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This coming Sunday, two of Germany’s biggest teams will clash once again. When Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have gotten together lately, the match has been called der Klassiker,­­ a nod to Spain’s true rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona. Notice the word “true” in the last sentence. Madrid and Barcelona have met an astonishing […]

While Borussia Moenchengladbach has been largely terrible this season. They have no points after five matchdays and took a thumping loss in their initial Champions League group stage match in Seville­­, but nobody expected this. Trainer Lucien Favre surprised the German soccer world by quitting Sunday after a 1-0 derby loss to FC Koeln. “I’ve […]

Though the most widely known “Fussballgott,”­­ Bastian Schweinsteiger,­­ left Bayern Munich for Manchester United over the summer, faithful Eintracht Frankfurt fans have crowned their striker, Alexander Meier, with the same moniker. Funnily enough, while Schweinsteiger was plying his trade with his new team against Liverpool over the weekend, Meier was making waves in a hell […]

Though the summer or winter transfer markets have always linked player “X” from Bayern Munich to Manchester United, historically there hasn’t been a mass movement between the Bundesliga and the Premier League. Until this summer. Thirteen Bundesliga players have crossed the pond from Germany to England this summer, with over 200 million euro poured into […]

If you happen to be a fan of club football over country, like myself, then you tend to find this first upcoming international break more of an annoyance than anything else. Just as teams in the various European leagues are just getting started/starting to jell, along comes a week off to throw off rhythm, and bring […]

If the first Bundesliga matchday is anything to go by, Borussia Dortmund is definitely back. Taking over from Jurgen Klopp, as he did at Mainz, coach Thomas Tuchel has reinvigorated BVB. “We weren’t expecting that,” he said post­ match; having just beaten the other Borussia­­ Monchengladbach­­ 4:0. Perhaps more surprising than the scoreline, though, is […]

Bundesliga title holders for the last three seasons, Bayern Munich dropped off their wholly imperious form towards the end of their last campaign. Injury ­hit over large swathes of three competitions, the Bavarians allowed Wolfsburg to get relatively close —­­ just ten points back in second place, which was­­ a far cry from the two […]

The four strongest teams took their separate ways to get to this point, but all have made it. You may argue that FIFA wanted a Brazil-Argentina final, but there’s a few hundred million watchers around the globe that would love to see an all-European final on South American soil. Although five-time World Cup winners, Brazil, […]