Duff nightmare for Germans

THEY will have nightmares, the German defence, their pillows drenched in sweat as they wake up screaming in the middle of the night. It will be some time before they are able to erase Damien Duff from their minds.

All spring long, expectation grew. What Duffer was going to do on the biggest stage, how he was going to showboat his talents. Last night in Ibaraki, he gave a headline show. He taunted and teased and the Germans could do little to deal with it.