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DFB Pokal Final: Dortmund looks to secure a first domestic double by beating Bayern once again.
Bayern and Dortmund takes on each other for one final battle on a neutral venue.
Dortmund has burned records that Bayern previously owned and taken away the ugly salad bowl from their grasp for two seasons in a row. Dortmund has a unique chance to achieve their first ever double in history by beating a side they have beaten in their last four meetings. But beating Bayern in Berlin is perhaps a tad harder than beating Bayern at the Signal Iduna Park.Die Roten and Berlin have a special connection. Bayern won their last trophies in memory in Berlin. In 2010, they were crowned champions in Hertha Berlin’s backyard, the Olympiastadion. Shortly afterwards, they hammered Bremen in the Cup final to secure the double. Bayern this year has a chance of winning two trophies. Their quest in finals starts in Berlin.
A Look Back at the Bundesliga Season that Was
Köln’s seasons went up in flames as a Bundesliga giant managed to keep their status despite a season of struggles.
Since the inception of the Bundesliga in 1963, only one team has represented it every season- Hamburger SV. Their status as the Bundesliga’s ‘dinosaur’ was being seriously threatened as Frank Arnesen brought along a line of Chelsea youngsters to represent the Germans. Arnesen almost contradicted the statements he had earlier made about...
A Look Ahead to the Bundesliga this Weekend
The Champions League spots are almost settled but there is still quite a lot to fight for at the bottom.
The top two sides in the league are Bayern and Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund has already won the league while Bayern has already made second place their own. Bayern has nothing to play for in the league in the last two remaining games. However, the players and board alike feel that their fans always deserve a good performance.They were true to their words in Bremen, when, despite fielding a side filled with reserve players, they claimed a 1-2 victory last week. This week, Bayern plays the final home game in the league and their second last home game of the season. Their final home game will be against Chelsea in the Champions League final on May 19th.
Will Dortmund finally shut the door in Bayern's face this week?
The Bundesliga title race is as good as over. The standings as far as the top four are concerned can be settled this week.
Werder Bremen vs. FC Bayern München
In past seasons, this fixture might have acted as a title decider. This season, this fixture is nothing but a side note. Bremen, sitting eighth in the table, is still chasing a Europa League spot. They aren’t doing themselves much...
The Bundesliga brings more exciting matches to us this week
The title race is settled but there are still exciting games to be played in the Bundesliga.
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Schalke – Dortmund
Dortmund heads to Gelsenkirchen following a lucky win over Bayern. Bayern’s Arjen Robben missed a late penalty which earned him criticism from Franz Beckenbauer. BVB played extremely well especially in the first half and overall deserved to win the...
The Stage is Set for The Clash of the Titans in the Bundesliga
This week, when Bayern takes on Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga, there will be more than just the Bundesliga title on the line.
Dortmund is the young and enthusiastic side that has taken the Bundesliga by storm over the last two seasons. They have left the best team in the history of German football in their wake. They hurt the pride of the Bavarians immensely last season by inflicting two painful defeats on them. This encounter though has a different ‘feel’ to it.Bayern, for once, has not been talking up their chances. The Bayern hierarchy including Karl Heinz Rummenigge, Uli Hoeness and Christian Nerlinger has largely kept their thoughts to themselves. Bayern is for the moment, concentrating purely on their matches. They have eight games left to play this season in all competitions.
Bundesliga Review: Bayern and Dortmund both win ahead of Wednesday's clash
The matches this week almost transpired as expected- in mid week, we might find out where the title will be heading to at the end of the season.
Bastian Schweinsteiger shunned a reporter’s questions after Bayern’s derby victory. The reporter’s question was meant to belittle Augsburg and Schweinsteiger, out of respect, chose to move away from the scene. The German completed 90 minutes in a match for the first time since October. An almost unknown side has emerged to Bayern’s character now. Bayern has learnt how to win ‘ugly’. Mario Gomez in his post match comments said that Bayern cannot be expected to thrash opponents every week. Indeed, Bayern’s win over Augsburg was an ‘ugly’ one. Dortmund beat Wolfsburg on the same day at the same time consigning die Wolfe to only their fourth home defeat of the season.
There are four potentially tight matches awaiting us in the Bundesliga this weekend
The top two sides in the Bundesliga are a week away from meeting each other. They are currently separated by three points.
Bayern - Augsburg
Bayern is now well and truly fighting for an elusive treble. They must win to remain in the title race. Bayern is currently on an eight match winning streak. They have kept six clean sheets in those eight contests including in the last three matches. Fringe players are starting to come to the fore for Bayern as Ivica Olic struck twice against...
Bundesliga Review: We finally have a title race in our hands!
Three out of the four contenders faltered this week, leading to the gap between the top two sides reducing to only three points.
Borussia Dortmund 4-4 VfB Stuttgart- Juergen Klopp and Bruno Labbadia took turns at punching the air and celebrating overzealously as the score kept on changing. Dortmund led 2-0 even with 20 minutes remaining on the clock. Stuttgart drew two goals out of the bag in quick succession and then took the lead. Mats Hummels turned up with an absolutely amazing goal to level the scores at 3-3.Dortmund then took the lead but were pegged back late into injury time by Christian Gentner. Mats Hummels completely missed the ball when he tried to head it away from his penalty area. He collided into Marcel Schmelzer while attempting to clear it. Schmelzer’s fall turned out to be more than just collateral damage as the ball fell kindly for the talented Gentner to score.
Bundesliga Review: The Ruhr Teams Lit the League Up as Bayern continued to win this week
The Bundesliga recorded a massive away victory in its history books this week. However, Bayern wasn’t the team to go off on a goal-scoring rampage this time around.
When Köln scored the opener against Dortmund via Milivoje Novakovic, there was a slight doubt about Dortmund’s chances of winning the game. All those doubts were erased soon afterwards as Robert Lewandowski, Shinji Kagawa, Ivan Perisic, Lukasz Pizsczek and Ilkay Guendogan all scored to win 1-6. Monchengladbach failed to recover from the misery of a cup defeat on penalties. They succumbed to Hoffenheim in strange fashion. Gladbach led the match for 75 minutes after Marco Reus grabbed an early goal to give his side the lead. In the 77th and 79th minutes, Hoffenheim scored through Roberto Firmino and Boris Vukcevic to lead and eventually win the game.
An Exciting Weekend awaits us in the Bundesliga
‘Exciting’ is the only word which can describe the Bundesliga action which will take place tomorrow.
Köln always is a very entertaining side- regarding matters on and off the pitch. After having been absolutely thumped 4-1 by Hanover last week, they take to the pitch against the holders Borussia Dortmund. Dortmund was in action in mid-week in the DFB Pokal. It took them a full 120 minutes to dispose of SpVgg Greuther Furth with Ilkay Guendogan scoring the winner in the final minute of extra time.Other matches include a contest between Hoffenheim and Monchengladbach, who were also in cup action during the week. Bayern takes on Hanover, a contest which has seen Hanover come out on top in the previous two meetings. The biggest match of the weekend takes places between two of the most exciting sides of the league, fourth placed Schalke and fifth placed Leverkusen.
Who will qualify for the German Cup Final?
We are down to the last four in the German Cup. Three of the teams alive are competing on two fronts domestically.
The big clash of this round obviously is between FC Bayern and Monchengladbach. Dortmund’s meeting with Greuther Furth, the giant killers this season, pales in comparison to the clash between the two Bundesliga sides. Bayern has already lost twice to Gladbach this season.However, the circumstances for those meetings weren’t ideal for Bayern. The first meeting was in the first match of the season were Bayern lost 0-1 due to an absolute howler from Manuel Neuer aided by Jerome Boateng. The second match came just after the winter-break as Bayern featuring an almost fatigued group of players and aided by another Neuer howler lost 3-1.
Bayern records massive victory as Dortmund nears record
The wheels of fortune continued to turn in Bayern’s favour as Bayern recorded their largest away win of the season. Dortmund beat Bremen by a solitary goal.
Dortmund and Bayern has both played the majority of 2012 without their best players Mario Goetze and Bastian Schweinsteiger respectively. Dortmund played a weakened Bremen side and won courtesy of a player who has somewhat acted as a ‘messiah’ for them in Shinji Kagawa. Kagawa’s poor form in the earlier part of the season led to rumours of a transfer away from the club. Kagawa has been rejuvenated this year and he has partly filled up a massive hole left by Goetze. The record unbeaten run in the Bundesliga is 24 matches, recorded by Bayer Leverkusen in the 2009-10 season. Dortmund is currently on a 20-match unbeaten streak.
The Bundesliga promises plenty of excitement this week
The Bundesliga this week promises nothing but pure excitement as the top three sides all have tough tasks in their hands.
Bayern’s away troubles are no secret to anybody. Two victories at the Allianz Arena by score-lines of 7-1 (against Hoffenheim) and 7-0 (against Basel) might make a few historians turning pages; however, while the results might have raised team morale, the bitter truth is Bayern has won just one away game in 2012.Dortmund meanwhile takes on Bremen, a side they beat with just ten men in the first half of the season, 0-2. Bremen last week absolutely battered Hanover 3-0. Bremen’s deficiencies at the back are what have caused their fans headaches for many a season under Thomas Schaaf and Dortmund as we know, is brilliant at punishing defences.
Bundesliga Review: Bayern lights up the fireworks again!
Is the Bundesliga title race back on? May be, just may be, the fans can up their hopes for a race after Dortmund finally dropped points and Bayern unleashed their true selves.
The ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ nature of Bayern has been getting on the nerves of all Bayern fans while playing into the hands of rivals Dortmund. The home games usually tend to end up being straight-forward wins for the home team in Bayern’s case while the away games usually result in a loss or draw. Bayern has won just one away game in 2012 and that too in the DFB Pokal.The home win this time however was so emphatic that the fans had to forgive the players for the torrid performance against Leverkusen. Mario Gomez bagged a hat-trick to lead the way in the Bundesliga top-scorers chart. Six relatively ‘text book’ style goals and one Toni Kroos beauty gave Bayern the victory, their biggest of 2012 and their second biggest of the season so far.
Markus Babel revisits Munich as head coach of Hoffenheim
Markus Babel pays a second trip to Bavaria to his former club and perhaps the one he dreams to coach one day.
Markus Babel’s desire to become the head-coach of Germany’s biggest club one-day (yes, they are still Germany’s biggest club) is no secret. However, he rarely manages to impress on his trips to Bavaria. His last trip there ended in disaster. His former club, Hertha was taught a lesson in football that day.If there was any time that Babel could boost his CV for perhaps this very job, this is it. Bayern’s current run of poor form is seemingly endless with each away display poorer than the former. The home displays have generally been good. Bayern has won every home game by a 2-0 margin in 2012.
Bundesliga Review: Dortmund on course for a second title in a row
Dortmund went one step closer to securing the title following a massively successful weekend for Klopp’s side.
The match-day fixture list seemed perfect for Dortmund. Bayern was playing a tough Leverkusen side on the road. Schalke was playing a much improved Freiburg side and Gladbach was playing a tricky Nuremberg side in Franconia. In theory, Bayern was almost expected to at-least draw against Bayer 04, Schalke to beat Freiburg and Gladbach to perform well against Nuremberg. In reality, actually, the fixture list turned out to be a perfect one.Dortmund in fact almost slipped up too against Mainz. The plethora of missed chances that seem to be almost mandatory in Dortmund’s games would have frustrated players from another side but not Dortmund. Despite their former player Mohammed Zidan scoring an equalizer with about 16 minutes to go, Dortmund still found a way to win as their in-form Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa scored to give the Ruhr side a 2-1 win.
What is to become of Hertha Berlin after yet another 'firing and hiring' this season?
When Markus Babel was given his marching orders in December, Michael Preetz hardly had any idea about the storm that was to follow.
Hertha Berlin, the champions of the second division in Germany, the 2.Bundesliga had settled quietly back into the Bundesliga. They were in mid-table and had produced some good results including a 1-2 victory over Borussia Dortmund, the defending champions. Babel’s ambitions however led his mind away from Berlin, a team he felt he had gotten the maximum out of.Thus, Babel refused to extend his contract and paid the price. Wait- Babel didn’t pay the price; rather, Berlin did. In other words, Michael Preetz suffered. He hired a good manager in Michael Skibbe. Yet, Skibbe wasn’t the one fitted for the situation. He is easily the worst manager in the history of the club. His record reads: five losses in five matches in charge.
Bundesliga Review: A Weekend of Sackings, Hirings and Improvements
The Bundesliga coaching carousel has begun once again. Holger Stanislawski and Michael Skibbe lost their jobs while Markus Babel returned to the Bundesliga just four match-days after his sacking.
Hoffenheim looked like a ‘life-less’ side match after match. The club had seemingly taken all the energies out of a lively and energetic Holger Stanislawski. Hoffenheim was sinking deeper and deeper into trouble with every passing week and a change had to be made. Hoffenheim then made a ‘safe’ decision and brought in the Bavarian Markus Babel.Babel very nearly earned a win for his side in his opening match but was denied by Marko Arnautovic in the 89th minute of the contest against Bremen. Babel’s two former clubs meanwhile played out a one sided contest in Swabia. Stuttgart battered Hertha 5-0. The match saw the reign of Michael Skibbe come to a disappointing end after the coach failed to win a single game in his short tenure.
Dortmund Edges Ahead in the Bundesliga Title Race
Bayern has officially been dethroned from the top of the Bundesliga. The weekend was really a triumph for Borussia Dortmund as all their nearest contenders drew their matches.
The Bayern supporters knew as did the hierarchy- the team’s performances weren’t up to the mark. Meanwhile, in the Ruhr region, Dortmund decided to put the loss of Nuri Sahin completely behind them. The three performances that Dortmund has produced in the Bundesliga this year have been almost spotless.A 0-2 win over Nuremberg propelled them to the top of the table on Friday. On Saturday, the three other contenders had to match their result and all failed to do so. Bayern was held to a draw in Hamburg. The result caused some uproar in Bavaria- but this time the comments from the hierarchy weren’t directed towards the opposition. The comments were directed towards Jupp Heynckes.