UEFA Euro 2008 Thread

[Madbringer]

Sorry, no, Croatia was pretty much the most defensive team this EC.

Meh. They were defensive, yeah, but less so against Turkey and Poland, and that's more offense than Italy and Greece both showed.

Funny thing is: Podolski doesn't have Polish citizenship. He was never Polish.

Being born in Poland and living here for 2 years since his birth, he must have Polish citizenship. I'll admit i don't know the laws regarding ethnic Germans too well, but i'm pretty sure he is registered as a Pole same as a German (otherwise, he wouldn't even have the choice for which national team to play).

 

[Brother None]

Being born in Poland and living here for 2 years since his birth, he must have Polish citizenship.

Not at all, he could be denaturalized. I don't know how the German repatriation went but he moved to Germany specifically as an ethnic German, not as a Polish immigrant.

Regardless, our sportsnews reported this claim of his citizenship and added "This would be tough to do, as Podolski has no Polish passport." So as far as I know, he doesn't. I don't know how or why. He could've given it up, he could never have had it.