Serge Gnabry’s record breaking night
Ahead of the match against Tottenham on Tuesday one could have said that Serge Gnabry was a bit of a mystery. The 24-year-old has fared well in the Bundesliga over the last three years, always [...]...
View ArticleSnapshot –“I want the guy with the red shoes”
The 1970’s were truly one amazing period for Bayern München. Back then the team were fighting for the German championship on a regular basis, only being given a fight by Borussia Mönchengladbach (and...
View ArticleSnapshot – Dr. K’s secret mission
Rainer Calmund was finally back home in Leverkusen on Monday November the 13th 1989. The big man had just experienced the Berlin Wall tumbling, and he had been in Berlin to experience history. Now that...
View ArticleBundesliga Matchday 7 Team of the Week
A rare defeat for Bayern, draws for RB Leipzig, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke and Dortmund meant that Borussia Mönchengladbach suddenly found themselves topping the table after match day 7 was completed....
View ArticleJürgen Klinsmann:”Qatar World Cup likely to be world class”
Most people were horrified when FIFA awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Amnesty International and other human rights organizations have over the years documented the dire human rights situation...
View ArticleMats Møller Dæhli’s resurgence under Jos Luhukay
The future looked bright and the sky was seemingly the limit when Mats Møller Dæhli joined Cardiff at the age of 19 during the winter break of the 2013/14 season. His former coach at Molde [...] The...
View ArticleThe Bundesliga golden goal table
If a game of football were to end after the first goal had been scored, the table in the Bundesliga would look very different indeed. During the first seven match days of the current season [...] The...
View ArticleIshak Belfodil played five matches with a cruciate ligament rupture
Some people are more immune to pain than others. Hoffenheim’s striker Ishak Belfodil seems to be able to carry on playing whilst being in a considerable amount of pain it turns out. Today his club...
View ArticleMilitary salutes and Instagram posts – How Turkey’s military campaign in...
Turkish military salutes and Cenk Sahin’s Instagram post were among the most-talked-about subjects of the Bundesliga Hinrunde. Turkey’s military started its invasion of northern parts of Syria at the...
View ArticleWerder Bremen – Blindly Diving into the Abyss
Attractive football, loads of goals, and a team fighting for a European berth . . . Frank Baumann and Florian Kohfeldt thought they had managed to create a side that could do all of those [...] The...
View ArticleSchalke vs. Hertha – Racism rears its ugly head, now what?
What Jordan Torunarigha experienced during Tuesday night’s DFB Pokal match is something that should be a thing of the past. As the Hertha player was on the pitch, he heard fans making monkey noises...
View ArticleHertha BSC – The descent into chaos has begun
Hertha BSC embarked on a journey that should help take them from being a mostly mid-table side into the limelight of European competitions when investor Lars Windhorst infused the club with loads of...
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