Well, the nation hopes so…
From Yahoo.com:
Kristina Schroeder told Saturday’s Rheinische Post newspaper the 2006 World Cup, when Germany reached the semifinals, boosted the national birthrate and “that is why I as the family minister would be especially happy if Germany wins the championship.”
Germany will face England in its second-round match on Sunday.
The government has long worried about Germany’s declining number of births. In 2009 it fell by 3.6 percent to 651,000—the lowest since World War II.
I have no idea how soccer victories increase fertility rates and libido in a nation, but leave it to Germany to find a correlation.
Also, I have the team going to the finals. If I’m right, talk about reaching a fever pitch, ya know what I’m sayin’? That’s a little soccer humor, on the house.
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