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 [...]

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 [...]

There is a saying in Spanish whenever a team needs their fans that goes “el estadio se tiene que venir arriba” which would translate as “the stadium has to come on top”, although the literal translation would be “the stadium has to come up”. Well, on April the 1st 1998, it was the fervent ‘support’ [...]

Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski produced the game of a lifetime, scoring four goals for the home side as they handed Jose Mourinho’s Real Madrid a harsh 4-1 loss Wednesday evening.  A day after Bayern Munich had spanked mighty Barcelona in the other Champions League semifinal, Jurgen Klopp’s Dortmund side have proven, after previously unsuccessful [...]

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, [...]

Jupp Heynckes is one of the few people who probably has to employ a cleaning lady just for his trophy cabinet. Even as a professional footballer he has won almost every trophy there is in European football. The striker has scored most of his goals for the club that belongs to the city of his [...]

Eighteen months after leaving his hometown club, Nuri Sahin returns to Borussia Dortmund. At a press conference held on Friday, the club announced they reached an agreement with Real Madrid and Liverpool on an 18-month loan deal.  The move will keep Sahin at the club until the end of the 2013/14 season and reportedly includes [...]

Barcelona’s La Masia gets a lot of praise since they produced such incredible talents as Xavi, Iniesta and Messi, but let’s not forget that Real Madrid’s Youth Academy, which is also producing great talents on a regular basis. The quality of the players in their first team makes it far from easy to break into the [...]

Borussia Dortmund continued their fine European form with a well deserved draw in Spain that puts them a win away from securing passage to the knockout rounds.  Goals from Marco Reus and an own goal from Alvaro Arbeloa put the Germans in the driver’s seat to get a historic win in Madrid before their National [...]

Borussia Dortmund’s pulled off one of the great results in club history with their win against Real Madrid. It was their first win against Spanish opposition in almost two decades and puts them atop the so called Group of Death. Lewandowski opened the scoring before Ronaldo equalized two minutes later but Schmelzer’s left footed half [...]