Woodcock on the regeneration of Germany - and what England can learn from it

It says much for the changing face of football that the majority of England fans will be openly harbouring hopes of a German victory at the Maracana. That may be because they’re playing Argentina, because let’s face it, it truly would take something extraordinary for the English to throw their weight behind them, but it might also be because German football represents everything to which the English game should be aspiring.

 

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