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I'm rooting for Germany all the way. This would be their 4th World Cup Championship if they can win it all. I want Klose to get the goals record as well.
foobar75 said:I've seen a few articles popping up here and there about this "multi-ethnic" German team. It's nothing more than a desparate attempt by the cultural marxists to try and in some form or fashion, salvage a part of their agenda. After all, Africa, France (and England) have failed miserably, and despite some early South American success, it is once again Europe that stands tall. So, they need something to hold on to by talking about this ethnicity issue.
By my count, about 90% of the starters for the 2 semi-finals will be white, so we have nothing to complain about.
I did some research, and here are my findings on the German team:
- Total # of players on roster: 23
- Native Germans: 12
- Polish: 3 (Klose, Podolski, Trochowski)
- Turks: 2 (Ozil, Tasci)
- Africans: 3 (Boateng, Aogo, Cacau)
- Bosnian: 1 (Marin)
- Tunisian: 1 (Khedira)
- Spanish: 1 (Gomez)
First of all, the Poles are Germans as far as I'm concerned, so, this brings the number of Germans to 15 right away. Gomez is only half Spanish, while the Bosnian Marin is hard to tell apart from the others, so we have 17 bonafide whites on the German roster, no matter which criteria is used.
Both the Turks seem to me like they have far more white in them and non-white, a point already raised by a few folks here. Born and raised in Germany, they are not passport mercenaries or anything of the sort. Turks have a long history in Germany, with a population over 2 million today, so it is only normal that 1 or 2 may make it to the national team. Plus, Ozil is a fine player, while I don't believe the other Turk has seen any playing time.
Note that if Michael Ballack hadn't been hurt, Khedira would not be playing. He has done an adequate job as a sub, so, no issues there.
This brings us to the 3 blacks on the roster. These players are 3 too many, and they have no business playing for the German national team. Boateng simply sucks, Cacau is a mercenary and at 29 years old, his days on the team are numbered for sure. As for Aogo, he won't even get a sniff as far as playing time.
It must also be noted that the best German players are all white, and the team still starts 9 whites. Germany is not in any danger of becoming France or England, because virtually all the players coming thru the feeder systems, such as the U21 teams, are white, unlike what we see in France.
I hope we can put to rest some of these doubts about the "legitimacy" of the German team.
Deutschland uber alles.
Germany midfielder Sami Khedira, who has been suffering from a right thigh injury, was on Monday passed fit to face Spain in the World Cup semifinal, coach Joachim Loew said.
"Khedira will return to training. All the players are available for the match with the exception of Cacau, who remains doubtful,"Â said Loew.
Stuttgart midfielder Khedira was substituted in the 77th minute of Saturday's 4-0 quarterfinal win over Argentina and was forced to skip training on Sunday. Brazilian-born striker Cacau, who picked up a stomach muscle injury last week, has now suffered a back injury.
Yes some of the more extreme ANC figures wanted set up an affirmative action quota system for national sports teams. Mandela actually said that the best should play and he let the Rugby team which was world class stay intact. I think the more extreme types wanted 25 percent black teams no matter how unskilled the players were. Anyway the government has implemented socialist style funding for grass roots programs in the impoverished communities. So teams have gotten gradually blacker.Liverlips said:ABC had a segment on past South African soccer teams and right after the fall of apartheid (civilization) in SA the sides still had significant white representation. I assume you are correct in that rugby is more popular among whites. But there are still many white South African players and they are most likely better than most of the black South Africans. But they are kept off the team because of black racism.