http://blog.danielantrim.com/2006/03/20/grinsi-klinsi-and-his-american-ways/ The Blog Of Daniel Antrim... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.danielantrim.com/2006/03/20/grinsi-klinsi-and-his-american-ways/#comment-15 No Name Mon, 20 Mar 2006 17:06:48 +0000 http://blog.danielantrim.com/?p=24#comment-15 It's true that in germany there is a lot negative pressure against Klinsmann in the press, and the german people as a whole are also quite negative when looking at the upcoming world cup and how the home team will do. However, what many in Germany have not released and your comment does touch on this, is that germany has been in a downward trend ever since winning the world cup in 1990. Klinsmann is the one german who is actually trying to do something about getting german football back to the top, where it belongs. And like all great managers he is looking for new methods and ways from other disciplines to find that winning ingredience. In my opnion he's done a great job of opening the eyes of many german football players, couches, media representatives as well as fans - germany is not a top footballing nation at the moment. The World Cup is however an extremely important event for the country. The comeptitiveness of the german economy is going in a similar direction as german football. It is having similar problems, which boil down to the fact that "change" is quite difficult. When you are successfull, as german football and the german economy were for so long, it's hard to change, because of the simple question, "why should we change?" However, Germans have realised that life isn't as easy as it once was - the country needs to change and move forward! This World Cup is therefore so very important for the country and exactly that's why Germany will once again succeed at this World Cup (maybe not winning it, but semi finals for sure). In 1990 Germany they only just qualified for the World Cup with a late goal from Pierre Littbarski - they went on to win! That's German! When it matters, they'll be there!! It’s true that in germany there is a lot negative pressure against Klinsmann in the press, and the german people as a whole are also quite negative when looking at the upcoming world cup and how the home team will do. However, what many in Germany have not released and your comment does touch on this, is that germany has been in a downward trend ever since winning the world cup in 1990. Klinsmann is the one german who is actually trying to do something about getting german football back to the top, where it belongs. And like all great managers he is looking for new methods and ways from other disciplines to find that winning ingredience.
In my opnion he’s done a great job of opening the eyes of many german football players, couches, media representatives as well as fans - germany is not a top footballing nation at the moment.
The World Cup is however an extremely important event for the country. The comeptitiveness of the german economy is going in a similar direction as german football. It is having similar problems, which boil down to the fact that “change” is quite difficult. When you are successfull, as german football and the german economy were for so long, it’s hard to change, because of the simple question, “why should we change?”
However, Germans have realised that life isn’t as easy as it once was - the country needs to change and move forward! This World Cup is therefore so very important for the country and exactly that’s why Germany will once again succeed at this World Cup (maybe not winning it, but semi finals for sure).
In 1990 Germany they only just qualified for the World Cup with a late goal from Pierre Littbarski - they went on to win!
That’s German! When it matters, they’ll be there!!

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