Why is Dortmund suddenly having so much space?
Bundesliga, DFB Cup, and other Bundesliga business 2014/2015
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Leverkusen are tiring.
1st half was decent, 2nd half has been pretty boring. The games been devoid of skill.
The way Dortmund are always trying to exploit the space behind Leverkusen's back four I'm a bit surprised that Klopp hasn't brought on Aubameyang.
Has to score!
He's only a few days back from the Africa Cup, maybe that's the reason? I agree though, he would have been a better fit for the game than Mikhitaryan.
Brandt! What you doing, that was a simple pass to Wendell and he pings it at 80mph!
What a shit game.
Dortmund bottom.
Thought Leverkusen would have scored with that lob, otherwise boring.
14. Berlin
15. HSV
16. Bremen
17. Stuttgart
18. Dortmund
All teams have been in the CL or the Europa League not so long ago...
15. HSV
16. Bremen
17. Stuttgart
18. Dortmund
All teams have been in the CL or the Europa League not so long ago...
Anyone catch that goal line clearance from Hummels? Top quality 
I know
but at least its better than his previous one
looked like a chicken
Clearly a fan of 80's WWF and the Red Rooster. Looks a promising talent though.Anyone catch that goal line clearance from Hummels? Top quality
I thought he was pretty good today, his organizing of the back 4 and reading of the game is class, I know his lack of pace has caused concern but I think he'd compliment and improve Rojo.
Anyone catch that goal line clearance from Hummels? Top quality
He is sometimes brilliant in fixing situations that shouldn't have happened in the first place had he done his job and let others do theirs. Dunno if this situation was one of those, didn't watch the game.
Di Santo has really turned it on this season, 8 goals in 11 games at the moment.
This Werder young ones look great recently. Skripnik plays a lot youngsters - but they are highly talented and you see a lot of great pass combinations.
Isn't it great that they take a winter break and come back to play in the snow.
Isn't it great that they take a winter break and come back to play in the snow.
You are watching Augsburg - Hoffenheim. Yes. Looks very slippery there. 2:1 at the moment at half time. Höjbjerg with his first assist for the 1:0.
But actually we had a lot of snow in the weeks of the winter break, too. Especially in that area of Germany.
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Are you watching the game? How's Hojbjerg doing besides the assist?
Fine. Already pretty good integrated.
Looks interesting
Huntelaar banned for 6 games for his tackle last weekend. Seems a little harsh in my opinion, especially when you compare it to the Costa and Ronaldo incidents.
Really stupid from Huntelaar nevertheless.
Really stupid from Huntelaar nevertheless.
If Schmiedebach would be out for months because of that foul then i could a little bit understand a 6 games ban......but so 3 games would be fair
Wasn't only the tackle, he also flipped the referee the bird...
Not sure if it had to be as much as 6 games, but I think he really deserved a harsh punishment: no chance at all to get the ball (in the middle of nowhere on top of that), not even close, he's just trying to hurt the other player, wasn't even provoked or anything. I think it's good if they send a clear message on purely malicious behaviour like this.
Okay then the ban is probably fair enough
Interesting story from the Kicker.....Schalke (Di Matteo, Heldt & Co.) have told Huntelaar before the match against Hannover that he should get a yellow card so he would be banned against Bayern Munich tomorrow (He was on 4 yellows)
Poor fellow though.
I can imagine that he just wanted to make a tactical foul to get this yellow card but because Schmiedebach was too far away already it looked like this.
Poor fellow though.
I can imagine that he just wanted to make a tactical foul to get this yellow card but because Schmiedebach was too far away already it looked like this.
Look at Huntelaar's face, there was nothing rational about this.. If someone wants a yellow he can get it easily and without much risk via shirt pulling or time wasting.
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Tbf Huntelaar always looks like this if he is running. Maybe not always, but i saw him like this many times. I wouldn't judge the situation just because of his face. (Klopp anyone?
)No doubt, it was dumb and deserves a punishment. But 6 games is by far too much. I would say 3.
But still funny if i imagine that his intention could have been the yellow card.
Aren't domestic bans separated from the CL?
Yes....that's why i'm laughing so much
I really would like to know how some journalists are coming to their jobs
I do not see anything that tells that he is banned for the CL. The story that Schalke is Real's next CL opponent is just mentioned to make the article more interesting...
They've seen their big mistake and changed the headline
"Schalke’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar given lengthy ban and misses Real Madrid tie" was the original headline
Round 2 after the winterbreak with an interesting matchday midweek.
Today 19:00 GMT
Bayern Munich - Schalke 04
Borussia Moenchengladbach - Freiburg
Eintracht Frankfurt - Wolfsburg
Hannover 96 - Mainz 05
Tomorrow 19:00 GMT
Borussia Dortmund - Augsburg
FC Cologne - VfB Stuttgart
Hertha Berlin - Bayer Leverkusen
Hoffenheim - Werder Bremen
Paderborn - Hamburger SV
Table after 18 games:
Bayern vs Schalke the most interesting game today, Huntelaar will miss the game because of his stupid red card, Draxler, Farfan, Goretzka (and a few more) are still injured in Schalke's team. We still miss Martinez, Lahm, Rafinha, Thiago and Ribery. Schalke usually play with a back five (Utchida, Fuchs as wingbacks, Höwedes, Matip, Nastasic as the 3 centerbacks) since Di Matteo took over, I doubt he'll change that. Should be interesting if Guardiola makes any adjustments after the Wolfsburg disaster or trusts his players to execute the high line simply better today. Also, Bayern will play in front of 75000 fans for the first time after another small stadium expansion in the Allianz Arena.
Schürrle isn't part of Wolfsburg's matchday squad in Frankfurt yet and probably will play/sit on the bench the first time at home against Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Tomorrow, Dortmund have to show what they've changed over the winterbreak. The ugly defend deep and hit longballs approach was somewhat acceptable against Leverkusen's crazy pressing, but at home against Augsburg it won't be good enough. They need a win, even though it'll be really difficult. Augsburg are playing a fantastic season so far and are still in the fight for the CL places. The game should give us an idea where both clubs stand and what we can expect for the rest of the season. A Dortmund win and they might finally turn it around, another win by Augsburg and they're in a brilliant position to actually pull it off and play in Europe next season.
The more important winter transfers in the Bundesliga:
(nothing huge happened besides the Schürrle transfer)
Bayern:
Shaqiri on loan to Inter (Inter have to buy him in the summer)
Hojbjerg on loan to Augsburg
Dortmund:
Kevin Kampl bought from Salzburg €12m
Schalke:
Nastasic on loan from Manchester City
Santana on loan to Olympiacos
Leverkusen:
Tin Jedvaj bought from Roma (was already on loan at the club) €7m
Wolfsburg:
Schürrle bought from Chelsea €32m
Olic sold to Hamburg €1.5m
A few from the rest of the league:
Ya Konan back to Hannover
Mats Möller-Daehli to Freiburg
Petersen from Bremen on loan to Freiburg (scored a hattrick in his first game!)
Serey Die from Basel to Stuttgart
Marcelo Diaz from Basel to Hamburg
Lakic to Paderborn
Deyverson on loan from Belenenses to Cologne
Today 19:00 GMT
Bayern Munich - Schalke 04
Borussia Moenchengladbach - Freiburg
Eintracht Frankfurt - Wolfsburg
Hannover 96 - Mainz 05
Tomorrow 19:00 GMT
Borussia Dortmund - Augsburg
FC Cologne - VfB Stuttgart
Hertha Berlin - Bayer Leverkusen
Hoffenheim - Werder Bremen
Paderborn - Hamburger SV
Table after 18 games:
Code:
# Team Name P W D L F A GD Pts
1 Bayern Munich 18 14 3 1 42 8 34 45
2 Wolfsburg 18 11 4 3 37 18 19 37
3 Moenchengladbach 18 8 6 4 26 16 10 30
4 Schalke 04 18 9 3 6 29 21 8 30
5 Augsburg 18 10 0 8 25 22 3 30
6 Bayer Leverkusen 18 7 8 3 28 20 8 29
7 Hoffenheim 18 7 5 6 30 28 2 26
8 Hannover 96 18 7 3 8 21 27 -6 24
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 6 5 7 35 38 -3 23
10 FC Cologne 18 6 4 8 19 23 -4 22
11 Mainz 05 18 4 9 5 24 23 1 21
12 Werder Bremen 18 5 5 8 28 39 -11 20
13 Paderborn 18 4 7 7 21 31 -10 19
14 Freiburg 18 3 9 6 21 26 -5 18
15 Hertha Berlin 18 5 3 10 24 37 -13 18
16 Hamburger SV 18 4 5 9 9 21 -12 17
17 VfB Stuttgart 18 4 5 9 20 33 -13 17
18 Borussia Dortmund 18 4 4 10 18 26 -8 16Bayern vs Schalke the most interesting game today, Huntelaar will miss the game because of his stupid red card, Draxler, Farfan, Goretzka (and a few more) are still injured in Schalke's team. We still miss Martinez, Lahm, Rafinha, Thiago and Ribery. Schalke usually play with a back five (Utchida, Fuchs as wingbacks, Höwedes, Matip, Nastasic as the 3 centerbacks) since Di Matteo took over, I doubt he'll change that. Should be interesting if Guardiola makes any adjustments after the Wolfsburg disaster or trusts his players to execute the high line simply better today. Also, Bayern will play in front of 75000 fans for the first time after another small stadium expansion in the Allianz Arena.
Schürrle isn't part of Wolfsburg's matchday squad in Frankfurt yet and probably will play/sit on the bench the first time at home against Hoffenheim on Saturday.
Tomorrow, Dortmund have to show what they've changed over the winterbreak. The ugly defend deep and hit longballs approach was somewhat acceptable against Leverkusen's crazy pressing, but at home against Augsburg it won't be good enough. They need a win, even though it'll be really difficult. Augsburg are playing a fantastic season so far and are still in the fight for the CL places. The game should give us an idea where both clubs stand and what we can expect for the rest of the season. A Dortmund win and they might finally turn it around, another win by Augsburg and they're in a brilliant position to actually pull it off and play in Europe next season.
The more important winter transfers in the Bundesliga:
(nothing huge happened besides the Schürrle transfer)
Bayern:
Shaqiri on loan to Inter (Inter have to buy him in the summer)
Hojbjerg on loan to Augsburg
Dortmund:
Kevin Kampl bought from Salzburg €12m
Schalke:
Nastasic on loan from Manchester City
Santana on loan to Olympiacos
Leverkusen:
Tin Jedvaj bought from Roma (was already on loan at the club) €7m
Wolfsburg:
Schürrle bought from Chelsea €32m
Olic sold to Hamburg €1.5m
A few from the rest of the league:
Ya Konan back to Hannover
Mats Möller-Daehli to Freiburg
Petersen from Bremen on loan to Freiburg (scored a hattrick in his first game!)
Serey Die from Basel to Stuttgart
Marcelo Diaz from Basel to Hamburg
Lakic to Paderborn
Deyverson on loan from Belenenses to Cologne
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The interaction between Schalke's and Bayern's twitter accounts was top class
Really love midweek football. Can't see Schalke getting anything tonight with so many key players out injured. I missed the news about Huntelaar getting a lengthy ban, ridiculous to ban him for 6 matches for that tackle in my opinion.
Really love midweek football. Can't see Schalke getting anything tonight with so many key players out injured. I missed the news about Huntelaar getting a lengthy ban, ridiculous to ban him for 6 matches for that tackle in my opinion.
The interaction between Schalke's and Bayern's twitter accounts was top class
Really love midweek football. Can't see Schalke getting anything tonight with so many key players out injured. I missed the news about Huntelaar getting a lengthy ban, ridiculous to ban him for 6 matches for that tackle in my opinion.
They classified it as violent conduct. Which results in a 6 week to 6 month suspension if it was unprovoked.
für Tätlichkeiten gegen Gegner oder andere bei dem Spiel anwesende Personen Sperre von sechs Wochen bis zu sechs Monaten; wenn gegen den Spieler oder den sonst Betroffenen unmittelbar vor seinem Vergehen eine sportwidrige Handlung begangen worden ist oder in einem leichteren Fall der Tätlichkeit Sperre von mindestens drei Wochen; bei Vorliegen beider Milderungsgründe Sperre von mindestens zwei
Don't think it'll make much of a difference tonight though. Schalke is not good enough to take points off of munich (unless they really feck up) and Huntelaar had a bad season thus far anyway.
They could have easily classed it as a less severe incident and just given him 3-4 games though. The definition you posted would allow it.
für Tätlichkeiten gegen Gegner oder andere bei dem Spiel anwesende Personen Sperre von sechs Wochen bis zu sechs Monaten; wenn gegen den Spieler oder den sonst Betroffenen unmittelbar vor seinem Vergehen eine sportwidrige Handlung begangen worden ist oder in einem leichteren Fall der Tätlichkeit Sperre von mindestens drei Wochen; bei Vorliegen beider Milderungsgründe Sperre von mindestens zwei
I don't remember such a severe punishment in a comparable situation at all, usually it's 3, sometimes 4 games.