One night, 10 years, 100 national team games, this is a story about time.
From runner-up to third runner-up to the "defending" third runner-up, this is a story about dreams.
Miroslav Klose, Michael Ballack.
Fighting side by side during the darkest decade of German football, leading that team out of the mud, never giving up, never leaving.
And their friendship has become stronger over the past ten years and in these one hundred national team games.
That night in Cape Town is an immortal fairy tale and legend.
I would like to dedicate this article to Miro who is celebrating his 100th national team game, to Micha who is injured in South Africa and to my dearest generation 02.
Thank you for the eight years along the way. Thank you for teaching me tenacity, hard work, responsibility and dreams. So what if there is no championship, you will always be the best German team in my heart, and together with the summer of 2002, it will never fade.
Disclaimer: The characters in this article have no factual relationship with the real-life characters of the same name. Any similarity is purely coincidental.
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