Joachim Löw’s announcement that he will step down as Germany manager after the European Championship hardly came as a surprise.…
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The A-Team
Now that league titles have become a mandatory requirement at Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski has turned his attention to breaking…
The Angel of Gelsenkirchen
In the closing minutes of Schalke’s pre-season friendly against Qatari club Al Sadd, a 13-year-old boy held up the fourth…
Are we finally going to see a title race in the Bundesliga this season?
People up and down Germany braced themselves for Storm Sabine to hit last Sunday but, before the gales began to…
The case for RB Leipzig
RB Leipzig are unloved for a good reason, but they deserve respect for trusting young players, promoting exciting managers and…
Where do we go from here?
There was a sense of inevitability when Virgil van Dijk volleyed home a last-minute equaliser on Monday night. The Netherlands,…
End of an era?
Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry joined Bayern Munich while on different career trajectories. Robben was only 25 when fellow Dutchman…
The rise and fall of SC Paderborn 07
The Stoppelkamp-Allee is a rather unusual boulevard that runs for precisely 82.3 metres in front of the Benteler-Arena, home of…
Servus, Philipp
It’s 18:06 on Friday 20 June 2006 and 66,000 people, mostly clad in Germany colours, have packed into Munich’s shiny…
A year in the life of Marco Russ
Every penalty shootout creates heroes and villains. The villain is often left standing on the penalty spot, looking emptily into…