Archive for the ‘German Football’ Category

Focus: Takashi Usami

June 20th, 2011

Japan to Germany is a step up made glamourous in the last year by Shinji Kagawa, whose impact for Bundesliga winners Borussia Dortmund was enormous despite his absence in the second half of the season. The Cerezo Osaka playmaker…Read More

The Curse of Frankfurt: luckless Eintracht go goalless again

February 28th, 2011

Eintracht Frankfurt’s last Bundesliga goal came way back in the middle of December. Chris Nee saw that goal against Borussia Dortmund, and also watched on yesterday as Stuttgart’s against-the-odds win condemned Eintracht to a seventh fruitless match on the…Read More

Ralf Rangnick: Hoffenheim’s loss could be Liverpool’s gain

January 5th, 2011

The rumour mill has been fully operational lately as the transfer window opens and management changes become a seemingly hourly occurrence. Terry Duffelen has been interested by one in particular as a coach from the Bundesliga has been increasingly…Read More

Mainz’ bright future dims in comparison with their present

October 4th, 2010

Take the first exit off the Europaplatz on the Saarstraße and follow the road around to the construction site that, in 2011, will become the Coface Arena, a 33,500 capacity stadium situated near the University complex. Once complete, it…Read More

Like wolves to the slaughter: Borussia Dortmund 2 Wolfsburg 0

September 13th, 2010

Three games into the seasons seems like far too early for a manager to be described as under pressure, but there’s no doubt that suffering three losses in a row wasn’t exactly in the plan for Steve McClaren at…Read More