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Champions/Europa League Matchday 4: Hertha FCB
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3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is of course Hertha B… no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher [...]
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, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenChampions/Europa League Matchday 3: It Takes Two
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2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a comfortable 3-1 victory.
2 Own Goals. When Bordeaux’s Ciani picked up where Freiburg’s [...]
Weekly Dose 14.10.09
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One of these things is not like the others: Football, Louis van Gaal, Empathy. (NRC Handelsblad)
Form is temporary. Fate is permanent? (ESPN Soccernet)
They’ve got beer fests in Stuttgart too and this time it was OK for Jens Lehmann to attend. (Das VfB Stuttgart Blog)
Hannover 96 fight to modify the 50+1 club ownership rule. (Bundesliga Talk)
The [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
A Get-Rich-Quick Scheme for Football Fans
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1. Get a piece of paper.
It doesn’t have to be white. Just make sure it fits the color-scheme of your football club of choice.
2. Use the paper to take part in a pre-match fan choreograpgy.
Name the Ringtone
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Bremen’s sporting director Klaus Allofs needs some cheering up at the moment and would like to put that ringtone on his cell. What’s the name of the song?
Name more…
A Quick and Complicated Guide to Europe
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European football competitions used to be a straight forward affair. Two cups for each domestic league title and another one for the best of the rest all played out in a two-legged knockout format. Then came the G-14, breakaway league threats and UEFA’s response with a complicated mix of pre-group stage qualification knockout ties, group [...]
Photo: Ribery Creepery
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This photo is disturbingly fascinating.
Photo: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images
Tags: Champions League, FC Barcelona, FC Bayern Munich, Franck Ribery, International, Photos, Snapshots
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