Soccer Pie 06 June @ 10:36 AM EST
The sensation of the first part of Bundesliga this season were certainly the debutants,
Hoffenheim, led by three excellent Brazilian players, as well as equally important Bosnians,
Vedad Ibisevic and Sejad Salihovic. The best striker in the first
part of the season was Ibisevic with 18 goals scored and there would probably have been even more
if he didn't earn a serious injury that saw him out for the season.
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Zwei Mannschaften haben dafür gesorgt, dass sich die vorderen Plätze der Bundesliga so stark
wie selten verändert haben. Da ist zum einen der deutsche Meister, VfL Wolfsburg. Und zum anderen,
im Schatten der Wölfe, der Dorfclub Hoffenheim. Still geworden ist es um den Herbstmeister, der
nach insgesamt durchwachsener Rückrunde einen zweiten Frühling erlebte und sich mit zehn Punkten
aus den letzten vier Spielen den siebten Platz sicherte.
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Talented strikers from the former Yugoslavia are a valuable commodity in the Bundesliga this
season. A wave of Yugo-nostalgia has spread across the German league and is following a trend of
Soviet Chic in Germany. Matchday 19 highlighted the dependence many Bundesliga squads have on their
striking stalwarts from nations that once belong to the Socialist [.
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Kurz vor Schließung des Transferfensters am Montag ist nochmal richtig Bewegung in die
Personalpolitik der Bundesliga gekommen. Dabei wurden die Dukaten relativ ungleich verteilt.
Während die einen mit einem einzigen Transfer 18-20 Millionen Euro an Land zogen (für de
Jong), schickte der BVB sieben (!
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Cuando tenía 16 años, la familia de Vedad Ibisevic decide dejar Bosnia y los campos de
refugiados para buscar trabajo en Suiza. Nada más llegar el joven supera una prueba con el
equipo más potente del campeonato helvético, el Basilea, entrando así en las
categorías inferiores de ese club.
Después de diez meses en tierras suizas sus padres toman la decisión de trasladarse a
Estados Unidos, concretamente al estado de Missouri.
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World Soccer News
for week of 12/9
Stamford Bridge curse for ChelseaChelsea may have a magnificent away record with eight wins out of eight games, but their pathetic
home form has allowed Liverpool to overtake them on top.
Last weekend saw another away game and another easy 2-0 win at Bolton, which stretched Chelsea's
victorous away run to eight this season.
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While this is expected to become a weekly column, I have decided to hand out the first Weekly XI
based on the cumulative efforts of the first three weeks. I will use a 3-4-3 formation for my
picks. Schober (S04) Westermann (S04) Subotic (BVB) Friedrich (HBS) Kuba (BVB) Marin (MON)
Schweinsteiger (FCB) Dejegah (WLF) Wichniarek (AB) Helmes (BL) Ibisevic (TSG) GK: Mathias Schober
(Schalke 04) - The [.
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