Frankfurt's Marco Russ and Maik Franz celebrate after the match against Bochum (2-1).
(Vladimir Rys/Bongarts/Getty Images)
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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.
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The Offside 30 October @ 08:30 PM EST
Stuff to read while you celebrate your goal with a pirate hat, arrr........ Abby Wambach listed by
Chinese gov't as potential threat in Beijing. (ESPN) 10 surprising Premiership statistics. (EPL
Talk) It may still be a foreigners league, but English managers are on the rise. (Reuters Soccer
Blog) An ode to last evening: Frank Lampard's gorgeous goal taking a [.
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Off the Post 30 October @ 08:25 AM EST
Inanimate object makes mockery of footballer Karlsruhe's Maik Franz was eager to show just how
annoyed he was at being sent-off during his side's defeat to Schalke last night. Sadly, he chose
the wrong piece of stadium furniture to pick on. The hard as nails chair took Franz's best blow
with ease and very nearly knocked [.
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Einfach klasse der Kerl. Nachdem er eigentlich schon vorher wegen eines brutalen Ellbogenchecks vom
Platz hätte gestellt werden müssen, holte Maik Franz sich dann wenig später wegen
einer "obszönen" Geste in Richtung Reservebank des VfL Wolfsburg Gelb-Rot ab.
Völlig wutentbrannt versucht "Iron Maik" noch auf den Schiri einzureden.
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Bochum 2 – 1 Hamburg
B: Sestak (45) Imhof (83)
H: van der Vaart (pen 86)
Hamburg failed to finish their chances again. This time they were punished for their failure by a
resolute Bochum side. While the tempo of the game was dictated by Hamburg, who owned possession at
61%, it was a late first half injury time goal from newcomer Stanslav Sestak, who mopped a poor
challenge by Nigel de Jong, which opened the scoring in this affair.
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