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Bundesliga + German sports @AFP, Australian, Song and Dance Man. Clever views my own.

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Dortmund beat 10-man Cologne to tighten grip on top-four spot Goals from Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier took Borussia Dortmund to a 2-1 win at Cologne on Saturday, tightening their grip on Champions League qualification.

www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20... My report of each and every game in the world of Germany today.

07.03.2026 21:51 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ange Postecoglou is the best coach in Premier League history: Discuss

05.03.2026 22:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

both bad.

05.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

We talking 'L-O-L' or 'lol' as a word?

05.03.2026 18:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bayern and Kane gambling with house money as Gladbach come to town With Bayern Munich well on the way to another Bundesliga title, striker Harry Kane has another milestone in sight: Robert Lewandowski's single-season goals record.

www.france24.com/en/live-news... Wrote this one a day before Kane got ruled out. Rats.

05.03.2026 09:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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On the terraces: Bayern ultras boycott Klassiker, Werder capo motivates team, HSV ultras protest against kick-off times - and RB In a weekly Newsletter, Matt Ford keeps an eye on the action off the pitch in the Bundesliga and German football, explaining what’s going on from choreographies to fan protests to finances.

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ On the terraces this week:

πŸ”΄ Bayern ultras boycott Klassiker amid more allegations of police violence
🟒 Werder Bremen capo gives motivational stadium address
πŸ”΅ HSV ultras protest against kick-off times - and red bull
🟣 Choreo of the Week: VfL Osnabrück

gegenpressing.substack.com/p/on-the-ter...

04.03.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here we go.

03.03.2026 14:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Monday bulletin: Can's BVB future in doubt, Kâln pressure from El Mala, Hoeneß magic at Stuttgart and Bremen find a new goalscorer Bundesliga matchday 24 offered plenty of interesting talking points and narratives to dig into. So let's get started...

The latest #Bundesliga Monday Bulletin is out! This week @sbienkowski.bsky.social, @danwighton.bsky.social and I cover:

🐝Can's BVB future in doubt
🐐Kâln's eternal El Mala question
🐊Hoeneß magic at VfB
πŸŽ„Bremen find a new goalscorer
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ...and more!
gegenpressing.substack.com/p/monday-bul...

02.03.2026 21:23 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Great goal Romulo

01.03.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nartey by nature

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Dortmund fans have a word or two to share

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And front perspective

28.02.2026 17:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yellow Wall in side perspective.

28.02.2026 17:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Game day

28.02.2026 14:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Music used to move us emotionally.

27.02.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œJoe Broker” sounds a little bit too much like β€œgo broke-r” for my liking.

27.02.2026 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bochum fired up

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Medien: Bayern ohne Neuer gegen den BVB MΓΌnchen - Der FC Bayern MΓΌnchen wird den Bundesliga-Klassiker bei Borussia Dortmund laut ΓΌbereinstimmender Medienberichte ohne KapitΓ€n Manuel Neuer

lol -- what's that twin peaks meme with the 'it's happening again'? Well it's happening again. www.stern.de/gesellschaft...

27.02.2026 17:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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'Nerves sharpen you': Dortmund's Kobel relishing Bayern showdown With the pain of a crushing Champions League exit still raw, Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel hopes Bayern Munich's high-stakes visit on Saturday will provide the spark for his side to save…

www.france24.com/en/live-news... Spoke to Gregor Kobel in Dortmund yesterday about the Atalanta debacle -- and Bayern's visit on Saturday.

27.02.2026 08:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: Borussia Dortmund express their "surprise" at the "disproportionate" measures taken against their supporters en route to Bergamo, which they say are "completely incomprehensible."

Full statement: www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuel...

24.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Werder Bremen cancel US tour citing 'political reasons' Bundesliga club Werder Bremen have cancelled plans for a US tour, including a match in protest-hit Minneapolis, due in part to "political reasons", a spokesperson told AFP on Saturday.

www.france24.com/en/live-news... Bremen were set to play in Minneapolis, but pulled out saying "playing in a city where there is unrest and people have been shot does not fit with our values"

21.02.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I like German headlines that work just as well in English.

21.02.2026 12:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Frozen Spree at night

21.02.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Leipzig host red-hot Dortmund with Champions League hopes slipping away RB Leipzig host in-form Borussia Dortmund on Saturday in the Bundesliga with hopes of Champions League football next season fading away.

www.rfi.fr/en/sports/20... Fool me once.... Leipzig missed the UCL once but once more would be a disaster. My preview of this weekend's Leipzig-Dortmund game.

20.02.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ah, well that’s that sorted then.

19.02.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Nek Minute

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Don’t mind this at all.

19.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent stuff from Matt

19.02.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Either a murderous clam on a rampage β€” a β€œclampage” as it were β€” or a typo. Most concerning. I’ll vote for the first party to stop the clams #stoptheclams

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Schick steers Leverkusen past Olympiacos in Champions League Patrik Schick scored twice in a four-minute spell to steer Bayer Leverkusen to a 2-0 win at Olympiacos in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie on Wednesday.Despite making it to the 200...

Word is Evangelos Marinakis offered his Olympiacos players 'record bonuses' if they beat Leverkusen. It seemed to work, for a while, until Schick happened. My match report. uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/schick-...

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