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LEARN ESSENTIAL GERMAN IN FIVE MINUTES! - 25TH MAY 2006
 This summer’s World Cup will see supporters from 32 different nations come together in Germany, for a mammoth festival of football. Indeed more than 100,000 fans from England alone are expected to travel to the finals to take in the atmosphere and cheer on the team.
However as a recent Joma survey conducted on 4thegame.com has shown that just 49% of English supporters travelling to the finals can speak German to a standard required to get by in day-to-day situations.
The English infamously often rely on our European counterparts to speak our language even when we are abroad, but in the spirit of international friendship perhaps we ought to do better!
Gesticulating and pointing will only get you so far and you might need to know a bit more than the simple multi-national language of football.
So whether you’re ordering food, looking for the ground, buying the beers or chatting with the locals about the match, you might want to check out and print a copy of Joma’s essential guide to all the key phrases you’ll need this summer:
Guten Tag - Good Day
Die Rechnung, bitte – The bill, please
Wieviel Uhr haben wir? What's the time?
Welche Bahn nimmst du? Which train do you take?
Drei Bier bitte - Three beers please
Danke - Thanks
Wo geht es zum Fussball Stadion? Which way is it to the football stadium?
Das ist Abseits - That's offside
Elfmeter - Penalty
Michael Owen machten einen Hattrick – Michael Owen has scored a hat-trick
Eckball - Corner ball
Wir lieben Dich England, wir lieben Dich, wir lieben Dich England, wir lieben
Dich, wir lieben Dich England, wir lieben Dich, ja wir lieben Dich! -
We love you England we do, we love you England we do, we love you
England we do, oh England we love you!
England wird Weltmeister - England will win the World Cup
England ist wieder Weltmeister - England are World Champions again
Schiedsrichter, Du musst zum Augentest - Referee, you need your eyes testing!
Es ist ein lustiges, altes Spiel - It's a funny old game
Wann ist Anstoss? - What time is kick-off?
David Beckham ist der Kapitän von England - David Beckham is the England captain
Es ist ein Spiel mit zwei Hälften - It's a game of two halves
Angriff ist die beste Verteidigung - The best form of defence is attack
Abstoß - That's a goal-kick
England spielen ein 4-4-2 (vier-vier-zwei) System - England are using a 4-4-2 formation
Torwart - Goalkeeper
Verteidiger - Defender
Mittelfeldspieler - Midfielder
Pictured is Stafford-born Chris Birchall of Trinidad & Tobago taking time out to learn a few words from his Joma German dictionary.
Birchall will be wearing the Joma Numero 10 boots at this summer's tournament, SRP £75.
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