Dieter Hecking

A hat trick by Patrick Helmes and an unre­lent­ing offense saw Bayer Lev­erkusen take apart Han­nover 96 tonight. The ill­ness and injury rid­dles Reds, were humil­i­ated by Bayer 04, but also their lack of fight as they seemed dis­in­ter­ested in the pro­ceed­ings. Bayer have the most fluid attack in the Bun­desliga with Rofles and Augusto […]

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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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The Deutsche Presse Agen­tur released a poll yes­ter­day about pre­dic­tions for the upcom­ing sea­son. Bay­ern Munich was the unan­i­mous favorite of Bun­desliga coaches to repeat as cham­pi­ons. The most com­mon rea­son given was the qual­ity of Jür­gen Klinsmann’s squad. What fol­lows is a hasty trans­la­tion of what each of the 18 gaffers had to say […]

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