Chris Mcquade

Today's matches saw Michael Ballack's Leverkusen side take on Michael Bradley's Borussia Monchengladbach side, as well as a Sami Khedira-less Stuttgart against a prolific Borussia Dortmund team. Saturday's goal-fest has spilled over onto Sunday, and has made for some very entertaining football. Bayer Leverkusen hosted Borussia Monchengladbach with the renewed hope and expectation given to […]

Today's Bundesliga matches were some of the most exciting and open games in Europe. While the Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga are all now officially underway, the football gods smiled on the Bundesliga this weekend and the goals flowed. Today's matches saw Frankfurt host Hamburg, Freiburg take on Nurnberg, Hannover travel to Schalke, […]

Joachim Loew has today announced his squad for the upcoming European Cup Qualifying matches against Belgium and Azerbaijan, and experienced midfield general Michael Ballack has failed to make Loew's squad. After Ballack's comments about wrestling the national team captaincy back from Philipp Lahm, he has become a bit of a disturbance in what has become […]

Newly promoted side Kaiserslautern have astounded critics after collecting three points in their opening match against FC Koln, and have now done the unimaginable by beating Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich by a score of 2-0. Kaiserslautern manager Marco Kurz fielded a starting lineup that was not what one would expect from a recently promoted side […]

European competition has fully commenced with the draw of the Europa League groups for this season. Borussia Dortmund, Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen will be the teams representing the Bundesliga during the competition. Here are the groups: GROUP A Group B Juventus Atletico Madrid Manchester City Bayer Leverkusen Red Bull Salzburg Rosenborg Lech Poznan Aris Salonika […]

Steve McClaren's new-look Wolfsburg side are now equipped with a weapon of mass destruction in the form of Brazilian playmaker Diego. The additions of Simon Kjaer, Arne Friedrich, Caiuby, Cicero, and Mario Mandzukic are all well and good. They'll fight for a first-team place and look to impress their new manager, and hey'll be effective […]

Today's Champions League group stage draw will pit Bundesliga sides Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen and Schalke against some of Europe's most successful clubs. Bayern will face Serie A runners-up Roma, as well as FC Basel of Switzerland and CFR Cluj of Romania. Werder Bremen will take on Champions League holders and Italian champions Inter, as […]

The Champions League draw has ended and this year's groups can now be confirmed. As far as the Bundesliga goes, Bayern Munich will have to battle Serie A side Roma, as well as FC Basel of Switzerland and CFR Cluj of Romania. Schalke is drawn against Benfica and Olympique Lyon as well as Hapoel Tel-Aviv, […]

Pot 1 Barcelona – Liverpool – Chelsea – Manchester United – Arsenal – AC Milan – Sevilla – Bayern Munich Pot 2 Werder Bremen – Real Madrid – Roma – Shakhtar Donetsk – Benfica – Valencia – Marseille – Panathinaikos Pot 3 Tottenham Hotspur – Rangers – Ajax – Schalke 04 – FC Basel – […]

Argentinian midfielder Jose Sosa has today completed a move away from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich after failing to break into Louis van Gaal's side in recent times. Sosa will play his club football at Serie A side Napoli this season, where he will look to get his career back on track. Jose Sosa joined Bayern […]

After Hoffenheim's excellent season opener against Werder Bremen, where the side from Sinsheim dispatched their Champions League-bound opponents by a score of 4-1, Hoffe's Brazilian midfield playmaker Carlos Eduardo has completed a move to Russian side Rubin Kazan. Carlos Eduardo joined Hoffenheim in 2007 from Brazilian side Gremio. When Carlos Eduardo made his move to […]

Werder Bremen would have known they had a job on their hands even after their 3-1 victory over Sampdoria in the first leg of their Champions League qualifying tie. With Sampdoria scoring a late away goal back in Germany through the ever-prolific Giampaolo Pazzini, they would only need two in Italy to put the Germans […]

Last week's Champions League qualifying encounter saw Werder Bremen smash their Italian opponents by a score of 3-1, thanks to goals from Fritz, Frings and Pizarro, and a lone Pazzini strike at the death to secure an away goal for Sampdoria. While Werder Bremen hold the advantage heading into the second-leg, they will need to […]

Germany's World Cup campaign was certainly an enjoyable one. Loew's side played an attacking brand of football that wowed audiences and stunned critics. The German national team hit four past Australia, England and Argentina; certainly a feat worth noting. What's most interesting is how the youth of the German national team showed that they can […]

As the second weekend of Premier League football draws to a close the stories of the season start to take shape. Wigan are off to the worst start to a Premier League season ever with 2 home losses and 10 goals conceded without reply and Chelsea are off to one of the best, already 2 […]