All fair in love and score as English husband and German wife set for Euros clash
They may be a match made in heaven, but an English husband and his German wife will be at opposite ends of the room when their nations clash in the Euros today.
Nerves will be jangling in nearly every household in the country come 5pm, when England v Germany kicks off at Wembley, and it'll be no different in the Kavanagh household, where loyalties will be divided.
Ian and Tanja Kavanagh, who run the Black Forest Deli German food stall in Oswestry market, won't be talking to each other for 90 minutes, or maybe longer if it goes to extra time or the dreaded penalties.
Tanja, who comes from Freiburg, said: "We are going to be watching it but probably from opposite ends of the living room as we're cheering on our respective teams. One of us isn't going to be happy."
Ian joked: "Probably me!"
The couple met in 2001, the year England stuffed Germany 5-1 in their own backyard. Ian will be hoping that's a good omen, and even though Gareth Southgate's Three Lions didn't set the world alight in the group stage,
Tanja isn't full of confidence for Die Mannschaft this evening.
"I watched Germany in their first game and they were awful. I didn't think they would get out of the group," she said.
"I think it would be good for England if they could win the tournament. It would give the country and businesses a much-needed boost, but you could probably say the same for Germany and all of the countries."
