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Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann take a look back at Germany's dramatic draw with Spain and discuss the upside of bringing on a real striker like Niklas Füllkrug, who might not be a world class player but he's a number 9 and he's more than capable of knocking in a goal or two in the box.
They'll discuss what Füllkrug's emergence means going forward, whether he'll stay a joker or might get into the first eleven for thursday's game vs. Costa Rica.
Last but not least Christoph anf Raphael will compare the World Cup atmosphere in Qatar vs. in Germany,...

We sent Raphael to Qatar to check out what's what at the World Cup, while Christoph has to get his insights from German TV. But no matter where you got to see Germany's loss in their opener against Japan, one thing was clear: this was not a game Germany should've lost. So, what happened? Let's start with the positives: Left Back David Raum aka Raumberto Carlos played a pivotal role in securing Germany's dominance and first goal in the first half, by playing essentially as a Winger. But things derailed in the second half, when Gündogan was taken off. Still,...

Welcome to the third edition of Beer and Honey, your weekly podcast about German football with Raphael Honigstein and Christoph Biermann. This week we'll be gushing over Jamal "Bambi" Musiala, who's going to be the next big thing for Bayern München and Germany. We're going to take a look at the teams that have had an outstanding year 2022, like Union, Freiburg and Frankfurt and we'll explain what "Spielglück" means. Last but not least, we'll look at the "good feeling" that all the managers were talking about going into the World Cup break. Who can head into the break with...

Christoph Biermann and Raphael Honigstein will discuss Hansi Flick's nominations for Germany's World Cup squad in our mid-week special edition of Beer & Honey. Spoiler Alert: 2014 World Cup hero Mario Götze is invited. Old man Mats Hummels isn't. And Marco Reus is about to miss another major tournament due to injury.

Christoph Biermann and Raphael Honigstein are back on their mission to give you valuable insights and interesting stories about everything related to football in Germany: First and foremost The Bundesliga and of course the national team (formerly known as "Die Mannschaft") with the upcoming World Cup.
This first new episode deals with the question whether the tide has changed for former league leaders Union Berlin following their 5-0 thrashing at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen and who will be the so-called "Bayernjäger" trying to stop the dominance of one FC Bayern München.
We'll crown a Player of the Week and...