Acapella Germany

Yes, yes they’ve only played the one game and it was widely expected (even by me) that it was going to be a draw… But a supposition here: If England do not top their group and finish runners up – get your wallcharts out and have a look for yourselves – in the next round they might be playing…

It’s too soon. The tradition is that #ENG go out to them on pens in the Quarters, not the Round of 16.

As for the team themselves… well we all watched their first match yesterday and I’m going to roll out a terrible cliché now… but they really did look very efficient.

Before this World Cup some pundits were saying that the German team was too young, didn’t quite have the right players for some positions. But as we saw Jogi Löw knows how to get the best out of what he’s got. Another cliché – Never rule out Germany.

- There’s an a capella act from Cologne who before the World Cup appealed (in song naturally) to the coach Joachim Loew to give them and all of Germany, hope.

They are called Basta [Official website] and the five chaps (four Tenors and one Bass) released a South Park inspired video – which is below, along with translated English lyrics.

As you will hear this tune is based upon the Eddy Grant classic Gimme Hope Jo’anna.

Click for English lyrics:

This track is for sale via download from Amazon UK and Amazon DE.

[Found via 101 Great Goals]

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