Here are the player ratings for Germany vs Colombia from the country’s biggest sports newspaper (Bild) following Die Mannschaft’s shock 2:0 defeat. Not surprisingly, coach Hansi Flick gets most of the criticism- he gets a manager rating of 6, the lowest possible in the system. No German player manages a player rating higher than 4. The post Germany vs Colombia Player Ratings (June 2023) first appeared on The Soccer Blog ..read more

Here is the Team of the Week for MD17 (21/22 season) from noted German publications Bild and Kicker. This is the last week of the 2021/2022 Bundesliga season before the Christmas break. Bild newspaper Team of the Week Bundesliga MD17 2021/2022 season Kicker Team of the Week Round 17 21/22 season Bayern beat Wolfsburg 4:0 (see Bayern v Wolfsburg player ratings), and Thomas Muller, not surprisingly, is present in both Bild and Kicker’s Team of the week. So is team mate Dayot Upamecano. Bild’s team has more Bielefeld players, while Kicker’s TOTW has more Hertha representation. Richter, Muller ..read more

Here is a look at the Bild player ratings for Bayern Munich-Wolfsburg 4:0 on December 17, 2021. Thomas Muller the pick of the Bayern players in these ratings. A pretty forgettable evening for Wolfsburg, with 4’s and 5’s in their ratings for the game. Bayern vs Wolfsburg player ratings 4:0 The post Player Ratings Bayern vs Wolfsburg 4:0 December 2021 | Thomas Muller influential first appeared on The Soccer Blog ..read more

Who will German teams play in the Champions League Round of 16 and the EL Playoff Knockout Round 2022? UCL Round of 16– Salzburg vs Bayern Munich UEL Playoff Knockout Round RB Leipzig vs Real Sociedad Borussia Dortmund vs Rangers Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer Leverkusen directly qualified for the UEL Round of 16 as they topped their groups. Bayern are the only German team left in the Champions League- both Leipzig and BVB dropped into the UEL after finishing third in their UCL groups. The post German Bundesliga club opponents in UCL Round of 16 and Europa League Playoff Knockout Round 2022 f ..read more

Here is the Bundesliga Team of the Week for Spieltag 15 from Bild and Kicker. Mavropanos, Sow and Jovetic make it to both publications’ Team of the Round. Kicker TOTW Week 15 December 13 2021 Bild paper best team of the week Round 15 The post Bundesliga Team of the Week Matchday 15 (2021-22 season December) Round 15 first appeared on The Soccer Blog ..read more

Here are the player ratings for Bayern-Mainz on 11 December, 2021 from German sports paper Bild. Bayern came from behind to beat Mainz 2:1 and not surprisingly, their two goal scorers on the day- Kingsley Coman and Jamal Musiala, have the best ratings. The worst rated players according to Bild were Thomas Muller and Leroy Sane. The post Player Ratings Bayern vs Mainz 2:1 December 2021 | Musiala, Coman shine first appeared on The Soccer Blog ..read more

India has been one of the world’s fastest growing nations in terms of football viewers, but the country will not have Bundesliga for the 2020/21 season on live television. The rights for this season have been given to Fancode, and it currently appears that it will be a streaming-only service. The announcement was made on September 18, 2020, on the eve of the new 20/21 Bundesliga season (reigning domestic and European champions Bayern play Schalke on MD1) The move is bit of a setback for football viewers in India- the French Ligue 1 does not have an official broadcaster there, and the Spanish L ..read more

Dortmund’s Bundesliga aspirations seem to be all but over following their defeat to Bayern at home, and it could well be time for Lucien Favre’s men to focus on the upcoming season. The home jersey they will wear in the upcoming campaign has been leaked, and it looks like the men in Black & Yellow will have a slightly different look given to them by Puma this time around! The post Leaked Dortmund Home Shirt 2020-21 first appeared on The Soccer Blog ..read more

Hertha avenged their 1:0 loss at the hands of Union Berlin earlier this season with a thumping 4:0 victory at the Olympiastadion over their city rivals on Friday evening. The game was goalless till half time, with Matheus Cunha’s attempted flick the nearest that Hertha came to scoring, but things changed after the interval, with Vedad Ibisevic (51) and Dodi Lukebakio (52) netting within 68 seconds of each other. Cunha (61) added a well taken third, and Derdyck Boyata finished proceedings off with his 77th minute header. Here are some player ratings from the MoPo newspaper. Ibisevic’s stellar p ..read more

A nice little graphic today in the German press, putting up some key Bayern Munich stats for the 2019/20 season (as of round 26), comparing the performances of Hansi Flick and Niko Kovac. Kovac was manager for ten rounds before being sacked while Flick has now been in charge for 16 game weeks. The comparison clearly appears to show that Flick is the superior manager, especially in the attacking department. Flick’s Bayern have picked up 2.5 points per game and score 3.1 goals on an average every game, as compared to Kovac’s 1.8 and 2.5 respectively. Flick has also significantly sharpened up Bay ..read more