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Best Bundesliga Goals 2006/2007 (4/5): Christoph Preuß
By: Jan |Diego - Preuß - Schlaudraff - Hitzlsperger - van der Vaart - Honorable Mentions
Christoph Preuß plays for Eintracht Frankfurt and has scored only one goal this season. It happened during a home match against Bayern Munich, it was the 78th minute, it was the winner and most importantly it was beautiful.
The Dietmar Hamann Bridge Phenomenon
By: Jan |Back in 2005 the London Development Agency (LDA) and Transport for London ran a competition to name a footbridge that would lead from Wembley’s town centre to the new Wembley Stadium. In the first round people were asked to send in their suggestions from which a panel shortlisted five names people could vote for. Normally […]
Best Bundesliga Goals 2006/2007 (3/5): Jan Schlaudraff
By: Jan |Diego - Preuß - Schlaudraff - Hitzlsperger - van der Vaart - Honorable Mentions
Jan Schlaudraff has been one of the shooting stars of the last season, sort of. Judging by his performance during the first half of the season this assertion definitely holds true. He played some good football for Alemannia Aachen, scored some beautiful […]
DFB-Pokal: Nürnberg wins Cup, Stuttgart loses Temper and Double
By: Jan |It seems that the public viewing areas of last years World Cup had a lasting impact on German football consumption habits. When the time for the all decisive and important matches of this season came the concept was swiftly revived and 60000 Schalke 04 supporters went to their home ground to watch the Revierderby against […]
Best Bundesliga Goals 2006/2007 (2/5): Thomas Hitzlsperger
By: Jan |Diego - Preuß - Schlaudraff - Hitzlsperger - van der Vaart - Honorable Mentions
Next up in my little countdown is a goal by Thomas Hitzlsperger. His nickname is “The Hammer” which he acquired during his time with Aston Villa in the English Premier League. It’s trivia knowledge that no German TV reporter fails to mention […]
Best Bundesliga Goals 2006/2007 (1/5): Rafael van der Vaart
By: Jan |Diego - Preuß - Schlaudraff - Hitzlsperger - van der Vaart - Honorable Mentions
This is my personal selection of the five best goals of this years Bundesliga season. This selection is completely biased towards goals that are still available online. My apologies to those players whose efforts were taken down by some Bundesliga TV rights […]
Summer Flu
By: Jan |I was having a summer flu which kept me at home for the week. During that time I wasn’t really inclined to do any blogging. So sorry for the lack of updates. But I hope to catch up with my coverage during the next couple of days.
Bundesliga Season Finale: Full-Time
By: Jan |Schalke 04 had to pay tribute to the high tempo of their game in the first half. They tried everything but couldn’t add any more goals to the score. Bielefeld even scored in overtime to make it 2:1. Meanwhile Stuttgart took matters into their own hands and scored the second goal against Cottbus which secured […]
Bundesliga Season Finale: Half-Time
By: Jan |Things are still in the balance although VfB Stuttgart still has an advantage. Schalke plays a fantastic match against Bielefeld and leads 2:0. Cottbus even took the lead against Stuttgart in the 19th minute but Thomas Hitzelsperger equalised with a beautiful volley from 17 meters eight minutes later. As it stands now Schalke and Stuttgart […]
The Big Bundesliga Season Finale Preview
By: Jan |Well, this is actually just a normal Bundesliga Season Finale Preview without the big. I just put that word in the title in the hope to attract some extra readers. The big finale has probably already been last weekend. VfB Stuttgart took over the top spot, Alemannia Aachen and Mainz 05 were relegated and Leverkusen […]






