England 2 - 0 TNT
Well then... Met up with Kenny, Robbie and Martin & Luke again.
The sweden game was pretty awesome, the england game was that much better. Seats were great, lower level, 17th row in the corner by the england keepers right.
Basically other than 3 or 4 sections of trini's the place was full of English. They were in full throat to start and hearing "God save the Queen" made shivers go up and down my spine.
After that I really didn´t hear much of them, Iäm not sure whether it was because I was so close to the Trini drums (3 seats over in my row) and we had some great chants going, or because the genuinely got quiet as the game wore on.
Other imprssions...
how david beckham won man of the match is beyond anyone who was remotely close to the building. Yeah he set up the Peter Crouch goal, but that was because Arron Lennon came on and torched the TNT Left back about four times in a row. TNT sent two guys to defend agains him and that gave beckham the space to create the goal. Otherwise he looked mediocre at best.
Michael Owen looked lost, I predict this will be his last tournament with England. Joe Cole looked good, Arron Lennon even better. Peter Crouch isn't much to see, a bit of a hot-dog and his goal was a foul. Dwight Yorke was brilliant again. Steven Gerrard's goal was a beautie...
Oh and the TNT goal was not offside.
Nurnberg is a pretty nice town. The Stadium is on the old colleseum grounds (site of the 1933 rallies and then the Nurnberg trials after the war). The colleseum now holds the documentation building that chronicles the horrors of the 3rd reich (will check the out today). As well as the stadium, the Fan Fest is there too.Its pretty awesome to think that this site is now being used as a gathering point for people all over the world.
After the game went to the fan fest and danced to some soca, calypso. Had a couple of beers.
Our german hosts have been excellent thus far. Kenny and Robbie have said they've really taken to TNT. They´ve really put on a great party and have gone out of their way to be friendly and welcoming. Even the english are impressed.
Our hosts in Essen (for the Dortmund game against sweden) were fantastic. Anne Weisberg and her family went out of their way to help us and make us feel welcome, they even drove us to the game (it was a 20 min train ride). The house we rented was excellent and we agree that if you are ever in the Westfallen area you contact Anne and rent from her. Thank you Anne, Hanna and Andreas!!!!
Big Bad Vader, Anne, Hanna, Andreas & K-Man
posted by kvarkle @ 6/16/2006 03:25:00 AM
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