The 2022-23 season is almost over and there are teams that seem to fit Magdeburg more than others. Hamburg for instance. The arguably biggest beast in the division. And not only did Magdeburg beat them by a scrappy goal deep in injury time on a soggy pitch but did so by keeping their act together,…
Hertha BSC have been struggling in the league not only recently, but throughout the season and for the best part of the last two at least. If the successful play-offs against Hamburg at the end of last season saved them from the drop, this time round, the inevitable seems inevitable (The preventable is unavoidable): Hertha…
There is a new president of FIFA and it is the same as the old: Gianni Infantino. The vote was more or less a proclamation of a new king or emperor, less a democratic process. Though, whoever thinks FIFA acts democratically may think twice. Afterwards, the president gave insights into his motivation to stand for…
There is somenthing wrong with Paris Saint-Germain and the Champions League: the Parisians simply can’t win it no matter how hard they try. It is this time of year again, when PSG crash out of UEFA’s most important tournament and find their season in ruins. There used to be a running gag about Arsenal crashing…
Some classic John Motson commentary. Two matches of football which Motson commentated on and which have engrained themselves in memory for various reasons. Enjoy. Germany’s Wurst Nightmare, 2001 This is a classic match: for one team it was a nightmare, for the other it was the beginning of a dream that come to an end…
According to Greek mythology Pandora was the first woman on earth, made by Zeus from clay. Legend has it that Prometheus copied man from clay found on earth and as a punishment Zeus send Pandora to earth, gave her a box but prohibited her to open it. Being curious she opened it herself and out…
What does it take to revolutionise football? Noise? It turns out character and convictions matter much more than noise. Wolfgang was one such character who resolutely walked his way and thus profoundly has changed German football. Mara Pfeiffer has written his biography. Wolfgang Frank was a German football coach who is not very well known…
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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…