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The Set: Hoffenheim 1–4 Bayer Leverkusen

by Double Pivot on February 13, 2009 · 1 comment

Bayer Lev­erkusen returned to form and dis­man­tled league lead­ers Hof­fen­heim in front of 30,000 at the Rhein-Neckar Arena. Scor­ing two min­utes into the match set them up for an inspired first half and scor­ing again one minute into the sec­ond half sealed the three points for die Werk­self. Hof­fen­heim strug­gled to find defen­sive cohe­sion, especially […]

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XI (Round 7)">The Bundesliga XI (Round 7)

by Double Pivot on October 8, 2008 · 0 comments

Jaroslav Drobny (HBS) 13 saves! This is what it takes to stop Bayer. Fan­tas­tic effort by the Czech puts him above Lehmann and Rost, who were both impres­sive as well. Pedro Geromel (Köln) This is the sec­ond straight week for Brazil­ian. He had a fan­tas­tic game neu­tral­iz­ing Rob Fre­und and he had a goal-line clear­ance that […]

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die Tabelle lügen nicht! Preview

by Double Pivot on August 14, 2008 · 13 comments

1st Schalke What You Know: If baseball’s Chicago Cubs had a baby with the Red Sox prior to 2004, Schalke would be the off­spring. What You Don’t: All things both good and bad must end. What to Expect: Yes, Campe­ones! I say that, buck­ing all trends, and know­ing full well that Schalke could be lead­ing the […]

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