Bundesliga Matchday 7: Ze Roberto to F4. Checkmate.

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Hamburg remain in control of the top, Hertha remain in control of the bottom and with his wins over Bochum, Dortmund and the Schalke fans Felix Magath is now in total control of the Ruhr Valley.
Battle Chess. When a commenter on one of Germany’s public broadcasters attempted to summarize and categorize the match between Hamburg [...]

Category: 1. FC Cologne, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays

Tags: 1. FC Cologne, Arne Friedrich, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bruno Labbadia, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Louis van Gaal, Lucien Favre, Matchdays, Michael Frontzeck, Zé Roberto

Weekly Dose 23.09.09

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Hertha Berlin – where dreams metaphors become reality. (Ballspiel)
Kicking you while you are down: Raphael Honigstein hands out some more Hertha bashing. (Guardian)
Let Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger turn you into a VfL Bochum fan and then make our Bochum Offside your browser’s new start page. (ESPN Soccernet)
A Q&A with Edin Dzeko. (ESPN Soccernet)
VfB Stuttgart and Germany legend [...]

Category: Hertha BSC Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg

Tags: Edin Dzeko, Hansi Müller, Hertha BSC Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Weekly Dose

Bundesliga Matchday 6 Wrap-Up

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Extra Time. We can end the debate about where the seven minutes of extra time came from in the Manchester derby. They were taken from the Bundesliga’s three Sunday fixtures, where the refs decided to call it a day after pretty much exactly 90 minutes. It’s not really a coincidence but rather an annoying habit. [...]

Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum

Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Jens Lehmann, Marcel Koller, Matchdays, Stefan Kießling, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum

Jens Lehmann

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In case of any other goalkeeper we might ask the question what the hell he is doing out there. In case of Jens Lehmann we are thankful that he is indeed out there doing things; that he extended his contract for one more year last season.
VfB Stuttgart’s sense of humor ended though when Jens Lehmann’s [...]

Category: VfB Stuttgart, Videos

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Name the Brazilian

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If you had a German name and researched it, you’d probably end up learning that 800 years ago a poor pig farmer built his hut right beside a hole in the ground and so your family was subsequently named after this hole. A Portuguese or Brazilian name on the other hand is more like a [...]

Category: Misc

Tags: Misc, Name it

Champions/Europa League Matchday 1 Wrap-Up

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Three wins, two draws and one defeat makes for a balanced but not too glorious start to this year’s European season.
Wolfsburg. You are never too old for an impressive Champions League debut. Grafite (30) scored a hat-trick and became only (or already?) the sixth player to do so on his debut. Each of his goals [...]

Category: Champions League, Europa League, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

Tags: Champions League, Europa League, FC Bayern Munich, Grafite, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, Rapid Vienna, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen

Weekly Dose 16.09.09

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Clean it like the Kaiser. (The Local)
Bayer may be only second in the Bundesliga but are top of the York Monday Six-a-side Football Leisure League. (The Press)
Horst Hrubesch’s crossbar challenge pwns Ronaldinho’s crossbar challenge. (FANartisch)
We’ve got our first title candidate (or second if you consider Bayern automatic seeds). (Ballspiel)
Werder coach Thomas Schaaf talks Europa League. [...]

Category: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Hamburger SV, Werder Bremen

Tags: Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, Franz Beckenbauer, Hamburger SV, Horst Hrubesch, Thomas Schaaf, Weekly Dose, Werder Bremen

The Money Game: Champions League vs Europa League

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We’re heading into a new season of European football, which for most people really only means Champions League football. The big question ahead of every Champions League season is of course not who wins it – Stuttgart won’t, Wolfsburg won’t and most probably Bayern won’t either so why bother – but who earns how much. [...]

Category: Backstory, Champions League, Europa League, Facts and Figures

Tags: Backstory, Champions League, Europa League, Facts and Figures

The Evolution of Günter Netzer’s Hair

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There are many legendary football players. There are many legendary hair styles. But only a select few managed to combine the two. Germany and Borussia Mönchengladbach playmaker Günter Netzer is one who had the hair of legends.
This post sets out to tell its’ story.
Season 1965/1966 to 1966/1967

Here’s the template from which to start. Notice the [...]

Category: Backstory, Borussia Mönchengladbach, History, National Team, Photos

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Photo: Sitar Hero

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With Franck Ribery running the show against Dortmund, Arjen Robben was free to take some time off and practice his Air Sitar skills.
(JUERGEN SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images)

Category: FC Bayern Munich, Photos

Tags: Arjen Robben, FC Bayern Munich, Photos