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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20 years ago the Berlin Wall fell. Depending on who you ask it was either because of David
Hasselhof, an accident or a peaceful revolution of the East German people.
One football fan was particularly looking forward to this event, after cheering on the "wrong"
football teams for over two decades.
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3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that
five out of six have it all in their own hands to progress to the next round. The odd club out is
of course Hertha B... no wait.
Bayern Munich 0-2 Bordeaux. Bayern wanted a football teacher and got a textbook
case of how little possession stats tell you about the outcome of a football match.
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The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not
much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hertha to keep dreaming
about Bundesliga survival but not much more.
Rookie Coach of the Year. Also known as the Markus Babbel Trophy.
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We keep it strictly binary this week.
0. The combined number of goals Bayern's strike duo Miroslav Klose and Luca
Toni scored so far this season.
1. The number of goals former Bayern striker Lukas Podolski scored so far this
season. Lukas Podolski joined Cologne in the summer, after Klose and Toni were continuously given
the nod ahead of him.
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2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against
Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost them the
games. Two such mistakes, coupled with the referee missing an offside position helped Sevilla to a
comfortable 3-1 victory.
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The UEFA Europa League wrapped up its third set of group stage matches on Thursday, October 22,
2009. Overall, there were not too many upsets as many of the favorites in each group leading.
Here's a recap, video highlights, and the latest group standings for the Europa League for the
matches on Thursday.
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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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It wasn't a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or
rather, a good weekend for those who can find numbers exciting.
619. Tim Wiese has kept a clean sheet for 619 minutes and counting. Remember,
he did so while playing for Werder Bremen.
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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last
season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum.
Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly
losing to Bremen.
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Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last
season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing with Bochum.
Munich are 8th after disappointingly drawing with Cologne. Stuttgart are 13th after disappointingly
losing to Bremen.
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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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Es stimmt nicht, dass ich von ihm eine Entschuldigung gefordert habe. Das ist falsch. Diese
Aussage enttäuscht mich. Das als seinen Genickschuss zu bezeichnen, geht entschieden zu weit.
Dieter Hoeneß, ehemaliger Manager von Hertha BSC Berlin, ist schwer enttäuscht von Sebastian
Deisler´s Buch (Quelle: Sport1)
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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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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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Extra Time. We can end the debate about where the seven minutes of extra time
came from in the Manchester derby. They were taken from the Bundesliga's three Sunday fixtures,
where the refs decided to call it a day after pretty much exactly 90 minutes. It's not really a
coincidence but rather an annoying habit.
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Three wins, two draws and one defeat makes for a balanced but not too glorious start to this
year's European season.
Wolfsburg. You are never too old for an impressive Champions League debut.
Grafite (30) scored a hat-trick and became only (or already?) the sixth player to do so on his
debut.
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Player Info:Name: Gojko Kacar
Birthdate: 26.01.1987
Origin: Serbia
Position: Midfield
Team: Hertha BSC Berlin
Video Info:03.05.2009
Bundesliga: Hamburger SV - Hertha BSC Berlin 1:1
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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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Mehr als 220.000.000 Euro gaben die Vereine der Fußball-Bundesliga in der nun beendeten
Transferperiode für Verstärkungen aus – neuer Rekord! Eine unglaubliche Zahl, erst recht wenn
man bedenkt, dass beim Thema Finanzen gerade die weltweite Wirtschaftskrise fast überall präsent
ist. In der Bundesliga allem Anschein nach nicht.
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The UEFA Europa League Group Stage draw was released on Friday August 28, 2009. There are 12
groups of 4 teams that will play in the group stage starting on September 17th running till
December 17th. Some of the interesting matchups include Celtic and Hamburg in Group C, Villareal
and Lazio in Group G, and Sporting, Heerenveen, and Hertha Berlin in Group D.
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Group AAFC Ajax (NED)RSC Anderlecht (BEL)NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)FC TimiÅŸoara (ROU)Group BValencia
CF (ESP)LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)SK Slavia Praha (CZE)Genoa CFC (ITA)Group CHamburger SV
(GER)Celtic FC (SCO)Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)SK Rapid Wien (AUT)Group DSporting Clube de Portugal
(POR)SC Heerenveen (NED)Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)FK Ventspils (LVA)Group EAS Roma (ITA)FC Basel 1893
(SUI)Fulham FC (
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Group AAFC Ajax (NED)RSC Anderlecht (BEL)NK Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)FC TimiÅŸoara (ROU)Group BValencia
CF (ESP)LOSC Lille Métropole (FRA)SK Slavia Praha (CZE)Genoa CFC (ITA)Group CHamburger SV
(GER)Celtic FC (SCO)Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC (ISR)SK Rapid Wien (AUT)Group DSporting Clube de Portugal
(POR)SC Heerenveen (NED)Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)FK Ventspils (LVA)Group EAS Roma (ITA)FC Basel 1893
(SUI)Fulham FC (
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On Friday UEFA conducted the draws for the Champions League and Europa League play-off rounds.Â
In the Champions League, Vfb Stuttgart will be matched against FC Timisoara of Romania's Liga 1.Â
Timisoara finished as runners-up in last year's Romanian Championship, and boast the likes of Costa
Rican international striker Winston Parks.
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The draw for the play-off round of the Europa League was released on Friday as teams will be
looking to advance to the group stage. All three English clubs are still live (Fulham, Aston Villa,
and Everton) as well as last season's winner's Shakhtar Donetsk. German Bundesliga side Hamburg
faces French Cup winners Guingamp, who are actually a Ligue 2 side while Zenit St Petersburg (2008
Champions) CD Nacional of Portugal.
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It's time to preview the eight most important teams of the upcoming Bundesliga season.
Bayern
Pre-Season: Bayern's pre-season started like all pre-seasons during odd
numbered years by putting between 50 to 100 million Euros into circulation, to make up for not
signing anyone during the even numbered years.
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