The curtain raiser for Red Star at Stade Jean Bouin on a Saturday afternoon in late July. Today’s visitors were AJ Auxerre from the Bourgogne, south of Paris. It was one of those games, where you want to excel, yet there is something preventing a performance appropriate for this level. Perhaps the excuse is that…
After the Euro 2016 finished three weeks ago, there was all of a sudden no football to watch, talk about. After a few moments of confusion though, the focus soon switched to league football. Here we go again: It is late July and the season kicks off. For Red Star it means getting used to…
This question asked by my son during Germany’s semi-final defeat at Euro 2016 has summed up the German tournament. Not just in highlighting the development of the player himself over the last two years since scoring the goal to win the World Cup. It also highlights a lack of centre forwards in German football. There…
Promotion might not be on the cards any more for FC Magdeburg but place 4 is still possible which would mean direct qualification for the DFB Cup next season. Opponent was Großaspach, a direct rival for said fourth spot in the table. April has so far been a cold month without much sun but a…
Follow my blog with Bloglovin It is spring and it is the time when it becomes clear where the season will go. While Leicester City have underlined that they will surely be English Champions for the first time in the club’s history come May 15, Red Star today underlined their ambitions to push for promotion…
As England visit Germany tonight it is time to use some material from past match reports to describe the match in 2016 at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. During Euro 1996 the Daily Mirror led the charge against foreign football teams with their jingoistic, almost xenophobic coverage of the tournament. At the time there was…
This season is titled ‘Welcome Back’ for Magdeburg: 25 years without professional football. Today, the visitors have not been in Magdeburg for exactly the same time. Not once since 1991 have Magdeburg and Hansa played in the same league. Before the season, the north Germans were considered among the favourites for promotion, yet they have…
What do you do when you can’t attend the biggest game in the season of your team? Exactly, television is the solution. Thanks to the regional broadcaster, matches of Magdeburg have become a regular feature in their programme schedule. This is due to Magdeburg’s performances in the autumn and the atmosphere on the terraces. The…
The PSG Ladies did not convince against Soyaux. Read more →
Just over six months ago Paris FC travelled to the northern Peripherique of Paris to play Red Star FC at the beloveth Stade Bauer in St. Ouen. Back then it looked unlikely that PFC would go up. Well, they did as did Red Star. Here’s to another Paris derby, though a smaller one but a…