German Bundesliga club Hannover 96 has announced that it will wear a special version of it 09/10
Under Armour home kit in tribute to fallen goalkeeper Robert Enke during this weekend's meeting
with FC Schalke 04. The tribute kit will feature Enke's number 1 encircled in the mid-chest area.
German international Enke committed suicide on November [.
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The clubs at the top of the table keep crawling along. The clubs at the bottom keep sinking.
Referees had a forgettable weekend and in between a player and a coach dropped bombshells.
Philipp Lahm. Bayern's disappointing draw at home against Schalke. Robben's
moment of madness for which he should have seen a red card.
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Es gab schon bessere Zeiten beim FC Bayern München – in der Champions League droht das Aus
und in der Bundesliga gelang am letzten Spieltag mit dem 1:1 gegen den FC Schalke 04 schon wieder
kein Sieg. Dafür sorgen die Spieler außerhalb des Platzes für mächtig Wirbel; allen voran der
eigentlich doch so sympathische und nette Außenverteidiger und Leistungsträger Philipp Lahm.
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Louis van Gaal ist spätestens seit der zweiten Niederlage gegen Girondins Bordeaux und dem
damit verbundenen Fast-Aus in der Champions League-Gruppenphase ein heißer Kandidat für die
nächste Trainerentlassung der Bundesliga. Ausgerechnet Bayerns Ex-Meistertrainer Felix Magath kann
am Wochenende mit seinen Schalkern in München das Schicksal des Holländers besiegeln.
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"It is a fairy tale that I ban everything. I only ban things that are hurting the team. But
when someone comes to me and says he needs ten beers to score a goal, then I lecture him about the
risks of alcohol consumption and give him ten beers."
Schalke's coach Felix Magath in an interview with Welt Online.
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Bayern were busy exercising control and dominance. Leverkusen were busy defending. Hamburg were
busy passing the ball around. Creativity, inspiration and excitement were busy waiting for a date
that would never show up. Not this weekend.
Halfway Between the Gutter and the Stars. VfB Stuttgart will host Sevilla in
the Champions League on Tuesday and then head off to Hannover for, what is now, a relegation
six-pointer.
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FootieDB 16 October @ 02:11 PM EST
German Bundesliga VFB Stuttgart vs FC Schalke 04 : Live Stream here VFB Stuttgart - FC Schalke
04 : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today
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I was approached by a reader who wanted contact information for Uli Hesse-Litchtenberger. I have
to apologize to that reader. I don't feel comfortable either giving out such information or even
asking the favor of the talent that has been kind enough to talk to me. I can only suggest that if
you wish to contact them, you should try to access them via their papers.
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Es tut einem als BVB-Sympathisant in der Seele weh, wenn man dieser Tage die Nachrichtenwelt
verfolgt. Als wäre es noch nicht genug, dass man das Derby mit reichlich Pech und Unvermögen vor
heimischem Publikum verloren hat, so musste Reservist Kevin Großkreutz, der Südtribünengängern
des BVB als "einer von ihnen" bekannt ist, sich auch noch im Nachspiel des Bundesligaklassikers
blamieren.
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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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Es gibt eine Szene im Fußball, über die wird im Nachhinein noch lange diskutiert. Dieses
Ereignis entscheidet manchmal über Sieg oder Niederlage, in jedem Fall sorgt sie aber für heftige
Diskussionen und Meinungsverschiedenheiten nach dem Spiel. Die Rede ist davon, wenn der
Schiedsrichter in einem Bruchteil einer Sekunde in einer kniffligen Situation entscheiden muss, ob
der Ball mit dem vollen Umfang hinter der Torlinie war – oder eben nicht.
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Es gibt eine Szene im Fußball, über die wird im Nachhinein noch lange diskutiert. Dieses
Ereignis entscheidet manchmal über Sieg oder Niederlage, in jedem Fall sorgt sie aber für heftige
Diskussionen und Meinungsverschiedenheiten nach dem Spiel. Die Rede ist davon, wenn der
Schiedsrichter in einem Bruchteil einer Sekunde in einer kniffligen Situation entscheiden muss, ob
der Ball mit dem vollen Umfang hinter der Torlinie war – oder eben nicht.
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The Offside 28 September @ 11:30 AM EST
Plenty of drama in the Revierderby this weekend, where FC Schalke 04 won 1-0 at BVB Dortmund's
Westfalenstadion. First there was the "did it cross the line?" moment when BVB's Lucas Barrios long
range strike hit the underside of the bar and bounced down either inside or outside of the goal.
The YouTuber who posted the [.
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FootieDB 21 September @ 12:53 PM EST
German DFB Pokal VFL Bochum vs FC Schalke 04 : Live Stream here VFL Bochum - FC Schalke 04 :
Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today
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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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Hamburg HSV: Bruno Labbadia (Germany) Bayern Leverkusen: Jupp Heynckes (Germany) Werder Bremen:
Thomas Schaaf (Germany) FC Schalke 04: Felix Magath (Germany) Borussia Mönchengladbach: Michael
Frontzeck (Germany) Eintracht Frankfurt: Michael Skibbe (Germany) VfL Wolfsburg: Armin Veh
(Germany) FC Bayern München: Louis van Gaal (Holland) VfB Stuttgart: Markus Babbel (Germany) 1899
Hoffenheim: Ralf Rangnick (Germany) FSV Mainz 05: Jörn Andersen (Norway) Borussia Dortmund:
Jürgen Klopp (Germany) Hannover 96: Dieter [.
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Lindsey Dean of GolTV was kind enough to speak with me about the Bundesliga. Those of us in
America will know Lindsey as the voice of Hallo Bundesliga, the league's review show on
GolTV. Lindsey is originally from Maine and grew up in New England; however, he enrolled at the
University of Copenhagen in 1977 at the age of 19.
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The 2009-10 German Bundesliga season began this weekend with a full set of matches. 2009-09
Champions Wolfsburg started their season off strong with a solid 2-0 victory against Stuttgart.
Here's a recap of Week 1 one matches, video highlights, and the latest league table.
Wolfsburg starts off strong
The 2008-09 Bundesliga champions won 2-0 at home and will be looking to repeat.
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Wie im letzten Jahr hier mein (natürlich sehr subjektiver Tipp für die Abschlusstabelle des
Jahres 2009/2010.
1. Hamburger SV - Das erfahrene Stammpersonal im Mittelfeld wurde gehalten und perfekt mit Ze
Robert verstärkt. Neue Alternativen mit Elia und Castelen sind da. Vorne treffen Petric, Berg und
Guerrero.
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It took 18 year old Lewis Holtby just one season to catch up on everything you would expect from
a promising young talent and then he improved on it.
He was promoted from Alemannia Aachen's youth straight to the senior side, skipping the
reserves, and quickly became a first team starter.
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FC Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 or FC Schalke 04, is a German football club originally from the Schalke
district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular
football teams in Germany, even though major successes have been rare since the club's heyday in
the 1930s and early 1940s.
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With this weeks 4-0 drubbing of England u21s by the German u21s, Die Mannschaft completed a
hat-trick of youth level European Championships (winning the u17, u19, and u21 tournaments). Such
success indicates that the future of the Bundesliga is bright, and that while the Serie A begins a
period of decline, the Premier League is used as a scapegoat for the failures of the English
national team, and La Liga devolves into a 2 horse race, the Bundesliga is poised to regain its
place amongst the top 3 leagues in Europe.
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In other words: our Wolfsburg Offside is looking for someone to take over and join our lively
Bundesliga family here at The Offside.
Please send your fake takeover applications to admin@nufc.co.uk and the real ones to
daryl@theoffside.com.
Update: Just as I write this post the Borussia Dortmund Offside goes up for auction as well.
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RheinEnergieStadion
I used the stats feature at ESPN Soccernet to calcluate the clubs with the best attendances. Out
of the top 20 attendances in Europe, Germany had 9 clubs. This post is to equip you with a tool to
help promote our great league. Because, while we are in a slump in the Champions League and don't
make all the news with £80 million transfers, we have the most competitive league, the funnest
league and the best attended league in the world.
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SoccerLens 14 June @ 07:10 AM EST
The 2009 Under-21 European Championship will showcase the best and brightest of young football
talent from around Europe. With Spain, Germany, England, Italy and Serbia all having qualified for
the Euro 2009, the tournament will be closely followed by football scouts across Europe's top
clubs.
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Following a busy season, Rafael Honigstein of The Guardian and Footbo was kind enough to talk
with me and address a few questions I had about the end of the season and the start to the silly
season.
Which player(s) surprised you the most this season?
a) Misimovic.
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Germany have been one of the most successful nations in the UEFA cup`s history, with German
clubs having won six cups during the competitions history. The first German team to reach the final
of the UEFA Cup were Borussia Mönchengladbach, in 1973. At the time, the final was held in two
legs, with the team being beaten 3 - 0 by Liverpool at the first (away) leg, and 2 - 0 on the
second (home leg).
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Sinan'ın da son dönemde diğer gurbetçilerin maruz kaldığı dışlanma politikası ile karşı
karşıya kalacağını düşünüyordum ki yanılmışım. Fatih Terim hafta içi oynanacak 2
hazırlık maçı için kadroya çağırmış Sinan'ı. Özellikle son 10 yılda pek çok gurbetçi
oyuncu Milli Takım'da oynamıştı ama Kaleci mevkisinde Türkiye dışında alt yapı eğitimi
almış bir kaleci herhalde A milli takım için ilk olacak.
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A lot of the races in many of the European leagues brought very few surprises as they had
essentially decided for many weeks and featured teams that were among the favorites from the
beginning. Manchester United in England, Inter Milan in Italy, Barcelona in Spain, none of these
were huge surprises. They did all have great seasons and were very entertaining to watch.
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Middlesbrough winger Stuart Downing will find his opportunities of finding serenity away from the
desolation congregating over the Riverside extremely limited upon being told that surgery is
required on his injured right foot – indefinitely ruling the 23-capped international out of
England's World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan and Andorra in June.
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