Comments on: Auf Wiedersehen to Oliver Kahn

By: Scottay

Scottay — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:58:30 +0000

“Check out the 2:00 mark of the video and remember when Landon Donovan was fearless. As incredible as it seems, Kahn prevented the US from being in a World Cup semi.”

Oliver was a big part of it, but so was the Torsten Frings handball on the goal line. I think if that ball goes in (or he gets the red and we +1 on the penalty), we march past Das Germans.

Fine! I admit it – I’m still bitter!!

By: Juliet

Juliet — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:41:22 +0000

Truly among the greatest. Olli, you’ll be missed but not forgotten! (impossible, actually, since rumor is that he’ll be back as a pundit next year)

By: adam

adam — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:55 +0000

id like to see him and inzaghi get into a fight. that would be very funny.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:47:42 +0000

Check out the 2:00 mark of the video and remember when Landon Donovan was fearless. As incredible as it seems, Kahn prevented the US from being in a World Cup semi.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:42:26 +0000

“It’s a nice change of pace to have a montage of great saves instead of step overs or long-range shots.”

Totally agree Scottay. I also enjoyed the Maldini montage of slide tackles yesterday. YouTube is definitely a bit top-heavy with goals and stepovers.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:37:36 +0000

Also noteworthy: he won the WC 2002 Golden Ball for best player. Which no other goalkeeper has achieved.

By: Scottay

Scottay — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:19:02 +0000

It’s a nice change of pace to have a montage of great saves instead of step overs or long-range shots.

That being said, I’ve never been much of a fan of his (probably because he wore that hat way too often). But after seeing how juiced he got towards the end of the video after making an incredible save on that laser-volley, and watching him have a nice pint while lifting Big Ears, I’m almost ready to be a fan. Cheers, Ollie!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 15 May 2008 17:00:53 +0000

And not only that. It's not every goalkeeper who's bad enough to have a song like this written about him. You have no idea how disturbed I am by how much I love this song. And I don't speak a word of German.