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After TSG Hoffenheim’s thrilling upset over Schalke on Tuesday there was high demand for the remaining four spiels in the 2013/14 DFB Pokal Round of 16 to keep the Pokal Magic going. Unexpectedly the magic came from an underachieving Ingolstadt side that, coming off a recent upset over 2. Bundesliga table toppers Köln, gave the […]

Tuesday and Wednesday featured the 3rd round of Germany’s cup competition, the DFB Pokal. Heavy hitters Bayern, Dortmund (BVB), and Leverkusen played, along with the likes of Schalke 04 Hamburger SV (HSV), VfL Wolfsburg, and the thrill ride that is Hoffenheim. Additionally, 2.Bundesliga heavy weights Union Berlin and Kaisterslautern clashed, while traditional power Köln featured […]

Despite missing seven first choice players, Jurgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund overcame Saarbrucken to reach the quarterfinals of the German Cup.  Goals from Julian Schieber and Jonas Hofmann decided the game in favor of the away side in what was a good example of the team’s flexibility in light of the criticism of their lack […]

Tuesday’s Champions League match in Bucharest brought together two clubs with everything to play for:  the home side needing a victory to have any chance in advancing from the group stage, while a win by visiting Schalke would clinch CL advance for the Germans.  Neither happened, as a competent but uninspired effort by Schalke left […]

Germany consigned England to their first back-to-back losses at Wembley since 1977 as they comfortably beat their old rivals. It was another learning curve for Joachim Löw and his young squad, with a few players getting their chance to impress before the World Cup. Germany secured their 6th consecutive win at England’s famous home ground […]

Coach Thomas Schneider and his Stuttgart team bounced back in Matchday 12′s final contest from a humiliating 6-1 loss administered by Borussia Dortmund the prior week to defeat SC Freiburg 2-0 in the Black Forest.  The win over their fellow Baden-Württemberg club lifts Schneider’s record as Stuttgart headman to 4-4-1 after taking over from Bruno Labbadia […]

With their 1-0 win against Viktoria Plzen, Bayern Munich have equalled Barcelona’s record of nine consecutive Champions League wins, set back in 2003. The win also meant that they have officially qualified for the knockout stage of the competition and remain unbeaten in all competitions going back to July. After their 5-0 win against Plzen […]

With their 2-1 win against Hoffenheim, Bayern Munich have equalled Hamburg’s record of 36 consecutive Bundesliga games without a defeat, set back in 1983.  The win also means that Pep Guardiola is undefeated in his first eleven games in charge of the club, the first coach in club history to do so.  Goals from Mario […]

It was breathless. It was back-and-forth. It was a chippy fouling affair. It was simply exciting. It was a 1-1 draw, as VfB Stuttgart hosted 1.FCN Nürnberg. And it was the debut of new 1.FCN manager, Gertjan Verbeeck. All the goals were scored before 10 minutes were up, but the rest of the match danced on a […]

Once again, there were mixed fortunes for the Bundesliga sides involved this evening in the Europa League. Freiburg welcomed Portuguese visitors GD Estoril Praia while Eintracht Frankfurt hosted Maccabi Tel Aviv. Freiburg are still to record their first win in the competition and Estoril at home is their best chance of gaining it while a […]