It didn't take long for the bottom club Hertha to appoint a new coach after parting company with Lucien Favre only days after Week 7. Friedhelm Funkel had had a distinguished spell at Frankfurt up until last season. However, he was let go in the summer in the hope that a new manager will be able to inject some new zest in the side. Click to continue reading...

Todavía con los ecos del cabezazo de Palermo que no es récord como quería Susana Giménez, paseamos por la Bundesliga donde, mientras el Titán hacía la suya en la Bombonera, pasaba esto...
Por la 8º fecha de la Bundesliga, el Hertha BSC (Berlín) recibía al Hamburgo que defendía la punta del torneo ante el Leverkusen (4-0 a Nuremberg). Click to continue reading...

Hamburg remain in control of the top, Hertha remain in control of the bottom and with his wins over Bochum, Dortmund and the Schalke fans Felix Magath is now in total control of the Ruhr Valley.

Battle Chess. When a commenter on one of Germany's public broadcasters attempted to summarize and categorize the match between Hamburg and Bayern, he kept talking about this game being for tactic freaks, but with an uncertainty to his statements, as though he didn't really know what was going on and didn't want to admit to it.

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Sorry for letting this blog rot away in the late August sun for so many weeks. Other work took over and left some time but not much energy to spend on other things. But the team blogs have been bursting with energy all the more at the same time and a few more came back to life, so I guess there were still enough places on The Offside for Bundesliga related updates.

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Sorry for letting this blog rot away in the late August sun for so many weeks. Other work took over and left some time but not much energy to spend on other things. But the team blogs have been bursting with energy all the more at the same time and a few more came back to life, so I guess there were still enough places on The Offside for Bundesliga related updates.

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Last Thursday, Lucien Favre suspended his right winger Patrick Ebert indefinitely. While the reason for the suspension is that Ebert was out until 3 AM celebrating his birthday, which breaks team curfew rules; there is a bigger story is that during his drunken walk home (points for walking), there is every indication that Ebert [. Click to continue reading...

Kaiserslautern's Martin Amedick has the second funniest name in world football. (The World Game) Spot it: which Bundesliga team is featured in this old Hip Hop video? (YouTube) How a Schalke and a Dortmund fan experienced the 133rd Revierderby. (Bundesliga Talk) The story of adidas as told by an adidas commercial. Click to continue reading...

New Hertha Berlin signing Andriy Voronin is excited by the prospect of playing in the Bundesliga after joining on loan from Liverpool.
The Ukraine striker was a deadline-day arrival from Anfield and is looking forward a second stint in Germany having plied his trade there for 12 years before moving to Merseyside in the summer of 2007. Click to continue reading...

Expect David Villa not to be in the line up, the Valencia striker has a muscle tear in his thigh and has been ruled out.

Expect Cesc Fabregas to start. Arsenal's maestro has been having quite a tournament

Expect Michael Ballack to be a gametime decision.

Expect a foul filled initial 20 minutes as the Germans try and break the rhythm of the free flowing Spanish midfield.

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Die deutsche Mannschaft hat das kaum für möglich gehaltene geschafft und die Portugiesen mit 3:2 aus der EM geschossen. Der Spieler des Abends heißt nicht Cristiano Ronaldo, sondern Bastian Schweinsteiger, der gegen Portugal offenbar gern über sich hinaus wächst.

Klar ist damit auch, dass Cristiano Ronaldo nicht der Spieler der EM 2008 wird.

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Germany 1-0 Austria
It wasn't exactly an inspiring victory, but Germany have booked their place in the quarter-finals with this win. They've made hard work of what should have been an easy group, but now it's time for them to really get their act together for the knock-out stages. They did at least look much more solid defensively here, although that's kind of hard to judge against a team as goal-shy as Austria. Click to continue reading...

Just after Germany's Germany's loss to Croatia, coach Jogi Löw told the press they "would see a different team on the pitch" against Austria, and many took that to mean that he'd be ringing in the changes to the starting 11.
Perhaps the disappointing Mario Gomez would be left out in favor of Lukas Podolski, whose place on the Left wing would perhaps be taken over by Thomas Hitzlsperger. Click to continue reading...

Odense 1 (Timm 62') – Hertha 0
I called it, and indeed, not only did Odense hold out against Hertha, they even managed a home win, easing their way into the UEFA Cup group stage.
Odense's tactics were easy to guess: Having managed a draw and two goals in Berlin, the Danes were going to play it coy. Click to continue reading...