Greece vs. Germany: Schlegel, Beckenbauer, Socrates, and other footballing greats
The Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany has been played before, thanks to Monty Python.
The Euro 2012 quarterfinal between Greece and Germany has been played before, thanks to Monty Python.
The Greece vs. Germany showdown at Euro 2012 later today has plenty of spice going into it thanks to the backdrop of politics. Greece in political and social turmoil due to its debt crisis, with Germany and Chancellor Angela Merkel holding the purse strings.
Michael Steininger took a look at the political backdrop for us today, with wealthy (and to Greeks, arrogant) Germany facing off against poor (and to Germans, lazy) Greece:聽
But this match has been played out before, with the showdown framed as a clash between two great cultures. On the one side: Nietzsche, Schlegel, Kant and Beckenbauer (yes that Beckenbauer) against Plato, Heraclitus, and Socrates. No, not this Socrates:
But that Socrates.
Well, I'll let Monty Python explain the rest. And given the way elimination matches at important soccer tournaments play out, fans might be lucky for a late brainwave to seal the points in regular time.