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With Bayern Munich dropping points earlier in the day in the Bavarian derby to Nurnberg in a 1-1 draw, Huub Steven’s Schalke club had a great opportunity to move up on the runaway Bundesliga leaders in Leverkusen Saturday.  Instead, it was the home side who took all three points, remaining unbeaten at home this season [...]

MatchDay 10 Bundesliga action provided some enticing opportunities after Friday’s match and Saturday’s early games witnessed disappointing results for some of the league’s top teams.  Third-place Eintracht Frankfurt, the Hinrunde’s surprise package, could only manage a 1-1 draw with relegation zone dwellers SpVgg Greuther Furth, while in the early Saturday games second place Schalke lost [...]

49 days after their disappointing semi final exit to Italy at the EUROs, Germany kicked off their new season with a loss against Lionel Messi’s Argentina. An early red card to goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler turned the game in Argentina’s favor after a good opening from the hosts. A saved penalty from his replacement, Marc-Andre ter [...]

The depth in Jogi Löw’s depth squad is truly outstanding, which in any major tournament is imperative and could be the key to winning Germany’s first international trophy in nearly two decades. Croatia, Spain, England, Greece and France have all had injury problems in the lead up to Euro 2012, or in their opening game. [...]

Germany capped off their EURO preparation with a much improved performance over last Saturday’s disappointing loss to Switzerland. Goals from Gomez and substitute Schürrle rounded off a routine win although against a visibly weaker opponent. It will give Germany a much needed confidence boost before their opener against Portugal on June 9th. Formations and Lineups [...]

Germany lost against Switzerland for the first time in 56 years in one of two preparation matches ahead of the upcoming EUROs. A hattrick of goals and assists from Bundesliga players Eren Derdiyok and Tranquilo Barnetta, and two from Lichtsteiner and Mehmedi topped off the biggest defeat yet for Germany under Joachim Löw. Germany’s goals [...]

Bayer Leverkusen have had an inconsistent season, to say the least, but took out their frustrations on FC Augsburg Saturday at the Bay Arena, dominating the second half for a comprehensive 4-1 win that keeps them in line for a Europa League spot.  Following their good effort in their disappointing 3-1 loss Tuesday at home [...]

Adrian Sertl takes you through Leverkusen’s Hinrunde. A 3-0 home defeat at the hands of lowly Nürnberg on the last match day of the 2011-2012 Hinrunde appears to speak volumes about how Bayer Leverkusen’s season has gone thus far.  The loss meant that after 17 matches their record stood at 7-5-5, good for 6th position [...]

Leverkusen’s miserable week was compounded after they squandered a two-goal lead and split the points against a Hamburg side growing in confidence. Schürrle and Bender gave Leverkusen the lead before Westermann pulled one back and Jansen completed the comeback in the second half. With two of the league’s most frantic defenses up against each other [...]

A late goal from Andre Schürrle denied Gladbach the three points after a valiant comeback in the second half.  Despite being the more persistent and adventurous side it was Leverkusen that took the early lead but spent the rest of the match trying to hold off an aggressive and motivated Gladbach.  The defensive troubles that [...]