That was some functionality from Joachim Löw, the Germany national director, after the jarring signs during the global break that there are still a few troglodytes one of his team's aid who looks hell-bent on providing living proof of Einstein's theory that there's not any limit to human stupidity. "I'm neither angry nor sad," he started. "I'm full of anger, that explains my feelings better. I'm really angry about this -- that some enthusiasts have used the point of an international soccer match, and football's point, to bring shame on the nation with appearance and their behavior. We don't need these anarchists. We're not their team and they're not our fans.
It is not usual to hear a supervisor talk this way but, then again, those were not usual conditions. It was an abomination and, in the final whistle, something happened that has never seen before. The players of Germany refused to go into the away end. They did not wave, there was clapping, zero admiration. It was a clear message, a disavowal, and a protest that they did not want any association.
"The chants were a tragedy," Hummels mentioned later. "They began during the minute's silence, which shows you the type of people we are dealing with. Timo Werner ridiculed and was insulted. We want nothing to do with it and distance ourselves completely. And that is why we did not go [to them]."
That occasion had a strong voice, also, when virtually the whole soundtrack was about the second world war and the only actual choreography came in the shape of the outstretched arms, developing a fleet of faking fighter airplanes, during the several renditions of Ten German Bombers, one lasting fully 15 minutes, and the way "the RAF from England shot them down".
Unfortunately, it didn't get one. Gareth Southgate's remarks were, honestly, not enough and let's not kid ourselves: it will not even have crossed the players' heads that they're in a position to influence change and attempt to prevent it happening. The modern‑day England footballer just is not made that way. You won't ever find one talking in the manner that Hummels did.
The sole counter-argument is that the 21,000-capacity Eden Arena in Prague is a much smaller arena than the Westfalenstadion, which makes what occurred to feel much more palatable and lamentable, and the behavior was on another, more sinister level than the background to the Germany-England experience.
Maybe that is true. President of the FA when 1976 Championship was won by them, Rudolf Kocek, was one. Rudolf Bat'a the organization's former secretary, was another; therefore was Lenka Civinova, who had been during the summer when a terrorist went in two resorts traveling in Egypt. Civinova, the Czech FA's accountant, 36, was one of the seven tourists. Two of the dead were from Germany.
