Offside Sarah

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(via Polka Dot: Bayern Munich 7v1 Hoffenheim, Saturday 10th March « AndrewCHarding)

Bixente Lizarazu. It’s fair to say you are not and never will be my favorite person in the world. Let’s leave it at that. 

Reading Rec: Pride, pig-headedness and glee - Leverkusen's Project Ballack fails

Excerpt: 

‘Demontage. It’s a word that’s so good Germans had to nick it from the French. It refers to the taking apart of something (or someone) but there are extra layers of meaning. A Demontage is conspicuous, a very public destruction of an important person’s image and status, and it implies an element of glee, lust even. Roping in a fremdwort (foreign word) to name an activity can sometimes betray a sense of unease, and Demontage is probably a good example of that: taking pleasure in someone’s (symbolic) dismemberment sounds a little less problematic in exotic syllables.

“Ballacks Demontage hat begonnen,” (Ballack’s demontage has begun), wrote Stuttgarter Zeitung in July 2010, when the captain’s future in the brave new Germany of Jogi Löw looked less than assured.’

Read the full article at The Guardian.

2010: Pique vs Klose

bundesligaclassic:

Spain centerback Gerard Pique and Germany forward Miroslav Klose had a contentious encounter at the 2010 World Cup semi finals.  

Wow, Diego is TINY… 

bundesligaclassic:

After the 1982 World Cup, Maradona transfered to Barcelona where he was welcomed by former Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern München coach Udo Lattek (right). The pair later had a difficult relationship after Lattek left without Maradona after the Argentina failed to show up to the team bus on time.  Also pictured is Argentina coach Cesar Luis Menotti.

Reading Rec: Can Basel beat FC Bayern Munich?

Excerpt: 

“The Swiss Super League champions’ reward for their group stage progression was a tie with German heavyweights FC Bayern Munich.  Basel are known as FCB to many, as are opponents Bayern Munich.  Vogel knows the Bavarians and their star players pretty well, having coached Thomas Müller, Philipp Lahm and Diego Contento during his time in Bayern’s youth system from 1998 to 2007.  His time in Germany also featured spells overseeing the Under-10, U13, U15 and U17 teams of Bayern.”

Read the full article at Championsleague.ca.