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Bundesliga Super-Thread warning post #4542

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  • #8672
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123217037#Comment_123217037

    Ended up selling out at 57,000 with 10k coming from Bremen. Unfortunately Werder advanced to the final AET but the atmosphere was great throughout. Stadium erputed when the captain headed in a last minute equaliser.

    https://streamin.one/v/e0d25c81


  • #8673
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Bielefeld knock off Leverkusen and are in the Pokal final. They've been drawn against 4 Bundesliga sides (Union, Freiburg, Werder, Leverkusen) and beaten them all. Amazing stuff.

    https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/arminia-bielefeld-bayer-leverkusen-live-dfb-cup-blog-preview-report-wirtz-alonso-31479


  • #8674
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123318516#Comment_123318516

    This has also thrown up a funny fixture clash as a 3.Liga side has never reached the final (since the current structure was established). In Germany, the 21 regional cup (Landespokal) finals are played on the same day as the DFB Pokal final, usually in the afternoon then the big game takes place in the evening. Bielefeld also reached the Westfalenpokal final, so on May 24th they are currently scheduled to play Rödinghausen or Lotte at 2pm and then Stuttgart or Leipzig at 8pm.



  • #8675
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Koln v Hertha is a good watch, over on YouTube.

    https://www.youtube.com/live/kUaWFoUuQGw?si=DxI0MuCDg63RSfED



  • #8676
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    HSV the big winners of the matchday in the 2.liga with Köln, Paderborn and Lautern all losing. 6 point lead over 3rd, essentially 7 with goal difference. Let's see how we f*ck it up this time 👍

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  • #8677
    kksaints
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,290 ✭✭✭kksaints


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123332962#Comment_123332962

    Losing 4-2 at home to relegation threatened Braunschweig is a good way to start..



  • #8678
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348054#Comment_123348054

    Football gods working hard this springtime

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  • #8679
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Well, Oat23, we didn't have to wait very long.

    Very lucky that Koln dropped points too.



  • #8680
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123348244#Comment_123348244

    And today Magdeburg lost to relegation candidate Ulm. Looks like no one wants to get promoted 🙃🤣

    Elversberg now in the mix. And big game for Kaiserslautern this evening.



  • #8681
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,337 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    Enjoyed Der Klassiker today.



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  • #8682
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123349938#Comment_123349938

    Elversberg's fearless attacking style is worthy of promotion if they get it, hopefully not at our expense though. I always like watching them.

    Lautern also lost tonight to FCN. Big game for both Paderborn and Fortuna tomorrow.



  • #8683
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123351397#Comment_123351397

    Yeah, and how they came up from the regional divisions is like a fairytale. Their next 3 matches are against Düsseldorf, Paderborn and Nürnberg who are all still in the chase.

    On paper, we should be OK. The teams that chase us have matches against each other. I feel like 58 points will be enough, 2 wins in our last 5 matches. But after the heartbreaks of the last few seasons, I will only celebrate when it is mathematically confirmed.



  • #8684
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Bloody hell, mad game in Berlin! 4-4 and it's only half time!



  • #8685
    NIMAN
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,337 ✭✭✭✭NIMAN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123372104#Comment_123372104

    Those 2 teams must not play the generic football that we so often see.



  • #8686
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,089 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    You could see that Schalke equaliser coming, Hamburg were very poor in that 2nd half. Felt like they were happy with the 2-1 and just wanted to sit back and defend it

    Even when Schalke went 2-2 Hamburg still didnt get out of 1st gear



  • #8687
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123372781#Comment_123372781

    As a Hamburg fan, this is again torture. It's the hope that kills you.

    Looking at the schedule of our opponents, there are still a few games between teams that chase us, so points will be dropped. But our form has dipped at the worst time... again...



  • #8688
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Acosta


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123372839#Comment_123372839

    Hard to believe a club the size of Hamburg have been down in the second division for 7 seasons.

    Hertha got a delayed new manager bounce. 4 wins and a draw, in their last 5 games. Reece is flying now, after a taking a while to regain form, due to that bad injury he had. Sadly, I can't see him still being at the club next season. They probably would have lost him last summer, had he not been injured.



  • #8689
    ebbsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,446 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    Great listen here.

    (1) Why Germany's Biggest Clubs Keep Getting Relegated - YouTube



  • #8690
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    Another defeat for Hamburg, wheels have really come off. FC Koln also lost.

    With 3 games to go, the top 7 are separated only 5 points (4 teams at 49 points right now), so looks like this will go down to the wire.



  • #8691
    Headshot
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56,089 ✭✭✭✭Headshot


    What is it with German football and flares, it seems it's happening every game at this point

    I was watching Heidenheim v Bochum which was an awful game of football and at times you could barely see the goals



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  • #8692
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Köln have sacked both Keller (sport director) and Struber (coach) tonight after drawing with relegated Regensburg yesterday. Patrick Berger from Sky is saying the board wants Friedhelm Funkel to come out of retirement again and take charge for the last 2 games.

    I don't think it's a panic sacking. Probably overdue if anything, especially for Keller. Felt like they had no chance of picking up the 3 or 4 points they will likely need if they left Struber in charge.

    https://www.kicker.de/fuehrungsbeben-in-koeln-sport-geschaeftsfuehrer-keller-und-trainer-struber-muessen-gehen-1116409/artikel


  • #8693
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123418635#Comment_123418635

    Yeah, very unconvincing of late, 5 points out of a maximum 15 in the last 5. Elversberg on their heels now, 3 points behind with 2 theoretically easy games.

    Big win for Hamburg yesterday, and we can secure promotion on Saturday against relegation fighting Ulm.



  • #8694
    Hammer Archer
    Moderators, Sports Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,930 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hammer Archer


    Congrats Oat! Deliberately didn't say anything until now after jinxing it a few years ago. 7th time lucky.



  • #8695
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Great to be back, and of the 7 seasons it happens in the most unlikely one. Nobody was happy starting the season with Baumgart. His sacking was inevitable. Then Glatzel hurts his hip and our 20+ goal striker is gone so it feels like a wasted season. Kuntz tries to land van Nistelrooy and fails. Then Kwasniok, and he fails again. Then he turns to long-time assistant coach Merlin Polzin, the local who grew up a HSV fan, who manages to do what 6 coaches before him failed to do and leads us back to the Bundesliga. Great story.



  • #8696
    Irish Aris
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 7,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭Irish Aris


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123435974#Comment_123435974

    Totally agree. When Glatzel got injured, I thought that was it, another season gone. But despite some hiccups along the way, the team kept digging deep. We were also fortunate that so many teams were close to each other and none run away with it. In the last few seasons, 60 points wouldn't even get you to the playoff 3rd spot.

    Looking forward to next season now!!



  • #8697
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Sky obviously not even bothering to look at the table before picking a handful of games to stream on Sky Sports + this afternoon. They didn't include the Freiburg v Eintracht game.



  • #8698
    eigrod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,357 ✭✭✭eigrod


    https://twitter.com/skysportsnews/status/1926930727842566352?s=46

    will be fascinating to see how he gets in there



  • #8699
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    Heidenheim survive with a winner deep into injury time. What a shame for Elversberg.

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  • #8700
    Acosta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,350 ✭✭✭Acosta


    Still no word on the television rights for next season, with 2.Bundesliga starting in a couple of weeks. The 4 year deal with Sky finished after last season.



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  • #8701
    Oat23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,846 ✭✭✭✭Oat23


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123642338#Comment_123642338

    Apparently the DFL will have commentary on the world feeds for all the 2.liga games going forward. Previously it was just 2 or 3 per matchday.

    Good news for American fans at least as I suspect ESPN+ will now carry all the games. Since the 2.liga doesn't clash with the 3pm blackout rule whoever gets the rights for UK/IE could potentially show all of the games too..



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