Michael Ballack
Michael Ballack
Michael Ballackis a retired German footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of the German national team. Ballack wore the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern. He was selected by Pelé as one of FIFA's 125 Greatest Living Players, and as the UEFA Club Midfielder of the Year in 2002. He won the German Footballer of the Year award three times – in 2002, 2003 and 2005. Ballack was...
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth26 September 1976
CityGorlitz, Germany
decisive game mood
It's a very important game for us. It's a decisive game for our confidence, for the mood in the team.
fall german match mistakes national punished thankfully three weeks
It's inexplicable how one can fall back so quickly. The mistakes we made were punished hard. Thankfully there will be another match in three weeks and then it's going to be a different German national team.
cup decisive mood successful
It's a decisive game. Not just for us but also for the mood of the country. It's important going into the World Cup that we get a successful result.
atmosphere confidence cup decisive essential game self success
It's a decisive game for our self confidence and for the atmosphere in the country. It's essential that we go into our World Cup preparations experiencing success and not having everyone questioning our abilities.
expecting
It's all or nothing, but that's what we've been expecting all along.
sit together wednesday
We'll sit down together on Wednesday and we'll see what comes from the talks.
badly quite won
We didn't play so badly but they won quite decisively.
behind face good played run team together
We'll face a very good U.S. team that's played together a lot and that has a good run behind it.
negative
There's at least nothing negative to report. But I still haven't made up my mind.
chances countless great played rewarded scoring
I think we played great a great match. We got countless scoring chances but weren't rewarded in the end, just punished,
situation weeks
I said two weeks ago that nothing had been decided. The situation is the same today.
beaten great himself
I think it's great that he doesn't let himself get beaten down.
cup decision league personal situation winning
I will make a decision before the World Cup. But my personal situation is not important. What is important is winning the league and cup double.
again alarm games last manage playing scoring signal situation success
If we manage to have success again in the last games nothing should happen. But it is true, the situation is dangerous. We are not playing badly, have scoring chances, but lose. That is an alarm signal which we can't ignore.