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Why Mats Hummels Will Be Germany's Key Man at World Cup 2014
Defenses win football tournaments, or so conventional wisdom holds. And that colloquialism is supported by overwhelming data...
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Why Christian Eriksen Would Be Mario Gotze's Perfect Replacement at Dortmund
As the summer transfer window approaches, one of the most-discussed clubs in Europe is Champions League runners-up Dortmund...
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Borussia Dortmund: Outlining a Short-Term Plan for Continued Success
In modern football, it's extremely difficult for a smaller club to rise to prominence without some sort of artificial injection of money...
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Klose Aging, Gomez a Poor Fit, but Germany Don't Need a Traditional Striker
Looking through the current pool of German talent, there are few positions where die Mannschaft are lacking in options. In attacking midfield especially, there is little debate that the DFB are endowed with a superlative wealth of options...
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Lukas Podolski and Lars Bender the Real Winners in Germany vs. Ecuador
Germany faced a monumental challenge on Wednesday as their makeshift squad took on Ecuador in Boca Raton . Joachim Low's first team would have been favored to beat the South Americans handily...
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Following Bayern and BVB Success, Germany on Track for Glory in World Cup 2014
Spain have dominated international football in recent years, winning the last two European Championships and the 2010 World Cup. But the tides have turned as of late...
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Champions League: How Jupp Heynckes Got the Better of Jurgen Klopp at Wembley
Bayern Munich claimed the Champions League trophy for the fifth time in their history on Saturday, beating Dortmund 2-1 in a highly entertaining match that was close until the final whistle...
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Champions League Final Player Ratings: Borussia Dortmund vs. Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich won their fifth Champions League title on Saturday, beating Bundesliga rivals Borussia Dortmund 2-1 at Wembley Stadium...
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Champions League: David Meets Goliath in Bundesliga's 50th Anniversary Party
The Champions League final is just two days away, and the footballing world is preparing for a spectacle on and off the pitch...
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Bayern Munich Summer Transfer News: Tracking Latest Rumors and Updates
The 2012-13 season is not yet finished and still Bayern Munich are looking ahead to the next campaign. The Munich giants have already secured incoming coach Pep Guardiola's " dream signing ," Mario Gotze, as well as Mainz defender Jan Kirchhoff...
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8 Bold Predictions for the 2013-14 Bundesliga Season
The 2012-13 Bundesliga season is still a day before its conclusion, but clubs are already preparing for the next campaign. Bayern have already signed Mario Gotze , leaving Dortmund to look for the playmaker's successor...
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Bayern Munich vs. Dortmund: Predicting the Champions League Final Starting XIs
The much-anticipated Champions League final is just 10 days away, and Bayern Munich and Dortmund are preparing to square off in an unprecedented all-German finale...
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Bundesliga Team of the Season: 2012-13
The 2012-13 Bundesliga campaign is just a week away from its conclusion, and although the title has long been wrapped up, the fourth Champions League spot and Europa League positions are still too close to call...
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The Evolution of Marco Reus: From Dortmund Outcast to BVB Hero
In this day and age, if a player hasn't made it on the big stage by age 21, his chances of becoming a world-class star are often written off. The story of Marco Reus is a sobering reminder that development can come later still...
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Pep Guardiola vs. Jupp Heynckes: Identifying Their 6 Biggest Differences
When Bayern Munich coach Jupp Heynckes passes on the torch to Pep Guardiola this summer, the veteran trainer will leave enormous shoes for the Spaniard to fill...
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Transfer Rumours: 5 Best Goalkeepers Every Club Wants This Summer
As the summer transfer window approaches, there are many football clubs in the market for a new goalkeeper...
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Dortmund: Why Life After Mario Gotze Won't Be so Bad After All
It's become a recurring theme for Dortmund, and a bitter one indeed, that regardless of their success, they lose a star player. In 2011, Nuri Sahin joined Real Madrid after an improbable title-winning season with BVB ...
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Dortmund vs. Bayern: Neither Look the Part of European Champions in Ugly Draw
The 50th Bundesliga season could hardly have gone better for the German league, with Dortmund and Bayern advancing to the Champions League final...
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Dortmund vs. Bayern: Saturday 'Klassiker' Previews Champions League Final
The Champions League final is still over three weeks away, but football fans will be treated to a preview of the fixture on Saturday as Dortmund host Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga ...
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Reformed Arjen Robben Finally Finds His Niche at Bayern Munich
Just under a year ago, Arjen Robben was a broken man. Although he'd managed to come back from a crippling injury for the umpteenth time, his spirit took a greater blow than any his body had ever received...
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Operacion Puerto: Fuentes Verdict Casts Dark Shadow over Spain's 'Golden Era'
In most of the free world, destruction of evidence is a crime. In Spain, apparently, there are exceptions. On Tuesday, a Spanish court sentenced Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes to a one-year suspended prison term for endangering public health...
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How Bayern Munich Should Walk the Suspension Tightrope Against Barcelona
Last Tuesday, a seismic wave resonated in European football as Bayern Munich handed Barcelona their worst Champions League defeat in 16 years...
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Dortmund and Bayern Dominate Champions League, but Don't Expect a Repeat in 2014
Following the draw for the Champions League semifinals, it was well known that April 23 and 24 would be huge dates for the modern development of German football...
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Better Than Messi at Age 20: Why Gotze Is Ready to Be Guardiola's Next Protege
Ever since he emerged as a first-team player at Dortmund in 2009, Mario Gotze has been commonly referred to as the "German Lionel Messi ...
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Bayern's Trouncing of Barca May Be the End of Tiki-Taka: So Why Sign Guardiola?
Bayern Munich trounced Barcelona by a 4-0 margin in the first leg of their Champions League semifinal tie on Tuesday, a result that shocked the football world...