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Player Focus: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Gladbach)

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Player Focus: Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Gladbach) It's safe to say that there aren't many positions in the Barcelona side that need to be strengthened, but it would appear one of them is between the sticks.Spanish newspaper El Mundo Deportivo last week linked Borussia Monchengladbach's goalkeeping ace Marc-Andre ter Stegen with a move to the Nou Ca...

Team Focus: Busy Bayern Aiming to Become Europe’s Best

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Team Focus: Busy Bayern Aiming to Become Europe’s Best Saturday May 19, 2012.It could be a date that will live in the memory of FC Bayern Munich if Philipp Lahm is the captain who gets his hands on the UEFA Champions League trophy in the Allianz Arena.The build-up to Bayern’s date with destiny has been a long, drawn out affair. The Bayern board-ro...

Team Focus: Werder Bremen - Youngsters Coming Through

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Team Focus: Werder Bremen - Youngsters Coming Through Werder Bremen have been under the stewardship of Thomas Schaaf for nearly 13 years and his reign has brought a series of ups-and-downs for the Werder faithful.The 50-year-old has been at the Weser Stadion since 1978, where he made nearly 300 appearances as a player, before coaching the Werder youth ...

Stats Analysis: Bundesliga Pass Masters

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Stats Analysis: Bundesliga Pass Masters Three games to go, and finally, a lot has been decided in the German game.Borussia Dortmund will get their hands on the 'Salad Bowl', Kaiserslautern are already down and another one, possibly two, will join them in the coming weeks. And now the time comes for Bundesliga-lovers to analyse the 'movers...

Team Focus: Kaiserslautern

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Team Focus: Kaiserslautern With five games remaining in the Bundesliga, the relegation battle is still incredibly open with the next few matches capable of completely re-shaping the entire bottom-half of the table.Just six points separate Hertha BSC in 17th and FSV Mainz in 11th and in the last few weeks of the season, there ...

Team Focus: Augsburg Making Late Claim for Survival

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Team Focus: Augsburg Making Late Claim for Survival FC Augsburg were a surprise addition to the Bundesliga just under a year ago when they secured the second promotion place in the Second Division ahead of VfL Bochum thanks to an incredible goal-difference.The Bavarians had never participated in the top-flight before this season and they finished las...

Player Focus: Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund)

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Player Focus: Mario Gotze (Borussia Dortmund) For the last three transfer windows, the name of Mario Gotze has been linked with pretty much every “elite” side in Europe. Arsenal and Manchester United were reportedly two of the biggest suitors of the 19-year-old with interest also coming from Chelsea and rivals FC Bayern Munich.Howev...

Team Focus: Bayern Munich

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Team Focus: Bayern Munich Less than a month ago, the carnival of chaos that is the FC Bayern boardroom was in full swing with the Bavarians dropping eight points behind Borussia Dortmund and trailing FC Basel in their Champions League Last 16 clash.Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Ruminnegge had apparently addressed the players in...

League Focus: Bundesliga’s Top Creators

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League Focus: Bundesliga’s Top Creators Over the last decade, the Bundesliga has been a perfect platform for the ever-changing world of football tactics. In the more pragmatic days of German football, 4-5-1 was very popular and under the likes of Ottmar Hitzfeld, German clubs dominated on the continental stage using the ‘traditional...

Player Focus: Martin Harnik (Stuttgart)

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Player Focus: Martin Harnik (Stuttgart) VfB Stuttgart will be content with their season at this stage with a place in the UEFA Europa League well within their reach, if they can maintain their excellent current form in the Bundesliga.Stuttgart currently sit in eighth place after 24 matches but with a gap of just four points separating the...