Talk:Germany 1-5 England (2001)

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This article is longer than both that for the 1966 world cup final and that for the "Game Of The Century", which is of course totally justified because this World Cup Qualifier group match (second leg) was the most important game ever, and it will be remembered for the next 100 years, not just by some desperate brits but by the whole world! The English shouldn't worry when they're again beaten in some minor World Cup semi-final on penalties -- this single landmark game in the history of football is theirs for good. Multi io 18:05, 10 June 2006 (UTC) (yes I am German :-D)

Totally justified? It was a bloody qualifier, not even a tournament match. It only helped the German team to calm down and realize that there would be a lot of work ahead and put the English nation's arrogance over the top. This game ranks under "Games that weren't that good" but not under "Biggest shames ever". Same goes for the 1-4 defeat in Italy. "Single landmark in history"? "remembered for the next 100 years"? LOL. Boy, who cares about that game except the English? It would be worse to lose to Holland. --84.137.229.134 10:13, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

hint: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony Multi io 22:44, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

To add to the list of times Germany knocked England out of competitions. Mexico World Cup, 1970, Quarter Finals. England were leading Germany 2-0 with 20 minutes to go, ended up with 3-2 win for Germany. (yes I am English).

Well, I suppose England winning a football match is well worth an article. Not that it happens very often. (not German, French).

Wow, some bitter people on this page... The length of the article has no reflection on the importance of the match. It's jsut the way it's written. The game was a major defeat, against major rivals. So it is seen as more important thna an average world cup qualifier. SO stop complaining.

It would have been worse had the other side been Holland. Unfortunately, against England nobody cares --85.16.239.21 10:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

Had some difficulty rememberring what this page was actually called so I have put "5-1" and "Five One" as redirects to it.

The use of rivals is emotive. The english sold videos of that Game, funnily enough. I have yet to see a special video of Germany beating England. Hence the conclusion would be that if one wants to use the word rivals, it would be neccessary to point out that the Germans don't have the same strength of feeling imo. And they got in fact 1966 in .. omfg :) (German living in Scotland) Sancassania 10:38, 31 October 2007 (UTC)