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Classic Snapshot: Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler

The Offside: Bundesliga 12 December @ 08:43 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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A follow up to the Johan Cruijff post, as I thought I could just as well turn this day into Dutch-German football rivalry day at the Bundesliga Offside. Credit goes to Inara from the Lyon Offside for digging this one up. Frank Rijkaard spits at Rudi Völler's curly mullet during the second round match of the [.

Johan Cruijff’s Farewell Match: Ajax Amsterdam 0-8 Bayern Munich

The Offside: Bundesliga 12 December @ 01:52 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Barcelona will host Stuttgart tonight in their last Champions League group match. Both teams have nothing to play for. Both manager's decided to shuffle their squads. And Barcelona's assistant manager Johann Nesken's is now facing the difficult task to motivate his players for the game. He figured a painful memory with one particular German team [.

50+1: The Club Ownership Issue in the Bundesliga

The Offside: Bundesliga 13 December @ 02:18 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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All Bundesliga clubs are organised as eingetragener Verein (eV), which Wikipedia tells me would be similar to a Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) in Britain or a Non-Profit Corporation (NPC) in the US - to give you some orientation. They often aren't pure football clubs either, but can cover a variety of sports.