Bundesliga Thread

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2 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Boniface would be an ideal striker for us. Very energetic, pace, stamina, aweful finishing. 

that miss was horrific

cost them the full 3 points over the bavarian farmers

[Gundalf 728]

Guirassy probably the most in form striker in the world right now. Everything he does is pure class atm. 

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2 hours ago, Gundalf said:

Guirassy probably the most in form striker in the world right now. Everything he does is pure class atm. 

Edited September 23, 2023 by Vesper

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Xabi Alonso will reportedly be Bayern's coach next season.

 

 

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Hat trick, unbeaten record, top spot: Leverkusen stays 4 points clear of Bayern for Bundesliga break

https://apnews.com/article/bayer-leverkusen-bayern-munich-stuttgart-union-berlin-bundesliga-571d6200321ad5b18248b406ebc17cff

BERLIN (AP) — Patrik Schick celebrated his first Bundesliga start of the season Wednesday with a hat trick as Bayer Leverkusen consolidated the top spot and set a record for games unbeaten with a 4-0 rout of Bochum.

Leverkusen stretched its unbeaten start to the season to 25 games across all competitions, beating the German record of 24 games without defeat set by Hamburger SV at the start of the 1982-83 season.

Hamburg’s record stood at the time as 14 wins and 10 draws before a 2-1 loss at Hertha Berlin in the third round of the German Cup.

Leverkusen, meanwhile, has romped to 22 wins and three draws since the season began.

The team’s win over Bochum kept it four points clear of 11-time defending champion Bayern Munich going into the winter break, though Bayern has a game in hand.

Jamal Musiala scored in his 100th Bundesliga game for Bayern and Harry Kane got his 21st goal of the season for a 2-1 win at Wolfsburg.

LEVERKUSEN FLYING

Leverkusen coach Xabi Alonso opted to start with Schick in place of Victor Boniface for the first time in a Bundesliga game this season, and the move paid off with the Czech forward grabbing a first-half hat trick.

Schick opened the scoring with a penalty on the half-hour mark, converted Jeremie Frimpong’s cross for his second two minutes later, then headed his third from Álex Grimaldo’s corner before the break.

Boniface, whom Leverkusen will be without when Nigeria is playing at the African Cup of Nations next month, went on for Schick in the 67th and scored his 10th league goal of the season two minutes after that.

MUSIALA MILESTONE

Musiala became the youngest player to clock 100 Bundesliga appearances for Bayern and the 20-year-old celebrated in Wolfsburg by heading the opener in the 33rd.

Kane made it 2-0 ten minutes later with a brilliant strike from outside the penalty area that curled inside the top right corner.

Maximilian Arnold took note, and pulled one back for Wolfsburg with a similar effort before the break.

STUTTGART UP TO THIRD

Stuttgart capitalized on Leipzig’s draw the day before to move one spot to third with a 3-0 win over Augsburg.

Also, both Eintracht Frankfurt and Heidenheim scored stoppage-time goals to beat 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-1 and Freiburg 3-2, respectively.

TWENTY-SIXTH TIME LUCKY

Union Berlin forward David Datro Fofana finally scored his first Bundesliga goal to seal a 2-0 win over relegation rival Cologne.

Fofana sank to knees after scoring with his 26th attempt at goal this season and covered his head as teammates jumped in to congratulate him under beer showers thrown by the Union fans behind.

Benedict Hollerbach had opened the scoring in the 56th, rifling the ball in from a narrow angle after going past a Cologne defender.

The game kicked off to an uncanny quiet as fans continued their protests against the German soccer league ’s plan to bring in an outside investor. The supporters stayed mostly quiet for the first 12 minutes — referring to their role as the proverbial 12th man on a soccer team — then announced their presence with a chant containing an expletive against the DFL, as the league is known.

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The Leipzig vs Leverkusen game was so entertaining. Xaxi Simons and Openda are both really good and they still lost.

[NikkiCFC 7,601]

Hopefully Leverkusen is not like Dortmund and actually can do it. It would be so funny if Kane doesn't win title even there. 

[bluesman2610 1,232]

Leverkusen is impressive they are finding ways to win - unbeaten in 27 matches is crazy ! and with that Bayern loss today its looking pretty good as long as they stay focused

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On 21/01/2024 at 22:39, bluesman2610 said:

Leverkusen is impressive they are finding ways to win - unbeaten in 27 matches is crazy ! and with that Bayern loss today its looking pretty good as long as they stay focused

yep, they have been the only unbeaten club left in the big 5 euro leagues for ages

that said:

PSV Eindhoven drew 1-1 with FC Utrecht on Sunday to drop points in the Eredivisie for the first time this season and fall one match short of becoming the first Dutch top-flight team to start the season with 18 straight victories.

The Peter Bosz-managed team’s run of 17 straight victories matched a winning streak set by another PSV team in 1988 — the year the club won its only European Cup — the predecessor of the Champions League.

But PSV’s hope of making history was ended when Utrecht forward Othman Boussaid struck in the 53rd minute to cancel out a first-half header by Johan Bakayoko that had given PSV hope of creating history.

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BAYERN MUNICH

https://thedailybriefing.io/i/141030193/bayern-munich

Bayern Munich have completely pulled out of talks for Kieran Trippier of Newcastle United. On Wednesday, Bayern’s sporting director, Christoph Freund, confirmed as much, despite having reached an agreement with the player after initial talks the prior Friday. On Saturday, the talks with Newcastle started and Bayern were looking for a loan. Newcastle, of course, amid their struggles with Financial Fair Play were looking to make a sale, so, at the end on Tuesday, Bayern came up with a €15m offer, which was much more than what they wanted to spend. Newcastle said no and I can understand why, as €15m is not so much for a key player from an English club.

I heard Trippier also demanded a €10m-a-year salary. The package then for a 33-year-old player was too high for Bayern Munich, so they decided to move away from Trippier. It’s not clear, as things currently stand, whether they’ll make another pass at Nordi Mukiele because the situation is quite similar. He’s much younger of course but, at the end, they also want him on a loan deal and PSG only want to comply if there’s a buy option included. Bayern officials are aware that they’re approaching the end of January and Noussair Mazraoui and Kim Min-jae (at the AFCON and Asian Cup respectively) are potentially set to return in the near future, so the question of why they should spend a lot of money for new players has been posed. The new head of sport, Max Eberl, will begin his job in March (latest on April 1). So, he has to decide then what direction Bayern goes in. They’re still looking, though it’s possible they won’t do any business at right-back.

Joshua Zirkzee - who is attracting interest from Arsenal and Tottenham - is already in talks with United, and Bayern are curious to see if Bologna are interested in selling him to any English club. Bayern have a clause that would allow them to get 50% of any transfer fee agreed.

 

 

Zirkzee during the meeting between Florence and Bologna - (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)

Leon Goretzka is still fighting for his position in Bayern’s team. They don’t want to sell him and he didn’t want to go last summer. But now he’s encountering a lot of difficulties when it comes to earning a spot in Thomas Tuchel’s first-team. When asked, he says he has no other plans and wants to play his football in Munich, but in the background, there are rumours that he is now more open-minded in terms of a change than he was in the summer. In the past, there was interest from Manchester United and what we heard is that in the back of Goretzka’s mind, he’s thinking about this option if his current circumstances won’t change. Tuchel always sees Raphael Guerreiro as being ahead of him, which Goretzka really isn’t happy about!

There is a player in Bayern’s squad, Frans Krätzig - a German player in the youth team - who can play left-back very well. Standard Liège tried to get him on loan this winter but both sides refused. Bayern also needs him as a substitute for Davies in future. I heard also Premier League clubs are watching this big talent, so we have to keep our eye on him!

Bayern Munich lost a lot of coaches very early in the past, which isn’t normal for the club! They’re trying to keep hold of Thomas Tuchel and push for success but in the end you have to see that the only title he won last year out of three when he started was the German title and this was a present from Dortmund - Bayern didn’t necessarily earn it themselves! This year he’s also second and he also saw Bayern get knocked out of the DFB Pokal, so if he doesn’t bring one title, he will be the first coach in the last 12 years to not win something. This could be the end of Tuchel at Bayern Munich. The bosses at Bayern are also always irritated by his interviews when he talks about the squad not being strong enough or him not knowing what to do now despite players not matching their strong training performances with their performances in the games. The crazy thing is, one year ago, Julian Nagelsmann had similar thoughts and he told the bosses - at this point they changed their mind and that was the beginning of the end of Nagelsmann.

 

 

Thomas Tuchel, head coach at Bayern Munich - (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

There was an interview he gave where he mentioned that he had a lot more respect during his time in England compared to Germany. Naturally, this wasn’t so good when the bosses in Germany heard this as they felt they gave him all the tools to succeed, including Harry Kane and a really expensive squad and they’re not seeing any development. On the other hand, he’s saying he’s confident but we know in the back of his mind he’s always thinking about England. He was always keen on the job at Manchester United and you see that Erik ten Hag is not so settled at the moment. If Ten Hag lost his job in the summer and the crisis at Bayern Munich is still ongoing, this could be a good situation for everyone.

Marco Neppe was important in the past for Bayern Munich; he was the right-hand man of Hasan Salihamidžić. In the prior summer window, his importance remained as he was the only man who knew about the contract situations at the club when the new bosses made the transfers. So he was onboard when Jan-Christian Dreesen was engaging in talks with Daniel Levy over Harry Kane. So you see how important he was. However, since Freund came in, things have changed. In the transfer window, Neppe was on holiday whilst Freund was handling the transfer front. On Monday he had talks with the CEO, Dreesen, and it became clear it doesn’t make sense for him to remain for the future. He wants a new challenge, so he’s leaving when Max Eberl will be coming. I’m not sure where we’ll see him go next. He came from Leverkusen and will have interested suitors. There were rumours that Tottenham have an eye on him, so perhaps this could happen now that he’s on the market.

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Bayer Leverkusen wins 3 - 0 against BAYERN.

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Amazing game. Xabi Alonso has them perfectly prepared and everything just worked out for them. Beautifully worked goals, clinical finishes, resolute defense

Just love it when Bayern is so utterly outclassed 

[Gundalf 728]

Tuchel won't survive this season. 

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46 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

Amazing game. Xabi Alonso has them perfectly prepared and everything just worked out for them. Beautifully worked goals, clinical finishes, resolute defense

Just love it when Bayern is so utterly outclassed 

When Dier is starting, you shouldn't expect much else.

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2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Amazing game. Xabi Alonso has them perfectly prepared and everything just worked out for them. Beautifully worked goals, clinical finishes, resolute defense

Just love it when Bayern is so utterly outclassed 

Out classed, out played and out fought, the last being the most concerning for any team, including our blue chaps. 

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2 hours ago, Magic Lamps said:

Amazing game. Xabi Alonso has them perfectly prepared and everything just worked out for them. Beautifully worked goals, clinical finishes, resolute defense

Just love it when Bayern is so utterly outclassed 

Gotta say it's refreshing to see Bayern get outclassed in a big game! 

Will be interesting to see where Alonso ends up next season as he'll definitely have options.....Liverpool, Bayern Munich etc. 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCYTZPXtcX4

Edited February 11 by Vesper

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The fall of the house of Tuchel - by Edgar Allan Poe.