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It’s England v Germany on Tuesday, the big one. For England. This is beautiful from Barney Ronay.
The Germans! Wouldn’t you know it? Our greatest, our deepest rivals, our nemesis. Except, in reality, this this isn’t a close rivalry at all, not if we accept the standard definition that both sides need to be aware that it exists. Germany have won seven major tournaments. Germany have reached 15 semi-finals since the “one World Cup” of 1966.
Their most intense footballing rivalries are among their peers: Italy (nine finals), the Netherlands (14 semi-finals), France (world champions, neighbours). In this company England are a minor cast member, the bumptious cartoon dog, dukes up, who keeps on yappily inserting itself into the centre of the story.
Related: Germany, England’s deepest rivals? In reality it’s not a rivalry at all | Barney Ronay
Niall O’Keefe gets in touch. “What is all this nonsense about the world, apart from the Welsh, wanting Denmark to win. As an Irishman, I want our Celt cousins to win. Eriksen is alive which is wonderful. So, I am off to learn the English lyrics to ‘Land of our Fathers’ and get behind a country.”
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