Bundesliga Fanatic

In typical fashion, the Germans spoiled the party. Come May 25, 2013, the English Football Association was due to celebrate a hundred and fifty years of incompetence, sorry existence, with the crowning glory of the second Champions League final in Wembley in three years. Football was coming home and with an English team defending their [...]

There remains no greater journey in European football than that of Real Madrid’s to achieve the coveted La Decima. It quite simply possesses the club and until it’s exorcised with the 10th Champions League victory the halls of Bernabéu will continue to feel narrow, and incomplete. This is not greed on the part of Madrid, [...]

You see this scenario all too often in football.  A team trails or needs goals in the dying minutes of a game.  Coaches throw on the additional striker or instruct their center-backs to play in the opponent’s box and wait for long balls or crosses to come in, hoping for the right bounce or opportunity [...]

Borussia Dortmund’s dramatic comeback and win against Malaga in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal will go down in German football folklore.  Not only did they reach the semifinal for the first time since 1998 but they did it by staying the only unbeaten team in the competition, winning all of their home [...]

All is left to play for in next week’s return leg at the Signal Iduna Park as Málaga and Borussia Dortmund played out a goalless draw at La Rosaleda on this warm Wednesday night. However, despite being the away side, it will be Dortmund who will be going home the most disappointed as it was [...]

Borussia Dortmund have reached the quarterfinal round of the UEFA Champions League for the first time since the 1997/1998 season following an emphatic 3-0 win Tuesday night over Shakhtar Donetsk at Signal Iduna Park.  Despite their recent domestic success, Dortmund made a big leap forward in advancing to the quarterfinals following two previous seasons of [...]

Bayern Munich took another step in asserting their dominance by eliminating their bogey team from the German Cup.  After six straight matches in the league and Cup without a win, Bayern finally overcame Dortmund thanks to a brilliant Arjen Robben goal in the first half. Bayern are through to the semifinals, but more importantly, they [...]

It was the 31st minute in Borussia Dortmund’s match against Eintracht Frankfurt on matchday 22.  Julian Schieber, who had started in place of the suspended Robert Lewandowski, had just been shown his second yellow card and was promptly sent off by referee Felix Brych.  Dortmund were already two goals up by that point but in [...]

Jurgen Klopp’s Borussia Dortmund squad bounced back from a MatchDay 21 loss to Hamburg and a tough Tuesday draw in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk by beating a strong Eintracht Frankfurt club 3-0, as Dortmund star Marco Reus scored his second hat trick in the Bundesliga.  Dortmund played without leading scorer Robert Lewandowski, sidelined [...]

Legendary Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi once said; “The only way you can build a side is by getting players who speak the same language and can play a team game. You can’t achieve anything on your own, and if you do, it doesn’t last long. I often quote what Michelangelo said: ‘The spirit guides the [...]