England U21 - Germany U21: Germany win 3-4 on penalties: Familiar heartbreak for Three Lions as they lose penalty shootout to old enemy

As one of my best buddies from England is not aware yet - the news is a shock I know but i told my English friend in advance. I do not care much about the U21 Euro championship much. I was even sure we loose as our top U21 players are not involved and play the Confed Cup but that is Football History (for the Americans- you call it Soccer, why ever!)

In a nutshell: England lost again versus Germany

The football rivalry between the two countries is considered to be mainly an English phenomenon with English newspapers writing a lot about the past in the run-up to the matches. Not only Football fans in England see us Germans to be their main sporting rivals while German fans consider Holland, Brazil or Italy to be their soccer rival.

I personally love the Quote by the great Gary Lineker where he gives his definition of Football (I wished this would be entirely true!):

"Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans win."