The Louis van Gaal-watch is the 48-point-font headline in the Bundesliga, and although mid-week speculation held the Dutch coach needed a win over Schalke to retain his job, Saturday’s 1-1 draw exhibited enough life from his team to keep van Gaal on at Allainz Arena through the international break. With Bayern now sitting in [...]
Johnathan Starling writes and broadcasts at The Third Half, when Johnathan has started to spend more of his time talking about the German Bundesliga. On this episode, Johnathan joins me to talk about the congested Bundesliga table, Germany’d crop of young talent, and why he has slowly gravitated away from the English Premier League.
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In hindsight, I’m not sure why I would write something with which 96% of my readers will disagree. I couldn’t resist, and it was an article I’ve been wanting to write for a week, so after an appropriate amount of thought and perspective, I wrote an article listing who I see as the top [...]
This is a series of nine, short posts that will be synthesized into one article for World Soccer Reader.
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When Hoffenheim plays, you expect goals. Tonight in the Bundesliga, they hosted Schalke 04, another team that frequently plays a very open game. Of course, the match ended 0-0.
I continue to have low expectations of Hoffenheim and high expectations of Schalke. Hoffenheim was the better side tonight, outshooting Schalke 15-3 despite lacking the [...]