Rotoviz Radio Germany-England Euro '96 Semifinals with Daniel Schmidt - Remember That Game
Daniel Schmidt (Der Spiegel, This Is America) takes the train with host Thomas Emerick to Euro '96 in England for Die Mannschaft vs. The Three Lions. Frankfurt to Manchester and then Manchester to London provides plenty of time to examine the soccer balance between these countries in the century leading up to and since this UEFA European Championship semifinals thriller. Also, whose side to take on '90s Britpop beefs, confluence with political tides of Labour and the Tories, and the influence of British pop culture on Daniel while growing up in Northwest Germany and going to school in the UK. In 1996, Germany was the betting favorite and spoiled the party in England. Will the Brits return the favor in 2024 as the Germans host?
This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events that take you on a journey and chart the path of the zeitgeist.
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More from Daniel Schmidt:
- This Is America (Website to grab Daniel's book)
- Impressions from first days of the trial in New York (Der Spiegel)
- Interview with American journalist Wesley Lowery (Frankfurter Allgemeine)
- A bodybuilder is a sculptor, like Rodin or Michelangelo, Arnold Schwarzenegger once said. Is that correct? A visit to Muscle Beach in Miami (Die Zeit)
More from England vs. Germany Euro '96 semifinals:
- Match Sheet: Germany 1, England 1 (7-6 PKs) (Transfermarkt)
- Match highlights from June 26, 1996 (YouTube)
- Alan Shearer scores, Thomas Häßler equalizes, Andreas Möller converts clinching PK
- All penalty kicks (YouTube)
- Knockout stage path for England
- Quarters: Defeat Spain in PKs
- Semis: Fall to Germany in PKs
- Knockout stage path for (post-reunification as of October 1990!) Germany
- Quarters: Defeat Croatia in the Croats' post-Yugoslavia major tournament debut
- Semis: Defeat England in PKs
- Finals: Defeat Czech Republic in the Czechs post-Czechoslovakia Euro tournament debut
More on the Battle of Britpop
- Noel Gallagher on the Battle of Britpop (YouTube)
- Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis troll Blur's song "Parklife" at the '96 Brit Awards (YouTube)
- Blur's Damon Albarn on Oasis (YouTube)
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RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick)
Guest
Der Spiegel Contributing Writer and Author of "This Is America" Daniel Schmidt (@dcschmidt)
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