Bundesliga Fanatic

Not quite the wondrous miracle that few actually expected but high-drama all the same. Real’s players joyfully celebrated the 2-0 defeat at the final whistle as they might when winning ‘El Clasico’ in the Nou Camp, Barcelona. Games can change on fine margins and Real clearly struggled to come to terms with Angel di Maria’s […]

Borussia Dortmund retains a small glimmer of hope of overcoming a 3-0 Champions League quarterfinal deficit heading into this week’s home leg, despite last week’s mauling in Madrid. In order to progress to the semifinals, Dortmund must better their magical 4-1 win at home over Real nearly 12 months ago when Polish striker Robert Lewandowski […]

How can Bayern be this dominant for the second season in a row? That is the question many Bundesliga followers have been asking themselves for quite some time now. The record champions are leading the league by a comfortable 20 point margin after 24 match days and are undefeated in their last 49 efforts. Bayern […]

LovellLowdown has personally been in a state of flux recently after moving abode. I had to survive without telephone or internet for six weeks. Despite not moving to a mud hut, I was left feeling creatively castrated and an induced period of winter hibernation ensued, not really being able to “can do”. I decided to […]

Zenit St Petersburg v Borussia Dortmund (25th Feb-19th Mar) Dortmund struggles this season have been talked about an awful lot. The injuries, the drop in form of certain players and confirmed and talked-about departures of players have added up to stifle last season’s Champions League finalists. But a recent gain in form has brightened the […]

This week brought the news that Borussia Dortmund fans had been expecting, but ultimately dreading, for the last few months. Robert Lewandowski agreed to a 5-year deal with Bayern Munich, but will spend the rest of the season with Borussia Dortmund before making a summer move to Munich. Luckily for Borussia Dortmund (if you can […]

It has been a great year for German football. The Champions League final this spring featured for the first time in the competition’s history two German teams on the pitch, Bayern have been breaking records left, right and centre and the Bundesliga seems to produce exciting story lines and talents almost on a weekly basis […]

Speed is a mightily important asset of Borussia Dortmund’s weaponry when going forward but without precision, needless to say it is futile. Jürgen Klopp craves both of these attributes from his side. Yet that precision in front of goal hasn’t always been present, even in the seasons when Borussia won the Bundesliga back in 2011 […]

The 21-year old has made a remarkable and rapid rise from being a second team striker to starting at left back for BVB. Mainz has proved to be a valuable breeding ground for Borussia Dortmund. It was where Jürgen Klopp played and where he began his coaching career in February 2001. Just over seven years […]

I’ve been studying for the GRE (again!), which means I’ve been reviewing loads of quantitative stuff. Loads. So I can’t help but think about algebra a bit when pondering Jürgen Klopp and Borussia Dortmund’s ill-fated, yet incredible run of injuries. Come on you sports scientists, can you give us the verdict if Kloppo’s gegen-pressing stuff […]