Germany-England Euro '96 Semifinals with Daniel Schmidt - Remember That Game

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🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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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. I'm your host Thomas Emerick, enjoy the show. Follow Remember That Game for the full archive: Apple Spotify YouTube "Remember That Game" in search wherever you get your podcasts 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) HOST RotoViz Contributor Thomas Emerick (@ThomasEmerick) Guest Der Spiegel Contributing Writer and Author of "This Is America" Daniel Schmidt (@dcschmidt) SPONSORS BetterHelp - This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/ROTOVIZ and get on your way to being your best self. Underdog Fantasy – Get a 100% deposit match on your first deposit up to $100 when you sign up at Underdogfantasy.com using this link or the promo code ROTOVIZ. Listeners of RotoViz Radio can save 10% on a one-year RotoViz subscription by visiting RotoViz.com/podcast or by using the promotional code "rvradio2024" at the time of purchase. Gametime - Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code ROTOVIZ for $20 off SHOW NOTES RotoViz Radio provides the power for Remember That Game: Subscribe to the RotoViz Radio on YouTube Direct message: @ThomasEmerick Email: emericktc@gmail.com Subscribe: Remember That Game on YouTube Follow: Apple and Spotify Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's melodic, it's fun, and it's exactly that tradition of good guitar pop that they know how to make, how to put together.
0:10.1	No, I think it was earnest, like people like that song.
0:12.2	And obviously, if you then beat the team on home turf and at their own tournament, if you will, then it is even sweeter to sing in and join in.
0:27.1	It's June, Euro96, England versus Germany in the semifinal match at Wembley.
0:35.1	This is Remember That Game, the podcast about sporting events
0:38.6	that take you on a journey
0:39.9	and maybe chart the path of the zeitgeist.
0:43.9	I'm your host Thomas Emmerich,
0:45.5	and my guest, who grew up in northwest Germany,
0:48.4	went to school in England,
0:49.6	and currently is a contributing writer
0:51.6	for the German magazine Der Spiegel, Daniel Schmidt.
0:55.5	Check out his book, This Is America, in English and German.
0:59.3	England hosted Euro 96, Germany was a betting favorite going in, reversal of roles here
1:04.8	in 2024, Germany is the host England as a betting favorite.
1:10.4	But is it coming home, Daniel, and to whom?
1:16.6	Questions of questions.
1:17.6	Yeah, 1996, what a year for soccer, for football, for the UK, especially for England,
1:24.1	and for this brief moment in the summer, also for Germany.
1:35.8	So England dominated Germany in soccer from the 30s up to winning the World Cup at home in 1966 against by then West Germany in the finals. But from then on, Germany beats England in every single competitive matchup,
1:47.6	including in the 1990s semis and penalty kicks heartbreaking fashion at the World Cup in Italy.
1:54.5	Growing up in Northwest Germany was the rivalry as heated on your side of the North Sea as it
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