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Madness.  Absolute madness.  That is the only way to describe the final matchday of the 2012/13 Bundesliga season.  Hoffenheim pulled off one of the great comebacks in Bundesliga history by beating Borussia Dortmund 2-1 to reach the promotion/relegation playoff and extend their chances of staying in the league next season.  Meanwhile, Augsburg beat Greuther Fürth [...]

So near but yet so far. Freiburg’s dream of playing Champions League football next year was quashed by Schalke 04 after the away side took a 2-1 away victory at the MAGE-SOLAR Stadion. Goals by Julian Draxler and an own goal by Julian Schuster were enough to give die Königsblauen the result they needed to [...]

Bayern Munich warmed up for the forthcoming Champions League final with a breath-taking 4-3 win against Borussia Monchengladbach. An impressive comeback win preserved Bayern’s unbeaten away record, sealing a remarkable 29th win in 34 outings. Sensationally, this leaves Bayern with just one defeat over the Bundesliga campaign. Treble-seeking coach Jupp Heynckes selected a full-strength side [...]

Hamburger SV (HSV) won 4-1 on the road against Hoffenheim. On the penultimate match day of the season, this match featured two teams moving in opposite directions. The death knell for 1899 Hoffenheim’s jejune run in top flight German Fußball got terrifyingly loud, as relegation seems likely for software tycoon Dieter Hopp’s village club. Meanwhile, storied HSV [...]

It was never going to be a classic due to last week’s Champions League matches, but this year’s finalists of Europe’s top competition played out a 1-1 draw at the Signal-Iduna Park with mostly reserves, especially for the away side. Jürgen Klopp made five changes from last week’s match against Real Madrid whilst Jupp Heynckes [...]

Bayern Munich recorded the biggest ever aggregate win in Champions League semifinal history against Barcelona and booked their place in their third final in four years.  Their 3-0 win at the Nou Camp in Barcelona saw Germany’s record champions go through on an incredible 7-0 aggregate score, setting up the first all-German Champions League final [...]

An exciting finish by Real Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League semifinal second leg match with Borussia Dortmund went all for naught, as the 4-1 result in the first leg achieved by the Germans was enough to book a place in the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium.  The Madrid side had [...]

Schalke built a gap between themselves and those chasing fourth place thanks mostly to Klass Jan Huntelaar’s hat-trick, which sunk HSV at the VELTINS-Arena. Jens Keller made two changes to the side that lost to Eintracht Frankfurt last weekend, welcoming Huntelaar and Jermaine Jones back to the starting lineup. Julian Draxler, Raffael and Michel Bastos [...]

Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski produced the game of a lifetime, scoring four goals for the home side as they handed Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid a harsh 4-1 loss Wednesday evening.  A day after Bayern Munich had spanked mighty Barcelona in the other Champions League semifinal, Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund side have proven, after previously unsuccessful [...]

The Tuesday meeting of titans FC Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona created an atmosphere of anticipation worldwide, pitting two clubs that had only lost a combined three matches in domestic play this year, both loaded with talent and intention.  But Bayern Munich proved themselves, at least on this day, the much superior side, as they [...]