The Bundesliga Review – The Bayern Juggernaut Halted by Hoffenheim
The Bundesliga is a division renowned for its competitive edge and this was epitomised by this weekend’s set of results in Germany. The biggest turn up came at Hoffenheim as the league leaders unable...
View ArticleBundesliga Weekend Review – Cologne Progressing Under Innovative Solbakken
Football will always benefit from tactical innovation. To continue to improve its necessary push the boundaries. Cologne’s Sporting Director Volke Finke looks to have provided new manager Stale...
View ArticleBundesliga Weekend Review – Hannover’s victory over Bayern important for the...
Considering what Mirko Slomka has achieved in the space of nearly two years in Lower Saxony, their 2-1 victory over Bayern Munich cannot be considered too major a shock, such is the progress that has...
View ArticleBundesliga Weekend Review – What Joachim Loew Missed Whilst in London
On Saturday, Germany Manager Joachim Loew visited London to watch Per Mertesacker, one of Low’s choices at centre back for the national team. He won’t have been impressed at the quality of the...
View ArticleBundesliga Review – Bayern and Dortmund Show Their Mettle
Here is a telling statistic from the twelfth matchday of the Bundesliga. The only two sides who took the lead and won over the course of the weekend were Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. The other...
View ArticleBundesliga Review – Recoveries going according to plan for Fink and Dutt
A few weeks ago on BBC Radio 5Live’s Fighting Talk, comedian Henning Wehn made the point that in Germany, the equal division of TV money amongst Bundesliga clubs helps to contribute to a more...
View ArticleBundesliga Weekend Review – Title Race Heats Up After Winter Break
German football has always had an unpredictable edge to it. Had you asked Sepp Herberger, the manager of Germany’s first ever World Cup winning side, he’d have told you, “Der ball ist rund und das...
View ArticleBundesliga Review – Schalke and Gladbach prepare for departures
It was an emotional weekend in the Bundesliga, not because of any spectacular results, but more to do with departures. The two clubs occupying third and fourth, Schalke and Gladbach, are coming to...
View ArticleBundesliga Review – Cologne condemned on dramatic final day
And so it came down to this, the final day of the Bundesliga, the fight for survival. In the red corner, weighing in with 30 points from 33 games, the winners of the inaugural Bundesliga – the...
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