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It's a strange set of circumstances, Werder don't have a week packed with games yet still all of their healthy players are in training and not away with their respective national teams - an unusual situation for coach Thomas Schaaf.
Due to Champions League and DFB Cup commitments, midweek games have become the norm for [...]

Exicitement is mounting in Berlin. Hertha have taken four wins and 13 points from their last six Bundesliga games to go fifth in the tables.
On matchday 12, Berlin surprised everyone by taming newly-promoted, high-scoring league leaders Hoffenheim. Ukrainian Andrey Voronin who scored the only goal that day, arrived from Liverpool in the summer and is [...]

He is phenominal: Pal Dardai has been a Hertha player since 1996. During that time the one asset which has set him apart from many others is reliability. Many players have come and gone, but Dardai's name was mostly on the team sheet.
Last weekend, the Hungarian veteran celebrated his 250th Bundesliga appearance. He is only [...]

Germany coach Joachim Löw has called up three debutants into the squad for the international against England in Berlin next Wednesday.
Hoffenheims Marvin Compper and Tobias Weis as well as VfL Wolfsburg's Marcel Schäfer will be part of the Germany squad for the very first time.
Ballack and Frings not included
Michael Ballack, Philipp Lahm, Clemens [...]

Jiri Stajner (Hannover 96) has been suspended for three games by the DFB disciplinary panel.
Stajner had been sent off for violent conduct in the dying minutes of Hanover's 2-1 defeat at 1. FC Köln.
Club and player have already accepted the verdict, the ban takes immediate effect.
Source: DFB

As always in recent years, the fans are in for a treat when Werder Bremen is in Bundesliga action. The first twelve matches of the Green-Whites have produced 51 goals, 4.25 per match on average.
The fans may like that, but coaches and management at Werder aren't equally happy. Why? Take a look at the table…
Too [...]

It's always the same once Grafite has found the back of the net. He kisses the tattoo on his right forearm, then he points to the sky.
And that's exactly what he did after scoring the last goal of Wolfsburg's 4-1 win over Bielefeld on October 18th.
Afterwards, however, he had to ask coach Felix [...]

Robert Kovac (Borussia Dortmund) has been suspended for three matches by the DFB disciplinary panel.
Kovac had seen the red card after the final whistle of Borussia's Bundesliga match at Hamburger SV on Saturday.
BVB to appeal
Referee Dr. Jochen Drees had stated that Kovac had insulted him.
Borussia Dortmund have decided to appeal against [...]

Bremen continue to tread water in their search for a way out of a steadily growing crisis.
Four days after going down 3-0 at home to Panathinaikos in the Champions League, the German vice-champions were held 0-0 at home by VfL Bochum, leaving them with just one win in their last nine competitive matches and [...]

This was no ordinary game for Hamburger SV goalgetter Mladen Petric. The Croatian international lined up on Saturday against Borussia Dortmund, facing off against players who until shortly before the start of the season had been his teammates.
Before kick-off there was time for a round of backslapping with his erstwhile colleagues, a chat with compatriot [...]