Ok, so we’ve said it before, but Michael Ballack is proving himself to be the best German player at Euro 2008. Mark Lawrenson on the BBC mentioned his ‘lack of performance’ at the last game, which prompted me to fire off a quick email pointing him in the direction of the Castrol Index, with a PS giving him the address of a baker I know who makes lovely humble pies. In the shape of hats.

Tonight’s game against Austria, at least at the 75 minute mark, *once again* sees Ballack covering the most ground of all the German players. Doing a more than passable impression of the Energiser Bunny, he just keeps on going!

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