Holger Schauer <schauer(a)coling.uni-freiburg.de&gt; writes: Probably a combination of traditional good results, and the famous names in the national team. According to oft-quoted statistics, the last time the German football team was defeated with such a result was in 1958 against France, making this "their worst World Cup defeat in 40 years." Interesting. The media created an image of Germans strongly believing the game against Croatia to be a setup, especially Worn's red card. See <URL:http://www.france98.com/english/news/recap59.htm> for details. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- * Q: What is an experienced Emacs user? * A: A person who wishes that the terminal had pedals.