23 January 2012
Kaiserslautern came into this game in the relegation playoff spot, with no victories in their last seven games. Although they had actually conceded ten goals fewer than fifth-placed Bremen, scoring at the other end has been a major problem this season for the team from Palatinate: the entire squad had managed 13 league goals in [...]
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03 December 2011
Bayern Munich have moved back on top of the Bundesliga following a 4-1 victory over fellow title challengers Werder Bremen this afternoon. Jupp Heynckes’ side were slow to get started in the initial minutes but took the lead midway through the first half through Franck Ribery. David Alaba slid the French forward in down the [...]
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19 November 2011
Borussia Dortmund took a massive step towards defending their Bundesliga title this evening with a surprise 1-0 victory at Bayern Munich. Mario Götze was the hero for the 2010/11 Bundesliga champions when he scored the match winner midway through the second half. The game was a tactical battle with both sides cancelling each other out [...]
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19 November 2011
Marco Reus and Borussia Mönchengladbach were on fine form this afternoon as they ran out convincing and deserved 5-0 winners over Werder Bremen. Borussia Mönchengladbach took the lead on 16 minutes when Mike Hanke slid to keep the ball in play by the byline before laying it back to Juan Arango. The Colombian’s first time [...]
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19 November 2011
Saturday’s Bundesliga game between 1. FC Köln and Mainz 05 has been called off less than two hours before kick off after it was found out that referee Babak Rafati was found injured in his hotel room by police in what appears to have been attempted suicide. The home side were notified two hours before [...]
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18 November 2011
Bayer Leverkusen returned from the international break to take all 3 points away from home with a 2-0 victory away at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Michael Ballack haunted his former team early in the second half when his left-footed area from outside the penalty area was spilled into his own net by German under-21 goalkeeper Kevin [...]
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09 November 2011
Line-ups: Hannover 96 (4-4-2): Zieler; Schulz, Pogatetz, Haggui, Chahed; Pander, Pinto, Stindl, Ya Konan; Schlaudraff, Abdellaoue Schalke 04 (4-2-3-1): Unnerstall; Fuchs, Matip, Papadopoulos, Höwedes; Holtby, Jones; Draxler, Raúl, Farfán; Pukki Preview: Hannover 96 coach Mirko Slomka welcomed Schalke 04, the team he so nearly turned into Bundesliga champions in 2007, to the AWD Arena for [...]
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05 November 2011
Mario Götze and Shinji Kagawa found their form this afternoon as Borussia Dortmund romped to a 5-1 victory over Wolfsburg. The defending champions were ahead inside 12 minutes when Götze collected Kagawa’s flick as he took the ball into the penalty area before casually stroking the ball into the bottom right-hand corner of Diego Benaglio’s [...]
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