(SS2) Possible to fix useless reloading?

[66678643eb13eThis_is_Xerxes]

Well, if you like dirty jokes, "Mannschaft" sounds like "Man-Shaft" - my mind instantly forms a burlesque picture, where giant cocks with legs are kicking footballs and screwing people.

On a similar note, there's a popular board game called "Dixit" of which I love to make fun. Imagine a grown man yelling to his embarrassed friends: "Hey guys! Let's play Dick-Shit!"

[66678643eb64eBriareos H]

"Mannschaft" is not a nickname, but simply translates to "team" or "crew". It's not a nickname anyone uses here. As far as I'm aware they don't have an official nickname. The DFB website is a likely source for people calling them "Mannschaft". Thanks for pointing it out.

I know what it means in German, but it is used internationally as a nickname (and has been for quite some time). It isn't much different from your example, "seleção" meaning 'selection' which isn't used as much of a nickname in Portuguese-speaking countries, it just means the team.

[66678643eb834Kolya]

I see what you mean and the use of "Mannschaft" by DFB seems to confirm that. I would say that "Nationalelf" (national eleven) is a much more widely used term inside Germany, which is more specific to football and more comparable to "Seleção Brasileira". But then nicknames don't always work that way. Either way I stand corrected, "Mannschaft" indeed seems to be a somewhat official nick for the German team in international parlance.

[66678643eb939xdiesp]

I think the selecao is going to be known as the mineirazos for some time.

Still better than supporting France by droning over and over, atonally, "allez les bleus, allez le bleus, braaaaiiins".