Bundesliga Offside Rewind: Picks of the Week

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This week has been all about:

Friendship – or lack of. (Hertha Offside)
Team mates – or lack of. (Werder Offside)
Beards. (Bundesliga Offside)
Buttocks. (Bundesliga Offside)
Kits. (Bundesliga Offside)
European success. (Hamburg Offside)
European disappointment. (Bayern Offside)

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Werder Bremen

Champions League Matchday 5: Late Bloomers

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Just as the Bundesliga clubs were all a little late to the Champions League party, I’m a little late with this short wrap up. But if you know your way around The Offside, you might have noticed that all matches have been covered by the Scotland Offside, the Valencia Offside and the Real Madrid Offside [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Champions League, FC Schalke 04, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Champions League, FC Schalke 04, International, Matchdays, Real Madrid, Valencia, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen

Artifacts from the 90s: Ugly Borussia Dortmund Kits

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From left to right: Season 1991/1992, Season 1992/1993 and Season 1993/1994. In 1992 Dortmund finished second behind Stuttgart, followed by two fourth place finishes. In 1995 Dortmund finally won the Bundesliga, repeated this feat in 1996 and added the Champions League title one year later. In 1991 Ottmar Hitzfeld took charge as coach and in [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund

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Matchday 13: Comebacks

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Thirty goals spread out over nine matches made for an entertaining weekend, that nonetheless left me feeling a bit unsatisfied. Mostly because it lacked any real surprises or shake-ups in the table. Munich, Bremen and Hamburg all worked their way to victories. Hamburg’s 2-0 win over Rostock can probably be labelled ‘most confident performance’ compared [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Ivan Klasnic, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

Mischievous: Rene Adler exposes Sergej Barbarez’ Butt

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Sergej Barbarez just went through a stereotypical villain-to-hero cycle at Bayer Leverkusen. First booed by the fans, he has by now proven to be a worthy stand-in for the injured Bernd Schneider. And so it was time to kiss and make up with the fans after Leverkusen thrashed Duisburg 4-1. Rene Adler contributed to the [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen

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Snapshot: Floodlights

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One of the few positive side-effects of the dark and cold winter days is the extensive use of floodlights at football stadiums. Bayer Leverkusen – MSV Duisburg (4-1).

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, MSV Duisburg, Photos

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, MSV Duisburg, Snapshots

Beardwatch: Kevin Kuranyi

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Kevin Kuranyi has once again proven his worth for Schalke 04 this weekend. Schalke beat Hanover 3-2 and Kuranyi scored the first two goals himself and got the assist for the third. His chances-to-goals ratio is still abysmal, but looks world class compared to what his team mates managed, while he was injured.
According to his [...]

Category: FC Schalke 04, Photos

Tags: Beardwatch, FC Schalke 04, Kevin Kuranyi, Photos, Snapshots

Perfect Match: Armin Veh – Eerie Castle

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Here’s Stuttgart’s coach Armin Veh, presumably watching a flock of bats flying over the stadium in Frankfurt. Judging by the position of his feet, he barely managed to suppress his instinctive reaction to turn himself into a bat and follow the pack. But he had a football match to coach and his team did really [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Photos, VfB Stuttgart

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Armin Veh, Snapshots, VfB Stuttgart

Weekly Dose 25.11.07

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A new adidas commercial to go with the new German national team kit. (YouTube)
Latest rumours: Jürgen Klinsmann and Bernd Schuster are linked to the England job. (AFP)
Hooray: The meaningless Ligapokal has been cancelled until the DFL comes up with an alternative meaningless cup competition. (Reuters)
A video interview with Karlsruhe’s Andreas Görlitz. (DW Bundesliga Kick off!)
A [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Hamburger SV, Karlsruher SC, National Team

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, adidas, Arminia Bielefeld, Bernd Schuster, England, Ernst Middendorp, Germany, Hamburger SV, Huub Stevens, International, Jürgen Klinsmann, Karlsruher SC, Ligapokal, National Team

Bundesliga Offside Rewind: They’ve given their all

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As in: the German players who held Wales to a 0-0 draw at home, Jogi Löw who motivated them from the sidelines and the team of Bundesliga Offside bloggers who kept you entertained. In an attempt to assimilate every possible regular feature from all over The Offside, here’s the Bundesliga week in review. And it [...]

Category: 1. Bundesliga, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, National Team, Werder Bremen

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, Diego, Germany, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Macauley Chrisantus, National Team, Per Mertesacker, Werder Bremen