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Calm Before the Storm: Dortmund’s Defining Weeks Ahead.
When asked at the beginning of the Bundesliga season, where the team is relative to its opponents, Niko Kovac mentioned that it takes at least six games to start making initial assessment on where each team is. If you are BVB and your game #7 is against Bayern in Allianz Arena in Munich, perhaps you…
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Season begins. Here we go.
Transfer Window.Where else to start, of course! Transfer news across all major European football leagues is what dominated the headlines during the summer, rumors confirmed and debunked, social media exploding and… now it’s over. Finally, I would add. While I really like to follow the transfer news and rumors, seeing how mid Premier League clubs…
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Groundhog Day…?
So this entry comes in about two months after I’ve written the Kovac Magic piece, finishing the Bundesliga season on a high note, surpassing the expectation most of us fans had for the team as we’ve found our beloved club hovering around the latter part of the league table during the winter. What we have…
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Kovac Magic.
In the press conference after yesterday’s Kiel game, Niko Kovac said that he is happy and proud, but there is no reason to celebrate. And I disagree a little bit. No, we did not win any trophies this year. And yes, winning trophies should be the ambition at BVB. But after watching the team transform…
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Sink or Swim.
The way the season unfolded so far, going into the month of April we knew this is going to be a do or die stretch of games that will dictate whether this team sinks or has it in them to stay afloat and make something positive out of one of the worst seasons in recent…
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The Roller Coaster Ride Continues.
We’re nearing the end of the month of March, which means we’re closing on the first two months since the appointment of Niko Kovac as head coach of Borussia Dortmund. Two months, while not an extensive period, is sufficient timeframe to get a solid first impression – especially in context of Kovac getting himself into…
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A Good Week to be a BVB Fan.
This has been a good week for us, Borussia Dortmund fans. I want to open with a statement like this because the season so far didn’t give us too many opportunities to feel excited. Two games played. Two clean sheets. Advancement to the Champions League round of 16 and a massive win against Union Berlin…
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