Behind every statement that one is really not afraid of Spain, lurks the fear that Germany has of Spain. The memories of the past, when one was not only defeated but dominated, are too vivid. A reflection of an inferiority complex.
Every trauma is accompanied by flashbacks, and so these days all the terrible moments are flickering before the German eye again. Fragments of memories that one cannot defend against, ghosts of the past rattling their chains in the national memory. They wear red, they are fast, they have a thousand feet, and above all they never give up the damn ball, never.
Xavi’s pass into the gap in the German defense was too far, much too far, but Fernando Torres, with mighty strides, ran after the ball, saw Lehmann rush out of the goal and lobbed it. They called him El Niño, the boy. The only one who looked like one in the rain in Vienna was Philipp Lahm.
Source: Stern
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