Warum Englands Boulevard-Presse einfach die beste der Welt ist.

Vielleicht liegt's aber auch einfach nur an der Sprache, die unserem gestrigen Spiel noch mehr Pathos, Glorie und Souveränität verleiht. Wow, wie toll sich das liest, kann ich nur sagen! Ein paar ausgewählte, wunderbare Ekzerpte aus der Sun zum Spiel Portugal vs. Deutschland:
Michael Ballack headed Germany’s killer third goal to haul down a depressing curtain on Luiz Felipe Scolari’s international career.
Germany had gone into the game after a poor opening group, lacking confidence and — incredibly for a nation of such gifted technicians — guilty of schoolboy errors. (...) They brushed aside all these problems with that Teutonic self-belief that has always marked them down as the most dangerous of opponents at major tournaments.
Lukas Podolski played a one-two with Ballack and raced clear on the left before crossing low for Schweinsteiger to net ferociously at the near post with Ferreira left helplessly in his wake.
The Germans were now playing with a swagger we had not seen all tournmanent.
But Ballack’s riposte six minutes later blew away any hope of a revival. Postiga’s 87th-minute header gave Portugal a late glimmer of hope but it was not enough to prevent the message going out that the Germans are on the march again. Loew may not have been on the touchline but Herr Flick — assistant coach Hans-Dieter Flick — did the job for him. ’Allo, ’Allo, it’s the Germans again.
Mmh... schön!