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It is a bitter winter break in Gelsenkirchen for a team that gave its fans such high hopes with the best season start in 41 years. And if you look at just the numbers, it’s hard to understand where FC Schalke 04 went so wrong. The Royal Blues were 6-2-1 in their first 9 games [...]
Before we analyze Augsburg’s Hinrunde, let’s rewind 12 months to when Jos Luhukay’s side were second-bottom of the Bundesliga and second-lowest goalscorers in the league. As his successor, Markus Weinzierl, takes a look at the current table, he sees his team sitting second from bottom in the standings, with the second-fewest goals scored in the [...]
Happy New Year readers and @LovellLowdown followers. The extensive Bundesliga winter break has allowed for everyman and his twitter dog to pen a piece extolling the virtues of Bayern Munich. Hopefully you will have had your fill of these and allow me the opportunity to vent some alternative angles. Loyal Lowdowners will not need reminding that I [...]
Matthias Sammer vs. Pep Guardiola - Germany vs. Spain at the 1994 World Cup. Nearly 20 years later, the two will now work alongside each other at Bayern Munich in managerial roles.
Two giants of the game, Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer and England’s Bobby Moore enjoying a game of chess.
Berti Vogts and Günter Netzer and former Borussia Mönchengladbach teammates in a Germany national team training camp in 1975.
Borussia Dortmund coach Horst Köppel and the team’s new transfers ahead of the 1990/91 season including a young Stefan Klos (a youth product) and Gerhard Poschner (transferred from VfB Stuttgart).
A 21-year old Dimitar Berbatov celebrating a goal for Bayer Leverkusen.
