Champions League
Classic Moment: Georg ‘Katsche’ Schwarzenbeck’s late Equaliser against Atlético Madrid
By: Jan |
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It was the European Champions Cup (as in: Champions League) final in Brussel back in 1974. Bayern had reached the final for the first time. The match ended in a scoreless draw after 90 minutes and was forced into extra time. Then, current Spain coach Luis Aragones converted a free kick to give Madrid the […]
Tags: Atlético Madrid, Katsche, Georg Schwarzenbeck, Uli Hoeneß, Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer, 1. Bundesliga, FC Bayern Munich, Backstory, International, Champions League, Tag Index5 Things we learned in Europe this Week
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1. It’s the knockout rounds, stupid.
Going by league and group stage performances, Tim Wiese clearly looks the better keeper than Manuel Neuer. Blunders against Valencia and Chelsea in the group stages and a couple more in the Bundesliga had taken Neuer from Jogi Löw’s shortlist for the Euro 2008. Tim Wiese isn’t on it either, […]
Manuel Neuer can save Penalties (and Mirko Slomka)
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It was an overall poor performance by Schalke, who were dominated by FC Porto and hardly managed to keep possession, especially once they tried to venture into Porto’s half of the pitch. Given the turmoil surrounding Schalke and Mirko Slomka it probably wasn’t all too surprising. But Schalke got the basics right at least. They […]
Snapshot: Manuel Neuer strikes a Deal
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Here is Schalke’s goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after the Champions League match against FC Porto (1-0). Maybe he’s completing a real estate deal.
This just in: UEFA Cup and Champions League Draw
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The UEFA Cup and Champions League draw just took place. The lone Bundesliga representative Schalke 04 picked up FC Porto as their next opponent in the Champions League. Porto and Sevilla were high on the wishlists of high profile second placed teams like Liverpool, Arsenal, Roma etc. So, people seem to think those two were […]
Category: Facts and Figures, UEFA Cup, International, Champions League, Hamburger SV, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1. Bundesliga Tags: 1. Bundesliga, FC Schalke 04, Werder Bremen, FC Bayern Munich, 1. FC Nuremberg, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hamburger SV, Facts and Figures, UEFA Cup, International, Champions League, Tag IndexChampions League: Schalke 04… of all Teams
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Schalke were the least likely of all Bundesliga teams to advance. All credit for this achievement goes to Rosenborg Trondheim. Without their heroics against Valencia, Schalke wouldn’t be celebrating their first ever round of sixteen in the Champions League. A success that is worth an extra €12 million for Schalke - minimum. The cynical bit […]
Clarification: Gerd Müller’s and Filippo Inzaghi’s European Goalscoring Record
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A few days ago Setanta reported that Filippo Inzaghi hadn’t one-upped Gerd Müller’s European goalscoring record yet. In fact he was still four goals short of doing so. The article relied on data coming from Opta Sportsdata and claimed that Gerd Müller had in fact scored 66 goals in 74 matches, compared to Inzaghi’s 63 […]
Stat of the Day: Inzaghi needs 4 more Goals to surpass Müller’s Record
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“It was a strange feeling, like inner peace,” Inzaghi told the Gazetta dello Sport after he surpassed Gerd Müllers age old European record of 62 goals. According to Setanta though, Inzaghi will now need to score four more goals to ultimately find his inner peace. Opta Sportsdata decided to recheck Müller’s goal tally and came […]
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 […]
Champions League: Ifs and thens
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One half of this week’s Champions League matchday is over, though since Stuttgart is basically dead already, I can start sketching out my favourite scenarios for the final two matchdays. And I’ll start off with one of the two surprise teams of tonight - the positive surprise.
Schalke 04 0-0 Chelsea
Everybody and their dog and Schalke’s […]
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