Mladen Petric scored 17 minutes from time as Hamburg saw off Bayern Munich to keep their place at the top of the Bundesliga.
Saturday
A Vedad Ibisevic hat-trick inspired Hoffenheim to a 5-1 win over Hertha Berlin which took the side up to third in the table.
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Hamburg SV maintain their great start to the season with a convincing 3-1 win over Stuttgart, New signing Eljero Elia, fresh from his first goal international goal in the week, put in a man of the match performance, providing the pass for Petric's screamer, before scoring a scorcher himself.

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There is a good reason why I'm a mere football blogger and Louis Van Gaal is a successful football manager and here's it is. When the news broke that Arjen Robben was signing for Bayern Munich I scoffed. "Pah!" I said "What do Bayern need another winger for. They need an attacking central midfielder, not competition for Franck Ribery. Click to continue reading...

The Netherlands became the first European team to book their place at the 2010 World Cup Finals at the weekend after their 2-1 win over Iceland in Reykjavik. The Dutch maintained their 100% record in the campaign thanks to a goal apiece from Nigel De Jong and Mark Van Bommel, and it leaves them 11 points clear at the top of Group 9 ahead of Scotland who have a game in hand. Click to continue reading...

Am Samstag, als der BVB in Gladbach das Unentschieden sicherte und sich darauf verließ, dass der HSV das Siegtor nicht hinbekommt, da war ich mir plötzlich sicher, dass Hamburg noch gewinnt. Warum? Weiß ich auch nicht. Vielleicht war es der Glaube an einen Fußballgott, der nicht immer dieselben mit Papierkugeln bewirft.

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Die Hinrunde des Hamburger Sportvereins ist fast eine Kopie des letzten Jahres - zumindest was die Ausbeute anbelangt. In der Tabelle rangiert man auf Schlagdistanz zur Spitze, die UEFA-Cup-Gruppenphase hat man als Klassenbester bestanden, auch im DFB-Pokal ist man noch dabei. Trotzdem will sich überschwängliche Euphorie beim ewigen Bundesligisten nicht so recht einstellen. Click to continue reading...

L'elisir del gol all'ultimo secondo

Vince l'imponderabile tra Turchia e Croazia. Se fosse stato un altro sport avrebbe vinto la Croazia ai punti, ma trattandosi di calcio alla fine ha vinto la squadra dell'imperatore Therim.

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Croatia 0:0 Turkey 90 minutes; extra-time being played
EURO 2008 gets its first taste of extra-time as the Croats and Turks are deadlocked in Vienna after 90 minutes' play.
Croatia once more came the closer to scoring, but the game has looked headed for a further 30 minutes' play and possibly penalties for some time. Click to continue reading...

Group B: Croatia 1 - 0 Austria
In a very similar game to the Switzerland one yesterday, co-hosts Austria played very well against favorites Croatia. Luka Modric, the 22 year old Croat who recently signed for Tottenham, scored from the penalty spot in the 4th minute. The tackle by Aufhauser leading to the penalty was a clumsy one and Croatia deserved their penalty. Click to continue reading...

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