Football: Gloom Descends On Germany As Sunshine Heads South ; Hyder Jawad On Tour

Birmingham Post › July 06, 2006

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MUNICH: The sense of anticlimax in Germany yesterday was tangible. One could feel it on the train, as I journeyed from Dortmund to Munich via Frankfurt. One could feel it in the restaurants and pubs.

Suddenly, in a land where stoicism is king, tears were shed and emotions were revealed. The defeat to Italy in the World Cup semi- final on Tuesday night, in the cauldron of Dortmund, was not part of the script.

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Football: Gloom Descends On Germany As Sunshine Heads South ; Hyder Jawad On Tour

It is tough enough seeing grown men cry, but to see grown Germans cry - that is just too much. But it is part of the World Cup story' th...

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