Comments on: Euro 2008 Jersey Poll Tournament: Group B

By: CROATIA

CROATIA — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:13:43 +0000

CROATIA THE BEST BLUE 1 IS SICK

By: Drabik

Drabik — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:40:12 +0000

I’m really getting in to this. Kuranyi is brazilian born, only moving to Germany in 1997 in a move to Stuttgart. His father is German-Hungarian and his mother is Panamanian (is that how you say/write it). So he also had a difficult choice.

By: Drabik

Drabik — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:37:54 +0000

After some research (wiki) I found that only the three you mentioned were born in Poland, well done. However, Neuville was born in Switzerland, but plays for Germany, as his father is German. His mother was Italian and his Grandfather was Belgian, so he really did have a pick, but obviously opted for his Father’s nationality

By: Drabik

Drabik — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:55:23 +0000

Sky sports make out that more of the Germans are actually Polish, and i didnt realise how young they had moved to Germany. Anyway, I think Germany will do very well and maybe win the comp!

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:48:01 +0000

I stand corrected he was born in Germany. I know that he had a chance to play for Poland during the world cup but wanted to play for Germany instead. He is a dual citizen. But even with ballack I think they have little chance at euro 2008. We will see. I think Poland will win that game.

By: Jan

Jan — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:39:15 +0000

Michael Ballack isn’t from Poland. Piotr Trochowski, Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose were born in Poland and came to Germany as children. Trochowski when he was five, Podolski when he was two and Klose when he was eight years old. They all grew up in Germany, learned their football in Germany, played for German clubs, have German friends, speak perfect German and have German citizenship. So if you call for better rules on that situation, we can just as well give up on the whole immigration thing and send all those “foreigners” back home where they “belong”.

By: Drabik

Drabik — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:34:26 +0000

And Klose and Podolski (thats all I know off the top of my head, but im sure theres more)

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:29:40 +0000

Yea I know. I know ballack is from Poland. They really should have better rules on that situation. Anyways that is a great rivalry I want to see. The polish and there flares will be out for that game.

By: Drabik

Drabik — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:12:12 +0000

But Joseph…. many of the “German” players were actually born in Poland. I’m sure the Polish will want to win more for that reason, because as tragic as the war was, it was a long time ago, and although it may still be in many of the polish players’ minds, I doubt that this will be their motivation

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:37:35 +0000

Its is def a spider and he is going to bite Germany. That is a game to be at. Nevermind that Germany during the war killed over 6 mill Polish people. History Lesson