Tag Archives: Xavi Hernández

As alarm clocks rang on the morning of June 30th, Germany and the Netherlands awoke with a painful realization: their countries were no longer members of European soccer’s elite. Both national teams had exited the World Cup on penalties as the bulk of their inhabitants slept through the European night, Germany’s defeat against Paraguay inContinue reading “A New Era Beckons as Netherlands and Germany Seek Return to Soccer Elite”