My club Hannover 96 has become the team with the best home record so far this season. 10 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats translate into 31 points, 2 points ahead of Bayern. Additionally, they have breached the 50 points mark and are now officially playing their best season ever. The former record was 49 points. And there are still 7 more games to go!
My orginial intention was to blog about European football in general, but I am more and more amazed by and drawn to my club's success. I mean, you can't really blame luck for their 3rd place in the league anymore. This Saturday one could once again see a perfect execution of counter-attacking-football. It didn't take the offense more than 10 seconds to score once Hannover 96 got the ball from Hoffenheim.
Granted, Hoffenheim isn't the Hoffenheim of one or two seasons ago. But still, they have billionaire SAP founder Dietmar Hopp to support them with lots of money. I just don't see team spirit there, unlike Hannover's.
As you can tell, I'm all positive right now :)
Another video I NEED to show you is about Italian striker Mario Balotelli, currently playing for Manchester City. I just can't... how... I mean sure, sometimes the bibs are a little tricky to put on, but THIS?
What do you think of him?
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3/07/2011
Hannover 3:1 Bayern
Unbelievable match. Perfect teamplay by Hannover, who completely disabled Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben. Last one scored a goal but who cares if you can counter-attack so, so well. I can't even pick out a single player in the Hannover squad who didn't perform amazingly.
The stadium was sold out (49,000 visitors). Absolutely priceless to see the huge number of Bayern-fans leave the stadium with sad faces. And Hannovers fans finally start to accompany the good performances of their team with equally good PARTY!!
Just listen:
They are singing about the European cup, the tournament we want to qualify for. And the chances are not bad. We are now 5 points ahead of Bayern. Side note: Bayern just announced that their coach Louis van Gaal is going to quit after the season. I am actually surprised that they don't fire him right now. Bayern's gameplay was lifeless.
This is the best season since the last 30 years, if not EVER. Sky's the limit, really.
The stadium was sold out (49,000 visitors). Absolutely priceless to see the huge number of Bayern-fans leave the stadium with sad faces. And Hannovers fans finally start to accompany the good performances of their team with equally good PARTY!!
Just listen:
They are singing about the European cup, the tournament we want to qualify for. And the chances are not bad. We are now 5 points ahead of Bayern. Side note: Bayern just announced that their coach Louis van Gaal is going to quit after the season. I am actually surprised that they don't fire him right now. Bayern's gameplay was lifeless.
This is the best season since the last 30 years, if not EVER. Sky's the limit, really.
3/03/2011
German National Cup: David vs. Goliath inc
Interesting game last night. Bayern Munich, the favorited team, vs. Schalke. And guess what, Schalke won and they earned that win.
During the game Schalke displayed the perfect tactic against this season's Bayern: do not let their wingers, Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben, get a shot at anything. Where Ribéry is not really in shape right now and pretty much destroys his game by himself, Robben is still one of the most dangerous players in the world. But, if you keep harrassing him, you take away his joy which results in a significant performance drop, to be seen last night. Munich, having their tactics designed to especially favor those two players, was shot down entirely. This could be the way to go for Hannover 96 this weekend and I'm sure Hannover's Coach Slomka has kept an eye on Bayern's last matches. Just keep counterattacking and keep pressuring "Robbery"!
Now that Schalke has andvanced to the final of the cup, there will be mathcup "David vs. Goliath". Schalke, who have won the cup 4 times so far, have an amazing squad this season. Their estimated value is around 132,000,000€ (or 183,018,000 US$) altogether with an individual average of about 4 million € (or 5.5 million US$). I take these estimates from transfermarkt.de; that site usually has a surprisingly precise number.
Schalke's opponent will be the MSV Duisburg. It is a team from Germany 2nd division who won against another 2nd division team. Their altogether value is just 17 million € with an individual average of 630k €. What a difference! But what seems to be so clear could be misleading: In 1992 a 2nd divion club managed to actually win the cup. It's name? Hannover 96.
Do you think "David" Duisburg has a chance against "Goliath" Schalke? Which team will win? On a site note: My roommate, ManU fan since forever, is so sad because they lost to Chelsea. What could I do to cheer him up?
During the game Schalke displayed the perfect tactic against this season's Bayern: do not let their wingers, Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben, get a shot at anything. Where Ribéry is not really in shape right now and pretty much destroys his game by himself, Robben is still one of the most dangerous players in the world. But, if you keep harrassing him, you take away his joy which results in a significant performance drop, to be seen last night. Munich, having their tactics designed to especially favor those two players, was shot down entirely. This could be the way to go for Hannover 96 this weekend and I'm sure Hannover's Coach Slomka has kept an eye on Bayern's last matches. Just keep counterattacking and keep pressuring "Robbery"!
Now that Schalke has andvanced to the final of the cup, there will be mathcup "David vs. Goliath". Schalke, who have won the cup 4 times so far, have an amazing squad this season. Their estimated value is around 132,000,000€ (or 183,018,000 US$) altogether with an individual average of about 4 million € (or 5.5 million US$). I take these estimates from transfermarkt.de; that site usually has a surprisingly precise number.
Schalke's opponent will be the MSV Duisburg. It is a team from Germany 2nd division who won against another 2nd division team. Their altogether value is just 17 million € with an individual average of 630k €. What a difference! But what seems to be so clear could be misleading: In 1992 a 2nd divion club managed to actually win the cup. It's name? Hannover 96.
Do you think "David" Duisburg has a chance against "Goliath" Schalke? Which team will win? On a site note: My roommate, ManU fan since forever, is so sad because they lost to Chelsea. What could I do to cheer him up?
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