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Be it an accent, umlaut or favoured nickname, many footballers have special requests as to how their name is printed
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Reviewed by Rob Kemp
From WSC 384, March 2019
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by Mesut Özil
with Kai Psotta
Hodder & Stoughton £15.99
Reviewed by David Stubbs
From WSC 365, July 2017
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Jogi Löw’s team have never beaten Italy in a major international tournament
2 July ~ As Germany face Italy tonight, coach Jogi Löw is refusing to entertain the notion that there is anything like an “Italian curse” hanging over his team. That has been a common refrain over the last decade, and while it is true that Germany have yet to beat Italy at the finals of a major tournament, it is the events of 2006 that really anchored the idea in Germany’s collective psyche.