Bundesliga
Town of 3200 Sends a Team to the Bundesliga
By: Laurie |
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When you get promoted into the Bundesliga, you apparently don’t get showered with champagne. You get showered with beer.
How…German.
Beer showers were the fate of tiny little team Hoffenheim this past weekend as they celebrated their promotion into Germany’s top division. What’s particulaly interesting about Hoffenheim? Their current stadium seats only [...]
Category: BundesligaKahn Retires with Record
By: Ian Rose | 5 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r605PogyHvE
The last game of legendary keeper Oliver Kahn’s professional career was a fitting end for one of the all-time greats between the posts. Even though he let in one goal from Berlin, Kahn finished his season in record form, helping Bayern Munich set the new all-time mark for least goals allowed in a Bundesliga [...]
Category: BundesligaAuf Wiedersehen to Oliver Kahn
By: Daryl | 8 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNOzHvsEmg4
The Offside has made plenty of jokes about Oliver Kahn in our time, mostly because he’s a big scary looking monster of a man. But he’s also a world class keeper. Feast your eyes on the highlights above. When Khan’s not yelling at defenders till their ears bleed he’s busy making incredible saves. I particularly [...]
Category: BundesligaBayern Continue With The Touching Trend. Kinda.
By: chris | 5 Comments
It’s been a touching week with the news that Oliver Kapo handed a boot boy the keys to a Mercedes because he didn’t have a pair of shoes for him to take home, and Olof Mellberg having 3200 Aston Villa shirts custom made for the travelling fans to his final AV game before leaving for [...]
Category: BundesligaBayern May Be Getting More Italian
By: chris | 5 Comments
Big changes were afoot in Germany last summer after their dismal and downright unacceptable campaign last year, at least by Bayern’s “record champion” standards. Well big changes came, and with them a nice big trophy for being the best team in the Bundesliga. Now is time to keep with the times, so out with the [...]
Category: Bundesliga
Tags: AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Bundesliga, Franz Beckenbauer, Gennaro Gattuso, Luca Toni, oliver kahn, Philipp LahmThe Unluckiest Goalkeeper in the Bundesliga
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
With just seven minutes to go in the game againt Borussia Dortmund this past Saturday, Arminia Bielefeld had a 2-1 lead that would have guaranteed safety from 1. Bundesliga relegation. But then disaster struck.
It struck Rowen Fernández right in the face.
Category: BundesligaDaily Dose 5.12.08
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Some news to read as you use a corpse head to smoke marijuana:
Because 2000 naked people are the obvious way to promote a footy tournament (Euro 2008 at WCB)
An England fan’s ode to the Polish National Team (Poland Euro 2008)
Photo Gallery: How the Premier League was won and lost (The Guardian)
When reality TV and [...]
Tim Wiese Kicks Ivica Olic in the Head. And Gets Away With It
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Oh yes he did.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGplCUlBCtw
As spotted on the ever-excellent Bundesliga Offside, this is Werder Bremen keeper Tim Wiese’s challenge on Hamburg striker Ivica Olic during the Bundesliga’s northern derby yesterday. You think maybe those feet are a little high? He basically did the crane on Olic’s head.
And no red card. Weise stayed on the field, made [...]
Category: BundesligaTitle Watch Update
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
A couple of titles were settled this weekend, and a couple of challenges got more complicated. Here’s what the Title Watch looks like after this weekend’s games:
Italy: Serie A
In an odd turn of events, AS Roma were AC Milan’s biggest fans this weekend as Milan dispatched cross-town rivals Inter, 2-1. Roma beat Sampdoria [...]
Highest Paid Footballers (and Guess Which MLS Star is #1?)
By: Laurie | 9 Comments
The numbers are out. Guess who the #1 highest-paid footballer is? You’ll never guess.
I’ll give you a hint. Plays in MLS. Has a “pop-star” wife. Made an estimated $49 million last year, of which only $12 million came from actually playing the game. ($6.5 million of that from [...]
Tags: Allessandro Del Piero, Andriy Shevchenko, Beckham, Bundesliga, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, English Premier League, Europe, Fabio Cannavaro, Francesco Totti, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Kaka, Lionel Messi, Michael Ballack, MLS, money, pay, Player pay, Raul, Rio Ferdinand, Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, salaries, Serie A, Spain La Liga, Steven Gerrard, Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, World FootballClubs on the Verge of Domestic Titles
By: Inara | 4 Comments
Though there’s still several weeks left in most European football leagues, some domestic title races are already over. In Portugal, Porto were declared champions (though they might be relegated) while in Greece, Olympiakos won their 36th title (thanks in part to a court decision).
This weekend could see a few more clubs step into the [...]
There’s A Left Back For Sale
By: chris | 5 Comments
Many fans knew who Philipp Lahm was before the World Cup in ‘06. Everybody knew who he was afterwards, and it took only the first six minutes of the tournament for most to sit up and take notice, as you can see above. Well now some people are sitting up and taking notice again, because [...]
All About Promotion: Who’s Coming Up in Europe?
By: Laurie | 13 Comments
The other day we talked about the rather depressing subject of relegation. Today though? The sun is shining, so let’s move on to a much happier topic: Promotion. What second-level European teams may be moving up to the top flight?
This is not just a pride issue. It’s a huge [...]
If Relegation Happened Today, Who Would Go Down?
By: Laurie | 13 Comments
Ah, relegation. It’s every club’s biggest dread. (With the probable exceptions of the EPL’s Derby County, or French Ligue 1’s Metz, or SPL’s Gretna, where death might be the only event better able to offer pain relief.) And it’s a rite of passage around the world.
(Unless, of course, you’re American.)
Relegation [...]
Cinderella Finds Her Other Shoe
By: chris | 5 Comments
What has easily become the story of the European campaign on both fronts (Fenerbahce is still a Turkish powerhouse) is only getting sweeter by the day, as little Getafe took an unexpected draw away from Bavaria in the 90th minute against what is, at least on paper, the best team in the UEFA Cup. In [...]
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