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Bayer 04 – 1.FC Köln (3-2) Walking through a Winter Wonderland…
… on the way to the Ulrich Haberland. A match-report from the point of view of a fan in the stands: With Germany having been in the grip of winter since the end of November, the trip to ‘Ulrich...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 16
Good news for everybody involved: the football business in Germany just keeps on rolling. Germany is said to be one of the prime economic beneficiaries of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Frankfurt based...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 17
Every August since 1963, some young, talented, highly specialized urban professionals are gathering across 18 German cities for some physical exercise. Just some weeks later, and before you know it,...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, The Winter Roundup
When looking back at the first half of the 2010/11 season, it can be stated that German Bundesliga fortified its spot in the top flight of professional sporting entertainment. Quite usually, the fully...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 18
On a fine and sunny day, late in May of 2011, reflecting on the 2010/11 season in Bundesliga, we will probably come right back to these 5 minutes and 41 seconds from the Friday night match on January...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 19
With just 2 matches played in 2011, the “business noise” already got a firm grip on the action in Bundesliga. The all-commanding name of the past weekend was Matthias Sammer, currently equipped with...
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FC St.Pauli – 1.FC Köln (3-0) Ohne Rensing 5 oder 6.
Der noch vor Wochenfrist hochgelobte 1.FC Köln blieb im 12-Punkte-Spitzenspiel des Tabellenkellers ohne jede Chance. Einzig dem im Winter noch skeptisch beäugten Neuzugang zwischen den Pfosten war es...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 21
After taking a short break in Week 20, Bundesliga hit us with full action mode on this past weekend. Business was started on Friday night with the legendary “Ruhr Area” derby between high flying...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 22
Week 22 of any year in Bundesliga marks the start of the last third of the current season. For the 2010/11 championship, the title race seems to be more or less run, regardless of the late minute draw...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 23
In some circles, the “23″ is known as the number for misfortune and destruction. In Week 23 of the dynamic and surprising season in Germany’s executive suite of football, this is very true for people...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 24
“Business End” is approaching, as they call these weeks in the Premier League. Some dutch people would put it “Death or Glory”. The man known for these words in German Bundesliga is Louis van Gaal and...
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BV Borussia – 1.FC Köln (1-0) Deutscher Meister FC
Es ist ja nicht eben so, dass Karnevalsspiele mit dem FC immer geradewegs ins jecke Delirium führen. In böser Erinnerung verankert sind Stimmungskiller wie etwa das 0-3 gegen Leverkusen 2006 und ganz...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 25
Even if people from Säbener Strasse and all over Bavaria won’t like to hear it. This is one fantastic season in German Bundesliga! You have an up and coming national champion that is really deserving...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 29
Just 5 weeks left in one of the most turbulent playtimes this theater has seen. Borussia Dortmund, who had once been leading the pack with a miracle 12 points, have now been cut down to a meager 5...
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When two tribes go to war. 1.FC Kaiserslautern vs. 1.FC Köln (3-0)
Bevor wir mit dem nicht gerade abklingenden Lautern-Hass beginnen, müssen wir die Aggression erst noch einmal gegen Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim und natürlich den DFB mit seinem verzerrten...
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50+1 oder Fussball ist keine Mathematik
Es ist durchaus fraglich, ob Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (KHR) im November 2007 die 50+1 Regel im Sinn hatte, als er mit diesem Statement den Abschied Ottmar Hitzfelds einläutete, jenem Trainer, der im Mai...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 9
The official soundtrack for Bundesliga last week was still provided by Germany’s No.1 club for football & carnival, 1.FC Köln who finally managed to get to the rock bottom of the table, by losing...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 12
Unfortunately we’ll have to start this week with the chaotic football club from Cologne, one more time. If you might be fed up with the pathetic appearance of this club, you better not ask the still...
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Focus on Bundesliga – Season 1, Week 13
The message this week is rather simple and you can hear it in most Bundesliga cities these days: If you wish to visit the German champion of 2011, you’ll have to go and travel to Dortmund. There are...
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