Comments on: Champions League: Bundesliga Clubs Favourites to advance http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/champions-league-bundesliga-clubs-favourites-to-advance.html News from The German Bundesliga Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:57:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/champions-league-bundesliga-clubs-favourites-to-advance.html#comment-574 Jan Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:12:09 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/champions-league-bundesliga-clubs-favourites-to-advance.html#comment-574 No, their form is currently not anything like last season, where they won a record number of games in a row, but they shouldn't have a hard time getting back on track. They kept their whole winning squad together and slightly strengthened the midfield and attack. Their pre-season was probably marred by too many injuries which caused some problems. But it will be interesting too see, whether this young squad is ready to challenge established Champions League teams. I don't know if there is any player with CL experience (probably Ewerthon or Bastürk who they bought this summer) and their coach has no international experience either. So that might or might not be an advantage for Lyon, Barcelona and Glasgow - I'm not sure this fact would really matter in the group stage though. It's worth pointing out that a couple of young players from their own academy (Tasci, Hilbert, Gomez and Khedira) already debuted or are about to debut for the German national team. There is a lot of potential in this team. No, their form is currently not anything like last season, where they won a record number of games in a row, but they shouldn’t have a hard time getting back on track. They kept their whole winning squad together and slightly strengthened the midfield and attack. Their pre-season was probably marred by too many injuries which caused some problems.

But it will be interesting too see, whether this young squad is ready to challenge established Champions League teams. I don’t know if there is any player with CL experience (probably Ewerthon or Bastürk who they bought this summer) and their coach has no international experience either. So that might or might not be an advantage for Lyon, Barcelona and Glasgow – I’m not sure this fact would really matter in the group stage though.

It’s worth pointing out that a couple of young players from their own academy (Tasci, Hilbert, Gomez and Khedira) already debuted or are about to debut for the German national team. There is a lot of potential in this team.

]]> By: Inara http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/champions-league-bundesliga-clubs-favourites-to-advance.html#comment-572 Inara Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:46:07 +0000 http://bundesliga.theoffside.com/teams/champions-league-bundesliga-clubs-favourites-to-advance.html#comment-572 How is Stuttgart's form so far? Is it anything like it was for the last half of the season last year? How is Stuttgart’s form so far? Is it anything like it was for the last half of the season last year?

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