Bundesliga Fanatic

We’ve finally reached the end.  The creme of the crop of the 2012/13 season.  Amongst  the featured is Bayern Munich’s dynamic attacking duo, arguably Europe’s best transfer, a striker with a record year behind him and one of the hottest properties in football. Follow the rest of the list here. 5. Thomas Müller – Bayern München After [...]

As Phillip Lahm held aloft the Champions League trophy on the narrow Wembley balcony, the cameras panned, just for a second, to a shot of Robert Lewandowski. The Pole stood alone in the middle of the field, hand on hips, licking his lips, a rueful grimace etched across his face. For a second he watched [...]

829 goals have been scored in the Bundesliga so far this season.  That is an average of almost three goals a game in another season of high octane attacking football and goals galore.  Last year was a prolific season for many of the league’s top strikers and it is no different this time around.  356 [...]

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 [...]

Robert Lewandowski became the first player to score four goals in a Champions League semifinal.  He also became the first Borussia Dortmund player to score 10 in the competition in a single season.  It was also one of the greatest individual performances at this level in tournament history and one people will talk about for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Miracles do happen.  One was witnessed Tuesday evening at the Westfalen Stadion in Dortmund by a crowd of 80,000 fans inside and a worldwide television audience outside, as BvB scored two goals in stoppage time to defeat Málaga 3-2.  The stunning comeback victory  advanced the Ruhr Valley club to the Champions League semifinals as the Cinderella [...]

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 [...]

Schalke pulled off the double against their regional rivals by winning the 142nd Revierderby 2-1. Goals from Julian Draxler and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar in the first half overcame a visibly fatigued Dortmund side that were outplayed despite Robert Lewandowski’s goal in the second half. The win was Schalke’s 400th home win in the Bundesliga and lifts [...]