Building Germany’s Bright Present and Future

It has been quite a week for Germany. On Friday the U-21 team beat Spain to win the U-21 European Championship, the first U-21 title for Germany since the magical team of 2009, and today, what could easily be described as a German C team in terms of quality of player, beat Chile’s golden generation to win the Confederations Cup. While it is no doubt questionable how impressive the standard of football being played in the Confederations Cup  is, these victories are very large shows of intent by the German National team, and the rest of the world needs to stand up and take notice.