Reflections from Germany: If, if, if. The enduring, eternal conjunction of English football
Spain's Dani Olmo, Daniel Carvajal and Nacho Fernandez celebrate as England's Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice stand dejected. Pic: Andrew Milligan/PA Wire.
The Nordic Bar at Berlin Brandenburg Airport has a quote on the wall from Danish brewer J.C. Jacobsen which is probably quite nice. But for this month at least it’s covered over with a 36-inch TV.
On Monday lunchtime, three England fans were perched under it finding some kinda comfort in Jacobsen’s creation, Carlsberg. There was not much comfort up on the screen, where the bar staff, it will transpire the longer you linger, are playing the second half of Sunday’s Euro 2024 final on loop. Might as well get use out of the telly before it and the tournament bunting come down in the next few days.
