As people will know by now (if they’re bothered about football..), Germany are in the final. Just a wee comment about the BBC reporting about the Germany-Turkey match - there’s an anti-German bias there, which annoys me:
Philipp Lahm’s last-minute winner sent Germany into the Euro 2008 final and sank a desperately unlucky Turkey.
Lahm stole in on Thomas Hitzlsperger’s pass to beat Rustu Recber and give the Germans victory after a thriller in which Turkey were the better side.
Ugur Boral scrambled Turkey ahead after 22 minutes, but Bastian Schweinsteiger equalised quickly from close range.
Miroslav Klose headed Germany in front after 79 minutes, but Semih Senturk levelled before Lahm’s late strike.
Germany barely deserved the victory, but once again they have reached a major final despite being unconvincing, where they will face either Russia or Spain in Vienna on Sunday.
Let me tell you, Phil McNumpty: Turkey weren’t that good! I would say that both teams were equal in terms of quality, but Germany just had stronger shots. Most shots on goal by Turkey were weak, and especially the first goal was luck rather than quality gameplay.
I wasn’t at any point scared really, and Germany absolutely deserved to win. It’s quite annoying that your employer (the BBC) condones your obvious anti-German bias, which is commonly found in the potrayal of German football.
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