Calcio Debate: William Gallas To Milan – Good Or Bad Move?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

William Gallas signed for Arsenal in 2006, from rivals Chelsea on a four year deal. He made his debut for the Gunners in a 1-1 home draw against Middlesbrough on September 9, 2006, before scoring his first goal against Sheffield United on September 23, 2006. Since then, he has become an integral part of Arsene [...]

“20 points after the first half of the season would be good”

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008

Hannover 96 started the 2008/09 with much ambition, but after 14 weeks they are still lacking consistency and effectiveness. Above all the injures are getting to the Lower-Saxons.
Also, Mario Eggimann wasn't allowed to play for three games due to a muscle tear. The Swiss came to Hannover in summer in order to give the defense [...]

“Playing without pressure is good for us”

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

Tobias Weis talks to bundesliga.de about the current situation at leaders 1899 Hoffenheim and his call-up for the German national team.
bundesliga.de: Congratulations, you're back on top of the standings. How difficult was the match in Cologne?
Tobias Weis: It was a very difficult game. After the unfortunate goal we conceded for 2-1 Cologne came back into [...]

Only a win is good enough

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

Hannover 96 take on VfL Bochum in the opening match of round 13. bundesliga.de previews Friday's Bundesliga game.
The 13th hosts the 16th - both teams haven't met the expectations so far.
Just one win for Bochum
Bochum stay calm. “We know why we're down there, many key players were injured”, Bochum chairman Werner Altegoer said. [...]

Makeshift Hannover too good for HSV

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

Hamburg suffered a blow to their bid to remain among the early title contenders as they went down 3-0 (2-0) at Hannover 96.
For HSV it was the second three-goal loss inside a week, having gone down by the same score at Hoffenheim last weekend. Hannover's first win in five outings meanwhile puts a little more [...]

Good news for Klopp

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

The last two weeks were difficult for many Bundesliga coaches: The internationals are on duty and traveling around the globe which means that the preparations for the upcoming Bundesliga match could only be done with a very limited amount of players.
But still, neither Jürgen Klopp nor Thomas Schaaf have complained. They try to make [...]

Spurs Too Good To Be Bottom, Says Corluka

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Corluka thought he was trading a team in turmoil for a club on the up when he left Manchester City during the summer.
But with City - recently taken over by Abu Dhabi United Group - sitting pretty in fourth after their 6-0 thrashing of Portsmouth, the Croatian international may well be regretting his decision to [...]

Good News For Reading On Injury Front

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Reading full back Liam Rosenior picked up a knock to his ankle towards the end of the match with Ipswich at Portman Road on Saturday, but it appears that the former Fulham player will be fit for Reading’s midweek clash with Sheffield Wednesday on Tuesday evening.
“I?m not too bad. I twisted my ankle in the [...]

Good news for Cologne

Friday, September 5th, 2008

Good news for 1. FC Köln coach Christoph Daum: Manasseh Ishiaku is kicking the ball again.
The striker is expected to be back in team training at the beginning of next week.
Defender Kevin Pezzoni rejoined his team-mates on Tuesday.
Source: 1. FC Köln

Good start for Karlsruhe

Monday, August 18th, 2008