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Ballack bollixes up Austria

By David Hirshey and Roger Bennett
Special to Page 2

Monday, June 16, 2008

Who's afraid of the big, bad Germans now? Only a week ago, the pre-tournament favorites came marauding over the Alps to lay waste to Euro 2008. But two games in, the confidence and resolve that have long been hallmarks of German soccer took an unexpected battering at the feet of a faster, slicker Croatia team. And on Monday even Austria, the Barbados of Euro, got in the face of their bitter border rivals before finally succumbing, 1-0, thanks to a Michael Ballack V-2 rocket. All of this does n ...

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