Matchdays
Matchday 12: Captain Future
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The clubs at the top of the table keep crawling along. The clubs at the bottom keep sinking. Referees had a forgettable weekend and in between a player and a coach dropped bombshells.
Philipp Lahm. Bayern’s disappointing draw at home against Schalke. Robben’s moment of madness for which he should have seen a red card. Luca [...]
Category: 1. FC Cologne, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart
Tags: 1. FC Cologne, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Felix Magath, Hamburger SV, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, Michael Skibbe, Philipp Lahm, VfB StuttgartChampions/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 [...]
Matchday 11: A Day at the Snail Races
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The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming about Bundesliga survival but not much more.
Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy. Mainz 05’s coach Thomas Tuchel had [...]
Champions/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 [...]
Bundesliga Matchday 9: Babbel Bobble
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Bayern were busy exercising control and dominance. Leverkusen were busy defending. Hamburg were busy passing the ball around. Creativity, inspiration and excitement were busy waiting for a date that would never show up. Not this weekend.
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. VfB Stuttgart will host Sevilla in the Champions League on Tuesday and then [...]
Category: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, SC Freiburg, VfB Stuttgart, Werder Bremen Tags: 1899 Hoffenheim, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Cha Du-Ri, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Jupp Heynckes, Mario Eggiman, Markus Babbel, Matchdays, Romeo Castelen, SC Freiburg, Thomas Müller, VfB Stuttgart, Werder BremenPhoto: Yellow
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Referee Knuth Kircher shows Tim Wiese a yellow card after a foul on Hoffenheim’s striker Maicosuel.
(AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)
The Numbers Game: Matchday 9
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It wasn’t a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can find numbers exciting.
619. Tim Wiese has kept a clean sheet for 619 minutes and counting. Remember, he did so while playing for Werder Bremen. Any other season this would [...]
Bundesliga Matchday 8: The Tragedy of Errors
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Establishing something comparable to England’s Big Four remains a distant dream for last season’s top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum. Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly losing to Bremen. Hertha courageously defended the last place by disappointingly losing to Hamburg.
Defense. Werder [...]
The Story of Germany’s Reunification (as told by the Bundesliga)
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Saturday’s Bundesliga action coincided with the 19th anniversary of Germany’s reunification, which conveniently is also the country’s national holiday – albeit without lethal fireworks or military parades. To celebrate the event Berlin went all out artsy with some megalomaniac puppeteering, while the Bundesliga chose a more pragmatic approach, by retelling the the events through football [...]
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 [...]
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