I really do love cheering for the German NT. I do. It gives me the chance to root for players I like, but that don't play for Bayern. But internationals breaks, be they for friendlies or qualifiers or the World Cup, make me nervous. They stress me out. Because I am terrified that one of our players will get injured.
Bayern, as a club, boasts a ton of internationals. In fact, the German NT can be populated solely with players from Bayern, Dortmund, and Real Madrid (though you might have to find another club to get a keeper, though I'd argue Jorg still has the stuff!). Seven Bayern players play for the German NT (Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Muller, Klose, Kroos, Gomez, and Badstuber). Plus you have a Dutch international (Robben), a French international (Ribery), two Croatian internationals (Olic and Pranjic), a Belgium international (Van Buyten), etc, etc. So when the internationals go out, it's pretty much our entire starting line-up.
Due to an injury from the World Cup, we were without Arjen Robben for the first half of the season. So I have good reason to get a little bit nervous when the boys leave Sabener Strasse for various parts of Europe (with DeMichelis gone, it's less "the world" and definitely more "Europe").
But with all of that said, seeing Bastian Schweinsteiger wearing the armband for Germany is a sight that will never fail to make me very happy.
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