Michael Ballack

Yeah.

And I, I do, I remember when he came, like, I'd watched him for Leverkusen a fair base and I trumpeted on some podcast or other that he's like, if you f- put Dimitar Berbatov and Michael Ballack in a blender and just , and just kinda put it together-

They'd both be dead, yeah

... into a human.

I mean, Chelsea had just won the league, and in the first game it went to Stamford Bridge.

And look at Chelsea line-up, you got Drogba, you got Essien, you got Makelele, you got Frank, you got Lampard, you got, um, Ballack.

And you realize how, how far you are behind as a player-

Mm

But then you go from-

[laughs]

There you go that, then you go to, like, you got the Ballack.

Again, so efficient, so like a German car.

Yeah.

who was a socceroo at one stage, played on Michael Ballack.

There you go.

He's an unbelievable human.

I, I like that one.

I'll say, I'll say Michael Ballack.

Oh.

I think Michael Ballack-

That's a good one

...

I think is one of the best Unarguable.

Unarguable ... yeah.

Getting past Ukraine and cer- certainly the second leg, in some style even, was the start of a cycle where this Germany team at least sort of could stuck together and, and get a result.

And there was a sense of cohesion, and we'll make the most of our very limited ability, uh, with especially Michael Ballack coming to the fore.

The Ukraine second leg is the Michael Ballack sort of, um, breakout game-

Mm

... for, for Germany, and that's a main reason why this carried on into the World Cup with him and Kahn-

Yeah.

Thiago Silva, uh, Ballack, bro, they all came- Yeah ... at, at, at, at that age.

So I like Chelsea signings.

I like...

Yeah.

And I think fourth is-

But Ballack and Thiago Silva came with still quality.

Like-

[coughs] They did.

Even when Chelsea, when Chelsea were at their best, we had Essien, Lampard, Makelele, Ballack.

Like, bro, anyone could be on the bench.

See, it's something-