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With Miroslav Klose and Luca Toni locked at 0 Bundesliga goals this season, some Bayern fans will probably welcome this opportunity to escape into nostalgia for a short while.

In 1974 Gerd Müller succeeded where Michael Ballack had failed in 2002 and won the Bundesliga, Champions Cup (Champions League) and the World Cup.

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Saturday's Bundesliga action coincided with the 19th anniversary of Germany's reunification, which conveniently is also the country's national holiday albeit without lethal fireworks or military parades. To celebrate the event Berlin went all out artsy with some megalomaniac puppeteering, while the Bundesliga chose a more pragmatic approach, by retelling the the events through football over 90 minutes.

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All the top European leagues were in action this weekend including the English Premier League, Spanish La Liga (Primera Division), Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, and the French Ligue 1. Here's a list of video highlights for many of the matches on Saturday, October 3, 2009.

Bolton Wanderers (2) – Tottenham Hotspur (2) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Manchester United (2) – Sunderland (2) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 VfL Bochum (1) – VfL Wolfsburg (1) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Inter Milan (Internazionale) (2) – Udinese (1) – Italian Serie A – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bari (0) – Catania (0) – Italian Serie A – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Tenerife (0) – Deportivo La Coruna (1) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Lens (0) – Lyon (2) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Besiktas (1) – Denizlispor (0) – Turkish Super League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Levadiakos (0) – Olympiacos (3) – Greek Super League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 St Etienne (3) – Bordeaux (1) – French Ligue 1 – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Wolverhampton Wanderers (0) – Portsmouth (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Hannover 96 (5) – SC Freiburg (2) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bayer Leverkusen (4) – FC Nuremberg (0) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 FC Barcelona (1) – Almeria (0) – Spanish Primera Division (La Liga) – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Bayern Munich (0) – FC Cologne (0) – German Bundesliga – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Hull City (2) – Wigan Athletic (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Burnley (2) – Birmingham City (1) – English Premier League – Saturday, October 3, 2009 Click to continue reading...

Louis Van Gaal continues to struggle to get his side firing on all cylinders with Bayern Munich once again putting in an under par performance.

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Hamburg SV maintain their great start to the season with a convincing 3-1 win over Stuttgart, New signing Eljero Elia, fresh from his first goal international goal in the week, put in a man of the match performance, providing the pass for Petric's screamer, before scoring a scorcher himself.

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The 2009-10 La Liga season is nearly upon us and we here at Mad About Fútbol will breakdown the chances and player movement of all 20 teams in Spain's 1st division for the 2009-10 season. This time we will breakdown Getafe Club de Fútbol, the Madrid side known as Azulones
LAST SEASON (2008-09):
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Week 2 of the German Bundesliga was much like the opening week as the two big teams of the league nearly duplicated their results from the opening round.
Champions Wolfsburg continued to show that they are the best team in Germany with their 3-1 road win against FC Cologne. Edin Dzeko scored his 1st goal of the season and Nigerian Obafemi Martins added The Wolves 3rd goal in the 86th minute for the win. Click to continue reading...

The German Bundesliga is now at week three and had five matches on Saturday. There were a few draws and surprising results as Mainz topped Bayern Munich and two home teams were shut out. Here's a recap of all the matches along with video highlights (click on each match for video highlights).

Saturday August 22, 2009 Recap

Bayern Munich struggled again on Saturday as they fell to Mainz while Hanover and Bayer Leverkusen got nice road wins.

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The German Bundesliga continued its 2009-10 season with the 2nd week of matches. Here's a recap of all the matches on Saturday August 15, 2009 along with video highlights (click on each match or team to view highlights).

German Bundesliga Recap and Video Highlights Saturday August 15, 2009

There were several draws in the Bundesliga on Saturday as Wolfsburg won again to remain on top of the table.

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It's hard to believe, but the new Bundesliga season is upon us. For those viewers in the United States and Canada, you can catch a selection of this weekend's opening games as well as most of the major games this season on GolTV.

Here's the TV schedule for this opening weekend:

Friday, Aug.

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According to Sky Sports News, FC Cologne are interested in signing Manchester City midfielder Elano on loan.

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German international striker Lukas Podolski has returned to Bundesliga football club FC Cologne (1. FC Koeln / 1. FC Köln ) after a somewhat unsuccessful spell at Bayern Munich. Here is a look at Podolski's FC Köln official presentation on June 24, 2009 at the Rheinenergiestadion in Cologne. Podolski spent the last three Bundesliga seasons [. Click to continue reading...

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- Video: QPR vs Chelsea (from 1982)
- Video: QPR vs Barnsley (From 1982)
- 1976 Video: Stan Bowles Breaks an European Scoring Record vs FC Cologne
- 1992/93 Video: QPR vs Manchester United and also Ryan Giggs goal vs QPR
- QPR Advertising Open Coaching Positions (Ladies' Teams)
- The Complete QPR Websites Listing
- Key Dates for QPR's 2009-2010 Season
- Away from QPR Specific: David Conn on Portsmouth's takeover & Finances. Click to continue reading...

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9:30 ET Schalke 04 VS TSG Hoffenheim
9:30 ET Bayern Munich VS VfB Stuttgart
9:30 ET VfL Wolfsburg VS Werder Bremen
9:30 ET Arminia Bielefeld VS Hannover 96
9:30 ET Energie Cottbus VS Bayer Leverkusen
9:30 ET FC Cologne VS VfL Bochum
9:30 ET Karlsruhe VS Hertha Berlin
9:30 ET Borussia Monchengladbach VS Borussia Dortmund
9:30 ET Eintracht Frankfurt VS Hamburg SV

The Meisterschaft will hinge on Wolfsburg, whom only need a draw at home to Werder Bremen, who wouldn't been keen on helping Bayern Munich in the first place.

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The most fascinating league this season has huge matches today and tomorrow with huge implications.

Three top clubs meet up today. Bayern meet Leverkusen, Wolfsburg encounters Dortmund, and Hertha tangle with FC Cologne.

Tomorrow another top club Stuttgart takes on Schalke.

Five points separate six clubs.

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Turkish media has recently reported that:
1- Real Madrid's Javier Saviola will sign with Galatasaray.
2- Ottmar Hitzfeld will be Galatasaray's manager next season.
3- Either PSG's manager Paul LeGuen or FC Cologne's Christoph Daum will return to Fenerbahce.
4- Sochaux Turkish forward Mevlut Erdinc will transfer to Aston Villa, Fulham or Wigan Athletic. Click to continue reading...

It was a good week for CONCACAF players in European competitions in mid-week, with Mexican captain Rafael Marquez scoring for Barcelona and Honduran star David Suazo scoring his first goal for Benfica.

Unfortunately, the goal-scoring touch didn't carry over to the weekend.

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It wasn't a great international window for the Jamaican national team, what with two World Cup qualifying losses and the firing of head coach Rene Simoes, but at least one Jamaican player rebounded well from the disappointment.

Marlon King delivered two goals in Hull's 2-1 win vs.

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You can call Deportivo La Coruna Team CONCACAF.

Led by Canadian captain Julian De Guzman (above, left) and featuring Mexican winger Andres Guardado and striker Omar Bravo, Deportivo boasts a wealth of talent from the CONCACAF region. That group helped Deportivo pull off one of the upsets of the weekend, a 2-1 victory against Real Madrid.

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It is that time of year again. Time to find out how players from the CONCACAF region are doing in professional leagues across Europe. With more and more CONCACAF players heading to top leagues, the competition in the region is only getting tougher, and it is getting even more important to keep track of how potential U.

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Our regular reader Luke has volunteered to provide us with some previews for the upcoming DFB-Pokal first-round ties. He decided to begin with FC Cologne to make sure he gets into my good books. Clever... SV Nierderauerbach vs 1. FC Köln August 7, 2008 20:30 CET Sportpark Husterhöhe, Pirmasens 1. FC Köln Last Cup appearance: 2007-08 Last Cup title: 1982-83 Last year: [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool was unable to follow in the footsteps of Ajax and Bayern Munich with a third consecutive Champions Cup title in 1979 as they fell in the first round of the tournament to fellow English club Nottingham Forest. Forest carried the national banner valiantly, however, moving past AEK Athens, Grasshopper Club and FC Cologne on their way to the championship match. Click to continue reading...

According to several Belgian press reports, Standard Liege does not know where to find its American defender Oguchi Onyewu. Despite much speculation about where Onyewu may transfer next year (Fulham, FC Cologne, French League), the team has started trainning and expected him at practice. Standard played a friendly match tonight against Amay without Onyewu and club officials report they have been trying to contact "Gooch" but have had no contact with him since June 22nd. Click to continue reading...

Serie A side Cagliari are reported to be interested in US and Colorado Rapids midfielder Pablo Mastroeni. The 31-year-old veteran has been keen to play in Spain or Italy and according to Napoli Affari, Cagliari is interested in signing him. Originally born in Argentina, Mastroeni's international performances have been seen positively here the past few years since he seems to fit the mold Italian coaches are looking for. Click to continue reading...

US defender Oguchi Onyewu is still drawing great interest from FC Cologne coach Christoph Daum but the German club also reports that they are facing competition from an English club which they did not identify. Later, Belgian soccer magazine Voetbal Belgie identified the club as (surprise, surprise) Fulham. Click to continue reading...

There are two bits of very interesting Lukas Podolski-related news this afternoon.
The first, and most pressing, is that Germany coach Joachim Löw is toying with deploying Podolski on the left-side of the midfield. The soon-to-be 23-year-old (he celebrates his birthday June 4) Polish-born German made his debut in that position during Saturday's friendly with Serbia, and Löw was pleased with the result. Click to continue reading...

Anyone watching the US team's 2-0 loss to England this week probably had the same sick feeling some of us had during the 1998 World Cup - that the US team looks (and is) not even second rate.
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