Weekly Dose 06.04.09

By: Jan | April 6th, 2009

• Third division table toppers Union Berlin are building a stadium for the fans by the fans. (Deutsche Welle: VOD – MP4)
• Hoffenheim’s fairy dust has evaporated and now Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger heaps more misery on them by challenging their title as Germany’s greatest village team. (ESPN Soccernet)
• Talking about misery… (101 Great Goals)
• Bayern Munich’s dream team as selected by… (The Independent)
• Gabriele Marcotti thinks that, whether you believe him or not, the Bundesliga is the home of excitement. I think readers of this blog do believe him. (Times Online)
• This fan most certainly does… (CNN)
• Eurosport’s Eurogoals interviews Lukas Podolski. (YouTube: Part 1 – Part 2)
• Raphael Honigstein on yet another new Bundesliga table topper. (Guardian)

Category: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Videos

Tags: 1. Bundesliga, 1899 Hoffenheim, FC Bayern Munich, Lukas Podolski, Mario Gomez, Union Berlin, VfB Stuttgart, VfL Wolfsburg, Videos, Weekly Dose

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• Phil |  April 7th, 2009 at 6:46 am

  
  
  

  Poor Mario…he can’t even do a harmless game show without being poked fun at.

  Also, I had the good fortune of attending an Union Berlin game last year and it was probably the coolest thing I did in Berlin. The fans are amazing and the stadium is charming (if a bit decrepit last year). The only drawback was the guy next to me smoking what seemed to be a full pack of cigarettes by the end of 90 minutes. As I was downwind, I got quite a bit of second-hand smoke, but it was definitely worth it.

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• Jan |  April 7th, 2009 at 9:05 am

  
  
  

  Things look promising for Union Berlin this year. Last year they missed out on promotion on virtually the last game of the season. This time around, they will soon have their new stadium ready and they have a 12 point lead over the third placed team. It’s a good year for football in Berlin. A future former west vs former east inner city derby is also very promising. Though the two clubs shared a fan friendship during the cold war, with Dynamo Berlin being the hated regime backed superclub, so it’ll probably won’t be like 1860 vs Bayern or HSV vs St. Pauli.

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• Juliet |  April 28th, 2009 at 1:24 pm

  
  
  

  That’s a cool notion — fans taking care of the stadium. I’ll have to encourage my friend who moved to Berlin to take in a match.

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