Hannover 96
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 BremenWeekly 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 [...]
DFB-Pokal First Round: Famous 45, Heroic 90, Epic 120 and Transcendental 119:57
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There is much to like about the DFB-Pokal.
First of all, its’ format contrasts nicely with all other season long competitions. A pure knockout tournament. 90 minutes minimum. 120 minutes and penalty shootouts if necessary. No draws. No rematches. No second legs. If you are the away team, live with it. If you have a [...]
Successful, Athletic, Wealthy Lone Wolf Seeks Educated, Intelligent, Fun Loving Blogger for Long Term Relationship
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In other words: our Wolfsburg Offside is looking for someone to take over and join our lively Bundesliga family here at The Offside.
Please send your fake takeover applications to admin@nufc.co.uk and the real ones to daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com.
Update: Just as I write this post the Borussia Dortmund Offside goes up for auction as well. If you are [...]
Bundesliga Season Finale Liveblog
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What good is a liveblog in a tape-delayed world? I have no idea. I’ll leave this philosophical question unanswered and let our American readers deal with it.
For everyone else it’s season 46 episode 34 of the Bundesliga. We’ve already been served 2970 minutes high on excitement and low on answers – the latter will [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Liveblogs, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenWolfsburg Close in on Title. Hamburg Close in on Supermassive Black Hole.
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Uli Hoeness predicted that this championship won’t be decided on goal difference, but rather that someone would slip up, and he was right albeit in the wrong places.
Hannover 0-5 Wolfsburg. Except for the sell out crowd there was nothing really derby-ish about this game (and then, the last match at home usually tends to be [...]
Category: 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg Tags: 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Edin Dzeko, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Franck Ribery, Grafite, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Luca Toni, Lucien Favre, Mario Gomez, Marko Pantelic, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL WolfsburgSolo Goals Galore: Raffael and Grafite and Krzynowek
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It was an uncharacteristic match for Hertha Berlin against Borussia Dortmund (1-3). Their defense and goalkeeper weren’t infallible and their offense wasted dozens of chances – statistically and usually Berlin only need three chances per goal this season. So this great little solo run by Raffael to level the score (for only a couple of [...]
The Bundesliga Money League
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I never heard of Goldman Morgenstern & Partners Financial Intelligence Service before, but they published a press release which lists the turnover of each Bundesliga club for the 2007/2008 season. The data seems to come from an article in the print edition of Kicker magazine. Said article supposedly dealt with the official Bundesliga report for [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Facts and Figures, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1. FC Nuremberg, 1899 Hoffenheim, 2. Bundesliga, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, Facts and Figures, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hansa Rostock, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, MSV Duisburg, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenRunning Commentary: Bundesliga Matchday 23
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A running commentary of the weekend’s Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. This weekend all times will be Pacific Standard Time (PST, CET -9h) to help Landon Donovan get used to life in Los Angeles again.
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder BremenRunning Commentary: Bundesliga Matchday 22
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A running commentary of the weekend’s Bundesliga action. Feel free to share your thoughts via the comments. This weekend all times will be Peru Time (PET, CET -6h), in honor of Werder Bremen’s man of the match against Milan: Claudio Pizzarro.
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Saturday
[07.35] This edition is a bit late. I was out on Friday and could only [...]
Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1. FC Cologne, 1899 Hoffenheim, Arminia Bielefeld, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eintracht Frankfurt, Energie Cottbus, FC Bayern Munich, FC Schalke 04, Hamburger SV, Hannover 96, Hertha BSC Berlin, Karlsruher SC, Matchdays, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Bochum, VfL Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen
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