Football is a simple game, it has often been said: 22 men separated into two teams try to kick the ball around and score more often than the other team. Based on this simplicity claim, Magdeburg cannot be but described as being awful at it in this division. As it stands, just before the second…
The World Cup 2022 in Qatar ended just as the previous edition in a desaster when the team were eliminated during the group stages of the tournament. It initiated a debate about the national coach, Hansi Flick who fially stayed in office and about the manager and sporting director Oliver Bierhoff. The latter handed in…
The Cup has its own rules, or so goes a proverb as it pitches David v. Goliath and the bigger one not always comes out the winner from the contest. In an even match, Paris FC have shown Valenciennes their limits with an improved second half performance. French football only stops for a couple of…
Jürgen Klinmann’s remarks about Iran come at a difficult time for the country. He has a point however. Being a television pundit always comes with the possibility of an ensuing debate of what has been said by a group of so called experts before, during and after a sporting event. Sometimes this is resembles much…
Just before football embarks on its enforced prolonged winter break, Paris FC hosted FC Metz in their final match at their home ground. The match didn’t have much potential for entertainment on the paper: both teams are in mid-table no man’s land which usually equals little excitement. What a pleasant surprise to see an open…
Late October and Magdeburg still have a mountain to climb in order to stay above the line. step forward – step backward? Magdeburg were close to fall back into their pattern that has been laid out so far this season: a defeat will follow a victory. The away win at Hamburg which showed a very…
Criticizing the upcoming World Cup host nation for its human rights record while at the same time excluding the press from covering an event discussing the very topic? The DFB have shot themselves in the foot quite remarkably. A fan delegate from Germany has openly addressed the ambassador of Qatar to Germany at a congress…
Football is a simple game, it has often been said: 22 men try to kick the ball around and score more often than the other team. Based on this simplicity claim, Magdeburg cannot be but described as being awful at it in this division. As it stands, it looks worse than the last time, they…
FC Magdeburg hosted Hanover 96 on a Friday night and were cruelly punished for individual errors. The Club did put on a strong performance – in terms of statistics. Seeing is Believing The season 2022/23 is relatively young and thus it is difficult to say where this may go for each of the 18 teams…
An early season match in the Zittauer Gebirge between Neugersdorf and the FC An der Fahner Höhe saw no winner. Anxiety ruled for most of the match who had troubles finding their best XI due to injury problems. The ground at Neugersdorf, the aptly named Sparkassen-Arena Oberlausitz, a small town close to the Czech border…