fans shouted during and afer today's match in Munich. Yes, they could and they also deserve Berlin's final. Just as Podolski and Klinsmann said "We've grown with WC." Today is the time of German players' lives, it is also the time of their fans lives, including me!

Germany's victory in Berlin!

Germany's strikers are alive today. With only one score last match, they shot Ecuador 3 goals. Now Germany gets top one in Group A with 9 points and 3 victories. That's awesome!

German Team's performance is great today. Their strikers are scoring and defenders are holding. Fans and mass media complained German's defenders after their kickoff match in Munich, but today they prove their abilities. Klose kicks two goals today, which is the same as he did in the first match vs. Costa Rica. His technique improves a lot, which is really impressive in today's match. Compared to his excellent performance, Podolski misses so many opportunities today but finally kicks one goal on the second half, which is the first goal for himself. Podolski needs more practice if he wants to become the best striker.

Ballack's performance is just ok. Except some useless kicks, sometimes, you even don't see him at all. I don't know what he is doing there. If Germany wants to move forward, captain Ballack should adjust himself and come alive as he was in 2002. There are two players pretty good in German team. They not only secure German's gate, but also create great opportunites for German's stikers: Schneider and Lahm. Schneider was the major player in 2002 World Cup. His performance is always stable. He doesn't have special technique, like Beckham's free kick, Ballack's strength, but he is a good defender. He is always there to protect German's gate and sometimes creates great opportunites for German's strikers. Lahm is the first time in World Cup. He is so young and wonderful. He is not only a good defender, but also a great striker. He always finds the problems of opponent's defending and help German Team to attack. Quite opposite to traditional German players, tall and strong, Lahm is not tall, but great technique. He lets us to see the great future for German Team.

England also finished its last Group match versus Sweden. They draw each other at the end, which is the best result for both of them. The worst thing for England after this match is that their major striker Michael Owen has to give up his World Cup journey. His foot hurts on the 4th minute during this match. I like him a lot after 1998 World Cup. He always works hard and tries to find opportunities for England. I feel so sorry for him, because I know he prepares 4 years for this event. I hope he could come back in 2010 World Cup.

Neuville saves Germany!

Germany gets his second victory today. It wins over Poland with one goal in injury time. The whole match is fantastic. Germany controlled the whole match, but Poland's goalkeeper Artur Boruc is excellent. Except Kahn's wonderful performance in 2002 World Cup, Boruc is the best goalkeeper I have even seen. Germany has so many chances today, but Boruc is impenetrable. Even though I am fond of Germany, but I still respect Poland's goalkeeper. I can not ignore his exellent performance today.

Ballack returned back to World Cup this time, and he had good performance, but his bad temper showed up again. On the second half, he nearly quarrelled with the judger, who later gave him a yellow card. I like Ballack a lot, but also hate his temper. Sometimes, he is so stupid and makes unnecessary mistakes. In 2002 World Cup, he accumulated 3 yellow cards, so he missed the final match with Brazil. If he could play in that final, Brazil may not easily get their final championship. After 4 years, he still repeated the same story. Moreover, his temper influenced the whole German Team. The first 20 minutes of the second half, German's performance was frustrated, but after getting 3 yellow cards, they finally recovered. Ballack had a great kick at 90th minute, and Klose had several chances, and one of them finally paid off, but it was not from both of them. Neuville kicked the only goal for Germany, also for the whole match. I actually don't quite like Neuville, because in 2002 World Cup, he was the major player, but he didn't play very well and made fans so disappointed. Today, he used his goal to tell every fans including me: "I am back and I improve my technique." Yes, he does. The same as Klose. In 2002, he only knew how to use his head to kick the ball, now he tells people he could use every part of his body (except hand, of course) to kick.

German's defenders are far more better than their opening match. I could see German Team's personality in this match: never give up! I am so happy to see Klinsmann's smile after this brilliant goal and after the whole match. I know how eagerly he waited for this goal. Congratulations, Germany! I hope I could see Klinsmann's smile in Berlin on July.9th.

Also, Spain got its opening victory this morning either. Spanish players are so young and excellent. They gave us a beautiful match this morning. Spain becomes really strong this time. I love Spanish Team before, not because of their strongness, but because of their crazy characteristic. This morning, I saw a strong Spain in front of me, I was astonished. The whole 90 minutes, they were awesome, from their goalkeeper, to their defenders, strikers. They deserved their victory.

Anyway, I am happy today because I see two different victories from my favorite teams. I nearly cried at 90th minute in Germany vs. Poland, but after a minute, I jumped from my chair and shouted for German's victory. It is a great match and it is World Cup! Always bring surprise to the fans.

World Cup, Woo ~ ~ ~

2006 World Cup, Germany

After 4 years waiting, 2006 World Cup finally kicked off in Munich on June.9th. Unfortunately, I had to work that day. I am fond of Germany National Team, although without Brazil's technique, without England's Beckham, without Italian's stronger defenders, they are still impressive in opening win over Costa Rica. Germany is stonger not because of specific person, but because of their spirit. They will never give up attacking until the last minute.

Compared to Germany, England's opening match was boring, only got an unconvincing 1-0 victory over Paraguay. Fortunately, they won at last, otherwise, I would be so disappointed, cause I got up at 6am on Saturday just for England's victory. It is so funny that England's captain David Beckham complains German's weather. He said that their team's bad performance was because of German's hot weather. Gosh, if German is hot, he would be died if he came to LA. Silly David, if you want to find an excuse, you should find a better one, like my leg is broken or our players catch cold and etc. Argentina and Portugal had pretty good opening victory. So until now, all my favorite teams get their opening victory. If Spain could win over Ukraine on Wednesday, the first round of WC will be perfect for me. Several pictures:

Ballack is always captain, even though he sits aside and misses the opening match.

Klinsmann is still handsome, even as a coach. You can always hear his voice during the match, who tells Germany to go ahead.

What a pity I am not in Germany, otherwise, I will stand outside stadium and shout for my favorite team's victory together with other fans. Germany, go ahead and conquer Berlin on July.9th, although other teams are excellent, World Cup has only one and hope this one belongs to Germany. Oh, well, I have to use Germany Time together with all the fans in this world within this month.