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Mehmet Scholl Farewell Match between FC Barcelona and FC Bayern Munich.
Franck Ribery hearts Luca Toni who scored Bayern's only goal against Belenenses yesterday.
...then let me help you out and fill you in with the details. 11.45am Beckenbauer uses the border
crossing at Heinrich-Heine street and declares his intentions to leave the same day again. 2.10pm
Beckenbauer arrives at his hotel. A bit later he goes to a French restaurant. He then has a chat
with Günther Netzer and gives [...]
I guess six to eight years from now will mark the beginning of a new golden age for the beautiful
game. That's around the time when a large wave of young Maradona successors will eventually make
the step from the youth academies of Europe's G14 clubs to the big stage. At least that's what
every [...]
Sergej Barbarez just went through a stereotypical villain-to-hero cycle at Bayer Leverkusen. First
booed by the fans, he has by now proven to be a worthy stand-in for the injured Bernd Schneider.
And so it was time to kiss and make up with the fans after Leverkusen thrashed Duisburg 4-1. Rene
Adler contributed to the [.
A photo of Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena taken by probek after the game against Wolfsburg two weeks
ago. I think it puts some meaning into all the Klose Encounter headlines. I can picture a young
Richard Dreyfuss buying himself a season ticket and dumping his family for this stadium. Of course,
not until he remodelled the [.
As in: the German players who held Wales to a 0-0 draw at home, Jogi Löw who motivated them from
the sidelines and the team of Bundesliga Offside bloggers who kept you entertained. In an attempt
to assimilate every possible regular feature from all over The Offside, here's the Bundesliga week
in review.
Meaningless preseason match. Meaningless goals by Zé Roberto, Luca Toni and Miro Klose.
Meaningless video below.
If you want to check out how each Bundesliga team performed during the off-season, here is all you
need. All pre-season friendlies (I hope) and links to video highlights if available. Bayern Munich
(5/0/3) 01.07. Bayern - FC Sao Paulo 2:1 06.07. FT Gern - Bayern 0:18 11.07. Höslwang - Bayern
0:13 11.07. Bayern - FC Schaffhausen 4:0 15.07. FC [...]
Lots of England - Germany related things to read this time. They don't make Germany teams like they
used to (The Independent) 11 Germans the English invited to march into their country (Who Ate All
The Pies) Löw on style (Who Ate All The Pies) Don't mention the score, unless it helps getting
over 1966 (24dash) Top 10 England v [...]
A new adidas commercial to go with the new German national team kit. (YouTube) Latest rumours:
Jürgen Klinsmann and Bernd Schuster are linked to the England job. (AFP) Hooray: The meaningless
Ligapokal has been cancelled until the DFL comes up with an alternative meaningless cup
competition. (Reuters) A video interview with Karlsruhe's Andreas Görlitz.
From left to right: Season 1991/1992, Season 1992/1993 and Season 1993/1994. In 1992 Dortmund
finished second behind Stuttgart, followed by two fourth place finishes. In 1995 Dortmund finally
won the Bundesliga, repeated this treat in 1996 and added the Champions League title one year
later. In 1991 Ottmar Hitzfeld took charge as coach and in [.
"It was a strange feeling, like inner peace," Inzaghi told the Gazetta dello Sport after he
surpassed Gerd Müllers age old European record of 62 goals. According to Setanta though, Inzaghi
will now need to score four more goals to ultimately find his inner peace. Opta Sportsdata decided
to recheck Müller's goal tally and came [.
0-1 Tim Borowski (9th min.) 1-1 Bastian Schweinsteiger (24th min.) 2-1 Hamit Altintop (27th min.)
3-1 Franck Ribery (35th min.) 4-1 Franck Ribery (54th min.)
There's a story that has quickly generated a lot of buzz in Germany. VfL Wolfsburg's Ashkahn
Dejagah was originally nominated by U21 coach Dieter Eilts to play in a Euro qualifier against
Israel in Tel Aviv on Friday, but the German-Iranian asked the coach to leave him out of the squad
for personal reasons. This [...]
Here's Stuttgart's coach Armin Veh, presumably watching a flock of bats flying over the stadium in
Frankfurt. Judging by the position of his feet, he barely managed to suppress his instinctive
reaction to turn himself into a bat and follow the pack. But he had a football match to coach and
his team did really [.
One of the few positive side-effects of the dark and cold winter days is the extensive use of
floodlights at football stadiums. Bayer Leverkusen - MSV Duisburg (4-1).
Werder Bremen's reserve goalkeeper Christian Vander holds a unique record. In 22 Bundesliga matches
he made 6 serious mistakes. This is a ratio that even Cottbus' Tomislav Piplica can't match. Here's
serious mistake no. 6, where he plays a beautiful pass to Rafael van der Vaart, who was happy to
half-volley lob the ball into Bremen's [.
The first half of the season is officially over, and Bayern have claimed the so called
Herbstmeisterschaft (autumn championship), which doesn't mean anything and isn't won in autumn
either. But a lot in football is about psychology and weird statistics. One weird statistic says
that 87% of the teams who won the autumn championship also [.
Bob apparently wasn't satisfied with my boring answer as to why Kahn is worshipped in Japan and
suggested an alternative. My guess is that he is a legend for knocking back 50 pieces of sushi and
a jug of saki in one sitting. Either that or it is his striking resemblance to Godzilla. A quick
Google session [...]
Chişinău (Moldavia's capital city) vs Hamburg (the largest city in the European Union which is
not a national capital). Divizia Naţională vs Bundesliga. Emil Caras vs Huub Stevens. Dumitru
Alin Lipa vs Rafael van der Vaart. UI Cup veterans vs Champions League also rans. Bob vs Jan.
Short: UEFA Intertoto Cup. Third and final round. The [...]
I've tried to compile all the jerseys of all current Bundesliga clubs, so that we can judge,
whether teams that are bound to play crap and go through a disappointing season at least die in
beauty - or the other way round. I consider my work to be complete, except for a few away jerseys
[...]
It's a big day today. The Bundesliga finally starts into the new season, and after Greg already
gave you his fearless predictions for the Superliga, while Sam dubbed his Ligue 1 forecast
fail-proof, I decided to tell you how everything will play out in this years Bundesliga season as
well. And mind you, after I [...]
The two clubs from Hamburg share a deep heartfelt rivalry. Though, the opportunities to duke it out
in a proper derby are currently diminished by the fact that they play one league apart. Here is a
little ad by Ultra St. Pauli to keep the spirit alive. (via Fritten, Fussball & Bier)
My biased preselection of this weekends greatest and worst moments, with two (or more) candidates
to choose from for each category. I may use some sort of online voting system in the future, to
make it easy for you to select your favourites. For now use the comments section to have your say
instead. Best way [...]
Bundesliga.de recaps this weekends four best goals in a little feature. And if you need some moving
images to go along with the article, then here are the four goals in all their glory complete with
slow-motion replays. 1. Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) 2. Mladen Petric (Borussia Dortmund) 3.
Joshua Kennedy (FC Nuremberg) 4. Marcelinho (VfL Wolfsburg)
(Summary is not available.)
Bayern Munich did their best to keep us entertained during the week with their dressing room
catfights. Basically all European clubs kept us entertained in their fight to sign Rafael van der
Vaart. And there was more: Oliver Kahn got suspended... (Bayern Offside) ...presumably because he
skipped his much loved annual stand-up comedy act, that had become [.
Before starting with their preparations for the new season, Bayern Munich decided to take a trip to
Hongkong to play an exhibition match against Brazilian champions Sao Paolo. Hongkong celebrated the
10th anniversary of its reunification with China, and Uli Hoeness must have thought that this would
be the ideal occasion to market his club [...]
In late 2004 Thomas Doll took over as new Hamburg coach. The club had a disastrous start into the
new season and was sitting at the very bottom of the table. Doll lead the team out of the
relegation zone and into the Intertoto Cup, through which the team eventually made it to the UEFA
[...]
Can you guess correctly? a) Rafael van der Vaart gets his wish granted and leaves Hamburg to join
Valencia. The photo has been taken during his official presentation in Valencia. b) Rafael van der
Vaart is still in Hamburg posing for the Spanish sports daily As with a Valencia shirt. Really, his
dying grand parents want to see [...]
SV Werder Bremen Calendar Widget (Apple Dashboard Widgets) Raphael Honigstein recaps and analyses
last weeks action, with a close look at the mess in Berlin (Guardian sportblog) Bayern's Karl-Heinz
Rummenigge discusses TV rights deals and what it means for the international competitiveness of the
Bundesliga (fcbayern.de) More than a football club (Dortmund Offside) Revier Derby Buildup
(Dortmund Offside) Auf Wiedersehen [.
Best Bundesliga Debut a) Tobias Grahn (Hertha BSC Berlin) b) Martin Harnik (Werder Bremen)
Puppies eating - VfL Bochum's players celebrating.
Best goal celebration a) Manasseh Ishiaku (MSV Duisburg) b) A team effort by Boubacar Sanogo, Diego
and Hugo Almeida (Werder Bremen)
Just because it didn't work for Beckham doesn't mean that Schweinsteiger should be denied his own
bleach blonde experiment. He will captain the German national team on Saturday against Wales for
the first time in his career. The usual suspects Torsten Frings and Michael Ballack are still
recovering from injuries, and Bernd Schneider had one [...]
Some pieces for the puzzle that is Michael Ballack's non-nomination for the Champions League group
stage. (Guardian sportblog) Michael Ballack speaks English and gets dubbed over and subtitled in
Chinese for a good cause. (Fritten, Fussball & Bier) The players of the German national team went
through a little fitness check on Tuesday and Wednesday and the [.
Some good news from the European stage at last. The UEFA Cup may lack the mass appeal of its big
European brother, but it's still nice to see, that all four Bundesliga clubs made it to the group
stage. It helps soothe the Champions League wounds a bit. And not all European top leagues were
[...]
Toni Kroos is seventeen years old, but only his acne gives away, that he's still a teenager. His
football skills are already on a level, that earn him some playing time in Bayern Munich's senior
squad. He supposedly is Germany's most promising and talented football wunderkind. An assessment
that has been backed by FIFA's technical [...]
