All posts tagged "German Bundesliga"

  • Aubameyang bursts onto Manchester United’s radar at Borussia Dortmund

    Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s greatest asset on the football pitch is his blistering pace and acceleration. It is rumored that he is faster than a certain Usain Bolt in thirty meters and is by far one of the most...

    • Posted February 21, 2016
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  • Thomas Tuchel’s Juego de Posicio taking hold at Borussia Dortmund

    Pep Guardiola is synonymous with Tiki-taka, the possession-based brand of football with which his legendary Barcelona team from 2008 to 2012 took the world by storm and led Vicente Del Bosque’s Spain to the 2010 World Cup....

    • Posted January 1, 2016
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  • Robert Lewandowski redefines the parameters of the “traditional number nine”

    They say that orthodox number nines are going out of fashion in European football to make way for more clever, technically-gifted false nines playing in tactically modern 4-3-3 formations. The debate is only just reaching the farther...

    • Posted December 24, 2015
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  • Hertha BSC enjoying their strong start to the Bundesliga season

      Hertha BSC are blessed to be calling the Olympiastadion their home.  Many years ago, Jesse Owens won Gold ahead of his German competitors in the 100m sprint in front of an openly outraged Adolf Hitler at...

    • Posted September 24, 2015
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  • How have Borussia Dortmund hung on?

    When Shinji Kagawa left Borussia Dortmund for Manchester United in 2012, it seemed like a signal of Dortmund slowly being picked apart by the top big money European clubs. Nuri Sahin had departed for Real Madrid a...

    • Posted September 11, 2014
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  • Bayern president Uli Hoeness sentenced over tax evasion

    Former FIFA World Cup winner and president of Bayern Munich Uli Hoeness has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison by Germany’s Federal Court of Justice on account of seven cases of tax evasion of millions of...

    • Posted March 13, 2014
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  • Transfer Deadline Day – As it Happened

    The transfer deadline day came and passed…. while nearly nothing happened. But here is Alex Morgan’s minute-by-minute report of all the transfer dealings as they came in.

    • Posted January 30, 2014
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  • Arjen Robben out for up to six weeks

    Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben is set to be on the sidelines for six weeks after suffering a serious knee injury during Bayern’s 2-0 win over FC Augsberg. Although Bayern moved on to the quarterfinals of the...

    • Posted December 5, 2013
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  • Our Guide to 2013/14 football kits

    As the new season continues we take a look at club’s new kits, whether atrocious (we fell bad for Liverpool) or stylish.

    • Posted August 2, 2013
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  • Bayern Munich agree €25m fee for Thiago Alcantara

    Bayern Munich have agreed a €25 million fee with Barcelona for Thiago Alcantara as the Spaniard signs a four-year contract at the Allianz Arena. Subject to a medical, Alcantara will reunite with former manager Pep Guardiaola at...

    • Posted July 14, 2013
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