Europa League: Werder Bremen 2 - 0 Austria Wien

I was prepared to sit and enjoy the match - really, I was. I'm sure it's frustrating to come here and see me continually saying ...

Champions/Europa League Matchday 4: Hertha FCB

3 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat for Bundesliga clubs in Europe this week. The good news is that five out of six have it ...

Weekly Dose 04.11.09

An English intern at German footie magazine 11Freunde talks about German and English football. (11Freunde) Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger writes about footballers who suffer/ed from depression. (ESPN Soccernet) Bayern ...

Hunt, Frings, and Hoffenheim

Aaron Hunt has been garnering international attention lately amidst rumors that England U21 coach Stuart Pearce has been keeping an eye on him and reporting ...

Matchday 11: A Day at the Snail Races

The top of the league collectively dropped points, allowing Hoffenheim to close the gap but not much more. The bottom of the league collectively dropped ...

Three points amidst a sea of draws

First, can I say, of course - of COURSE - Marko Marin finally manages to grab the Bundesliga goal he has deserved for over a ...

Separated at Birth: Per Mertesacker and Mesut Özil and the Playmobil Giraffe and Zookeeper

A Tale of Two Werders

The tradition that Werder seems to be keeping in Europe is to take a decent lead against the opponents, then give up a goal or ...

Champions/Europa League Matchday 3: It Takes Two

2 Blackouts. Stuttgart continued to show signs of life in their game against Sevilla and they continued to produce stupid defensive lapses, which continually cost ...

The Numbers Game: Matchday 9

It wasn't a good weekend for exciting football. It was a good weekend for exciting numbers. Or rather, a good weekend for those who can ...

Match Preview: Werder vs. Hoffenheim

Last season, this fixture ended in an epic 5-4 scoreline in favor of the Green-Whites. It was quite the Werderesque performance - knocking goals in ...

Weekly Dose 14.10.09

One of these things is not like the others: Football, Louis van Gaal, Empathy. (NRC Handelsblad) Form is temporary. Fate is permanent? (ESPN Soccernet) They've got beer ...

Daily Dose: October 11th, 2009.

Stuff to read while you see Argentina's World Cup chances saved by the bar (1:00)..... The Barcelona blog returneth. Six times over. (Barca Offside) Discovering the internet ...

Werder, meet Defense. Defense, meet Werder Bremen.

Ladies and gentlemen, Tim Wiese has kept the ball out of his net for 529 minutes. The match against Stuttgart represents the fourth Bundesliga clean ...

Scousers looking to Hunt?

Sorry, everyone, I've been so busy that I still haven't had a chance to watch the match from this past weekend. But now that the ...

Mediocrity continues

Stuttgart's latest defeat at the hands of Werder Bremen 2-0 sink them lower down the table yet again. Bremen struck early on and never really ...

The Iker Muniain Show (Werder & Valladolid)

So, I realize I'm a bit late posting on the last matches that were played, but here's a post on them. As I'm sure (or, at ...

Bundesliga Matchday 8: The Tragedy of Errors

Establishing something comparable to England's Big Four remains a distant dream for last season's top four in the Bundesliga. Wolfsburg are 7th after disappointingly drawing ...

Climbing Up the Table!

Here's a match that I was definitely worried about - Stuttgart have the potential to be quite dangerous, but it seems like with the loss ...

Rant Box: VfB Stuttgart v Werder Bremen

I have to apologize; like the team I stumbled a bit with a game every 3 days. A bit late posting this but better ...

Highlights and Interview from Athletic Match

Here we go again, a video of highlights and an interview with Thomas Schaaf (really wish I could understand what he was saying about Hunt's ...

Europa League Preview: Bremen vs. Athletic Bilbao

So, our defense starts to look relatively good for a change - and what happens? Practically our entire back line picks up injuries, of course! ...

Weekend round-up

Thank you, Werder, for breaking this streak of 0-0 draws that you were threatening to continue. It took over half an hour, but the goals ...

Bundesliga Preview: Werder Bremen vs. Mainz

Mainz have done well on their return to the top flight - most impressively claiming the scalp of the "high and mighty" Bayern Munich. They ...

DFB-Pokal: Werder Squeak by St. Pauli

Well, typical Werder were back today - for better or worse, narrowly beating St. Pauli 2-1. But at least the Green-Whites came away with the ...

Matchday Six: Putting your best foot too forward

Some 30, 000 fans packed BayArena this Sunday afternoon, the greater share of them hoping to see a bit of history. Were they eager for ...

Match Preview: Bayer Leverkusen vs. Werder Bremen

Our last encounter with Leverkusen is a pleasant memory - it won us the DFB Cup. It wasn't entirely unexpected - both teams were frustratingly ...

Interview and Highlights from Nacional match

Found this while scouring youtube this morning - an interview with Klaus Allofs post-match that includes the goals: No clue what he's saying, but I'm sure ...

Champions/Europa League Matchday 1 Wrap-Up

Three wins, two draws and one defeat makes for a balanced but not too glorious start to this year's European season. Wolfsburg. You are never too ...

Hark! Pizarro Saves the Day

Before this match, looking at the starting line-up, I remember thinking "Pizarro has been kind of quiet the last couple of matches"... so what a ...