Well shit. That was a perfectly miserable end to one of the most wretched years most of us semi-evolved simians have ever experienced. So much for the normal trajectory toward optimistic support of the national team. Looks like another trend gets bucked in this year of endless shattered norms. Germans won't gravitating toward the side of the "Schwarz und Weiß" anytime soon. If anything, we stand grateful that we can completely forget about them for four full months. Despite all of the yacking about a "historic defeat", one actually doesn't have to reach back a full century or more to locate parallels. The languid performances in the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup engendered similar … [Read more...] about Nationalelf Tactical Focus–“Eyes wide shut”
Deutschland vs. Spanien
Nationalelf Tactical Focus–“Good Enough for Government Work”
Time loses its essence in a post-corona world. Last Spring's upheaval may have disproportionately affected humanity, but virtually all seven billion of us experienced a simultaneous assault on our own internal metronome. The days ran together when the entire world shut down. An semi-ordered life governed by what day of the week it was suddenly wasn't. The instinctual rhythms of waking, working, sleeping no longer applied to the reality before us. We've all recovered and adapted in our own ways. We learned to live without libraries, museums, movie theaters, concerts, and live sporting events. Studying and working from home became the new routine. A protective cloth mask now hangs from our … [Read more...] about Nationalelf Tactical Focus–“Good Enough for Government Work”