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.
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Qualität fehlt! Das ist das Problem. Ich glaube nicht, dass Hertha mit Fabio Capello oder Carlo
Ancelotti mehr Punkte hätte, als mit meinem Vater.
Loic Favre, Sohn des entlassenen Hertha BSC Berlin Trainers Lucien Favre, rechnet in der
Berliner Zeitung mit dem Ex-Klub seines Vaters ab.
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Letzte Woche musste Marcel Koller seinen Trainerstuhl in Bochum räumen, am Montag war es dann
Trainerkollege Favre, der in Berlin entlassen wurde. Nach der 1:5 Niederlage war selbst die letzte
Zuversicht bei den Hertha-Verantwortlichen erloschen, dass die Wende mit dem Schweizer noch
geschafft werden könnte.
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The Offside 29 September @ 08:00 PM EST
Something to read while you enjoy Pablo Hernandez's juggletastic goal for Valencia vs Atletico
Madrid this weekend: The Irish national team's new stadium. Eventually. (Pitch Invasion) Should MLS
table-toppers be allowed to choose their playoff victims? (Prost Amerika Soccer) A Favre farewell
(Hertha Berlin Offside) Football beats politics in Germany (BallSpiel) Brazil: The Next Generation
(Brazil WCB) Is FIFA holding Africa [.
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It's one of the worst situations in football business, when you have no more opportunities to
resort to excuses, especially when you're mainly responsible for the prosperity of your team.
Hertha BSC-manager Lucien Favre lived through this said situation at the press conference after
Hertha's 1:5 loss against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and the six straight loss in a row.
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The little City-United back and forth on those poster boards is officially over.
Winner: United.
Sorry boys.
Now the links:
- Honduras will probably get that qualifier at home. [Yahoo!]
- Capello will have a short leash on troublemakers. [Mirror]
- Mexico stadiums open despite new flu.
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Unabhängig davon, welcher Verein sich auf den letzten Plätzen der Tabelle befindet, von einer
Krise wird dort oftmals gesprochen und nicht selten wird Kritik am Trainer laut – und es geht
drunter und drüber. Vor dem 6. Spieltag hieß der Tabellenletzte noch 1. FC Köln, doch diese
gewannen gegen den nun Tabellen-Fünfzehnten VfB Stuttgart; dagegen ging Hertha BSC bei Aufsteiger
SC Freiburg mit 0:4 unter und bildet nun das Schlusslicht der Tabelle.
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Time to cash in or better to hold off and see if he can still make the grade?
Hertha Berlin have changed their minds about not coming up with the cash to match
Liverpool's valuation of Andriy Voronin.
The 30-year-old Ukraine forward was outstanding last season while on loan to the German club who
at one time harboured ambitions of a surprise Bundesliga title win thanks to his 11 goals in 20
games.
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Soccer Pie 13 August @ 09:14 AM EST
The season has barely started and Blue-white fans already regret that Marko Pantelic left Berlin
and want him back! Actually, the Berlin side struggled to reach the minimum win over Hannover and
they did it thanks to Gojko Kacar. The fans booed striker Arthur Wischniarek off the pitch and then
all 42 000 of them started shouting Marko Pantelic's name.
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Soccer Pie 10 August @ 08:34 AM EST
The only Bundesliga team from the capital of Germany got a new hero this season and a true
leader, Serbian international, Gojko Kacar. Hertha struggled to beat Hannover in Bundesliga opening
round at home and Gojko Kacar was the one to decide the game. After Marko
Pantelic, also a Serbian international, left the club, Kacar continued to shake the opposite nets
instead of him.
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Anfield Talk 04 August @ 12:29 PM EST
Andriy Voronin is confident he will play a prominent role for Liverpool in the 2009/10
campaign.
The Ukraine international spent last season on loan at Hertha Berlin after being deemed surplus to
requirements at Anfield.
He is, however, back in England and has featured regularly for the Reds during their pre-season
preparations.
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Congratulations Wolfsburg, Champions of the Bundesliga!
Wolfsburg's magical triangle all scored as the Wolves beat a deflated Werder Bremen 5-1 at home.
Their home form was paramount in their unlikely title run as they took an incredible 49 points out
of 51 during the campaign. It was incredibly important, as they didn't start winning on the road
until the second half of the season.
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Bayern eventually overcome Klinsmann's bad karma with an emphatic 3-0 victory over Leverkusen and
with referee Thorsten Kinhöfer still confused about what constitutes a penalty nowadays following
the Champions League semis.
Had Klinsmann been still in charge, Bayern would have played poorly and van Buyten and
Demichelis would have conceded a penalty each.
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I really don't like breaking promises.
Among other things, whenever I promise Princess Moonbeam that I'll go with her and spend the day
with that shrewish cow mother of hers and then come up with something more pressing - say,
rearranging my sock drawer - I immediately get "The Look" which married guys will immediately
recognize as "You might as well sleep in the car tonight, Pal".
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We have a month to go to decide the title. But whereas Hoffenheim, Hamburg and Hertha faltered
under the pressure of being league leaders, we find that Wolfsburg's biggest strength is having no
"H" in their name. After a loss to Cottbus, they bounced backed emphatically this weekend and
looked poised for their first title.
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HollyCornblog has sent me a couple of photos of her growing hops (remember that huge hop trellis?).
They're looking nice and healthy, don't you think? (It's also very important that I get
HollyCornblog's name in here more frequently - because with the Olympics underway, Pia is appearing
all the time - and that pisses HollyCornblog off!
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Yes, Brett Favre is going to compete for his old job ... and in this excellent commentary by Tom
Curran, I find a good summary of the whole danged episode. I was too tired of Brett's familiar
ambivalence to pay a lot attention to the furor. Now I am caught up ... [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({
title: "Back with the Pack .
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