with 121 km/h into the quarter-finals!

So they did it today. And I didn't doubt at all that they would. The german soccer team beat Austria 0:1 today and thus moved on to the quarter-finals. I didn't like the game too much and I think the germans could play alot better still, but I'm happy and proud nevertheless. And Kudos to Michael Ballack, our captain, who scored the winning goal... and what a goal it was! His free kick went straight into the upper right of the goal, with a speed of 121 km/h! Impossible to catch! Wonderful to look at, such force, such precision!

Even though I also was shocked about what our team showed the match before this one against Croatia, I didn't like all the negative and bad comments and reports by all the wanna-be reporters and specialists. Yes ok, they did play badly, but they admitted it and we all know they can do alot better! I'm glad they showed more today, but I also agree after today that there's still room for improvement - and there has to be, because our next opponent won't be as easy to beat as Austria.

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