Over the last couple of weeks, Robert Lewandowski’s brilliance at Bayern Munich has not only reduced Pep Guardiola to a…
Back in four months
Cult German football magazine 11 Freunde perhaps summed it up best with the headline Schließ das Fenster, es zieht! –…
Land of the giants: Germany’s history of great keepers
When Hugo Lloris injured his wrist he did more than delay his own start to the season – he threw…
A new chapter
One year ago, in Rio de Janeiro, in the 124th minute of the World Cup Final, Bastian Schweinsteiger hit the…
1860: The blue side of Munich
Despite its relative infancy, the Munich’s Allianz Arena has hosted some important and dramatic games – the opening match of…
Thrown to the wolves – Steve McClaren’s 9 months in the Bundesliga
England managers often fall foul of missed penalty kicks, but in the case of Steve McClaren’s it wasn’t an England…
Meet the Boatengs
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Jem quotes her father Atticus Finch, saying ‘…you can choose your friends but you sho’…
Echte Liebe
When Omar and Brother Mouzone gunned down Stringer Bell on a building site in series 3 of The Wire it…
Der 12. Mann
Borussia Dortmund’s 3-2 victory at Stuttgart in late February was significant for two reasons. Firstly, it was BVB’s third win…
748 days later
When teams win 7-0 they generally tone down the goal celebrations as the scoreline increases until the players are almost…
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