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Team Focus: Hamburg Putting Early Season Woes Behind Them

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Team Focus: Hamburg Putting Early Season Woes Behind Them The Bundesliga got off to a flying start in August with one of its biggest clubs, Hamburg SV, staring a potential relegation battle in the face.The summer brought fresh hope for Rothosen with former Chelsea director of football Frank Arnesen taking up the ‘Sporting Director’ role with a ...

Team Focus: Borussia MGladbach have Favre Fever

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Team Focus: Borussia MGladbach have Favre Fever On February 14th people’s thoughts often lay elsewhere, however, for Borussia Monchengladbach it marked a year since Lucien Favre was appointed as head coach of The Foals since they sat rock bottom of the Bundesliga.Just over twelve months on, Gladbach are in second place in the league and are...

Team Focus: Werder Bremen - A One Man Team?

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Team Focus: Werder Bremen - A One Man Team? Werder Bremen slumped to a lacklustre home draw against Hoffenheim on Saturday and many pointed at the omission of Peruvian striker Claudio Pizarro as a reason for their disappointing performance. Hoffenheim were under new stewardship with Markus Babbel taking charge of the club for the first time h...

Player Focus: The Importance of Mohammed Abdellaoue

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Player Focus: The Importance of Mohammed Abdellaoue Hannover 96 have a match-made in heaven with their current head coach Mirko Slomka, who has taken the club to a new level after nine years of regular mid-table finishes in the Bundesliga. The 44-year-old spent some of his playing career with Hannover and had time as U19 coach and assistant first-tea...

Team Focus: Dortmund Making Strong Defence of Bundesliga Crown

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Team Focus: Dortmund Making Strong Defence of Bundesliga Crown German champions Borussia Dortmund are on a rich vein of form in the Bundesliga at the moment, having gone 13 games without losing since they surrendered a 1-0 lead against Hannover in the last five minutes to lose 2-1, back in October.It’s an impressive record which has cemented their place i...

Player Focus: Juan Arango - Gladbach’s Venezuelan King

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Player Focus: Juan Arango - Gladbach’s Venezuelan King In the calendar year of 2011, nobody in European Football can boast such a dramatic change in form as Borussia Monchengladbach who started the year rock bottom of the Bundesliga and now find themselves locked in a Championship battle.At the heart of their impressive form from February onwards is the...

Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic

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Player Focus: If in Doubt, you can Count on Ibisevic Hoffenheim are well-known for their footballing philosophy which was implemented originally by former head coach Ralf Rangnick as the blue steam-train stormed its way into the German Bundesliga.Bankrolled by Dietmar Hopp, Hoffenheim earned promotion to the Bundesliga in 2008 and have since held thei...