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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Strasse, where they had paraded in team colors all afternoon, the Austrians in red, the Germans in white, faces painted, voices and beers raised, not necessarily in that order. The taunting was good- natured, even orderly, and watched by "undercover" cops in civilian clothes topped by vests clearly marked "polizei." Clearly, they weren't expecting a rough crowd, but honor was certainly on the line. "If we lose tonight I can't go the office for four weeks," said Steven Riederer, 31, an American-born German living in Vienna. By game time, downtown Vienna had turned into one gigantic, smoky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Euro 2008: Germany Defeats Austria | 6/17/2008 | See Source »

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