23 June 2012

EURO 2012 / GERMANY / GREECE: Merkel's Joy...Angers Athens...And Others.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/23/german-greek-eurozone-crisis-2012


       The media touted 'Bailout Cup'/'Debt Derby'...ended badly for Greece.
       The highly favored German squad easily defeated the miracle Greek team...4-2...in Gdansk.
       But the appearance of enthusiastic football fan German Chancellor Anglela Merkel... pissed off many.
       First some leaders in Roma...where Merkel forced a critical debt meeting to be moved up by 4 hours...so she could fly to Poland and witness the match-up.
      And then in Gdansk...when her image was shown on the big screens.. cheering for her squad.
      Boos resounded across the stadium...and before TV screens across Greece....and other austerity plagued eurozone nations.