The German Bundesliga much like other European leagues returned to action with Week 5 of exciting action. Hamburg continued its unbeaten start with another offensive explosion with a 3-1 home win over Stuttgart. Mladen Petric, Eljero Elia, Zé Roberto each scored their 2nd goals of the season. Click to continue reading...

1-0 M. Hummels 10′ 1-1 M. Gomez 38′ 1-2 B. Schweinsteiger 50′ 1-3 F. Ribery 65′ 1-4 T. Muller 78′ 1-5 T. Muller 88′ Posted in Bundesliga, Videos Tagged: Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga Click to continue reading...

Before wrapping up the whole tournament again, factoring in the final as Nick suggested in the comments, it's time for me to collect a few more thoughts on the final itself. Feel free to share your own analysis in the comments.

1. All is well that ends well. Well, at least the comprehensive and dominant victory over England added a glossy finish to Germany's tournament performance.

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(Germania-Inghilterra 4-0)
GERMANIA (4-1-4-1): Neuer; Beck, Howedes, Boateng, Boenisch; Hummels (83' Aogo); Johnson (69' Schwaab), Castro, Khedira, Ozil (88' Schmelzer); Wagner. All.: Hrubesch.
INGHILTERRA (4-3-3): Loach; Cranie (79' Gardner), Richards, Onuoha (46' Mancienne), Gibbs; Cattermole, Muamba (77' Rodwell), Noble, Milner; Walcott, Johnson. Click to continue reading...

I have just returned from my summer holidays, where I had a lovely respite from footie.  However, here we are with the season two weeks deep and I am behind.  But I am afforded the luxury of making my tactical analysis on two games rather than one, which can be useful. I decided to spend the [...] Click to continue reading...