Bundesliga Fanatic

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 [...]

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 came back twice in Donetsk to salvage a draw in their first leg against Shakhtar. Robert Lewandowski canceled out Dario Srna’s brilliant free kick before substitute Douglas Costa restored Shakhtar’s lead again in the second half.  Three minutes from time though, Mats Hummels made up for his earlier error and secured what will [...]

Even at the time, before Jürgen Klopp or anyone on the payroll at Borussia Dortmund had but an inkling of the great story that was to follow, it had felt like a defining goal. Three minutes from full-time, Gündogan, not for the first time this season, had found a pocket of space in the final [...]

 Borussia Dortmund came from behind to salvage a point in München in the most anticipated match of the season. Toni Kroos gave Bayern the lead with a brilliantly taken goal before Mario Götze scored again at the Allianz Arena to level the game. Even though Bayern let their lead slip this is a point won [...]

On their path to a second consecutive championship season, Borussia Dortmund put 367 days between Bundesliga losses. After losing to Hannover 96 way back on September 18 of 2011, the BVB managed to earn at least 1 point in every league match they played, running their club-record streak to 31-games without a loss. The Bundesliga [...]

Despite a missed penalty from Mats Hummels, a late goal from Robert Lewandowski gave Borussia Dortmund a much needed win in their Champions League opener against Ajax Amsterdam.  After a nervous first half Dortmund steadily improved and got the three points they wanted in what was already deemed a must win game in the Group [...]

The defending champions had to settle for a draw after a frustrating encounter down south with Nürnberg.  Pekhart and Kuba were the scorers in a hard earned draw for both sides.  Nürnberg’s sound defensive tactics proved very effective in neutralizing Dortmund’s normally dangerous attacks.  Despite the disappointing result though Dortmund extended their unbeaten run to [...]

What a season it was for Borussia Dortmund last year. The Bundesliga and Pokal double confirmed that their title triumph of 2011 wasn’t a one-off like Kaiserslautern and Werder Bremen’s title wins a few years ago and that Jürgen Klopp’s men mean business. And what business this is! Their exciting play was thrilling to watch, [...]

Another year, another tournament behind us.  Well, for Germany anyways.  Against Italy, die Nationalmannschaft suffered their third semi final exit in their last four major tournaments, throwing supporters everywhere into a deep trance of self pity and frustration. To many, Germany’s exit summed up another premature exit but alongside that disappointment are also several positives [...]