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...stunned. I don't know what to say," Michael Ballack, the German team captain, told the tabloid Bild on Wednesday. Oliver Bierhoff, the team manager, broke down in tears as he told reporters that even Enke's teammates didn't know about his depression. "I feel completely empty," said Joachim Loew, the team's coach. "He was a great guy. He had incredible respect for others. We will miss him, as a top-class sportsman and an extraordinary...
...there's one thing Greece's championship run taught us, it's that every dead ball situation is a potential match winner. And having already allowed a goal on a set piece you'd think Portugal's D would rise up. Nope. In the 61st minute German captain Michael Ballack, having conveniently shoved his marker out of the way, was there to meet another free kick for a 3-1 lead. A frantic Portuguese comeback would yield a goal from Helder Postiga in the 87th minute, but the Germans held...
...Germans, on the other hand, are searching for the team that ran Poland off the pitch in the opening match. The one that lost 2-1 to Croatia and got by Austria 1-0 thanks to a Michael Ballack free kick blast doesn't appear to pose much of a threat to Portugal. And the Germans will be without their coach, Joachim Löw, who is serving a one-game suspension for getting dismissed during the Austria match. Although a second choice Portugal side lost to Switzerland - which salved some wounds for the co-hosts - tonight there will...
...blame German midfielder Michael Ballack for spoiling Austria's party. Some 70,000 Viennese had assembled in the Rathausplatz and the Heldenplatz, to watch the broadcast of Germany vs. Austria on a series of big TV screens; another 50,000 fans were at the stadium. Vienna had already gotten a whiff of excitement the night before when the city's large Turkish contingent took to the streets following Turkey's miracle 3-2 win over the Czech Republic. Anything seemed possible against the favored Germans...
...Austria broke in on the German goal to start the second half but came away with nothing, as Hoffer practically waited until the German defense caught up. But in the 47th minute Ballack, the German captain, who had been none too impressive at that point, ended all hopes for Austria. He launched a stunning free kick, a stop-this-if you-can pile driver from outside the box that beat Austrian keeper Jürgen Macho to his left. In the Fan Zone, clusters of German fans celebrated, and those celebrants in front of me were greeted with a shower...