Joris Mathijsen

Goal­keeper Jaroslav Drobny (Hertha Berlin) Make no mis­take about it, Berlin’s rise from bot­tom half side to title con­tenders was based on defense. They were a hard side to break down and on the off-chance that a team did, there was Drobny to get by. His per­for­mance against Bay­ern was the stuff of leg­ends. Defenders […]

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Fred Rut­ten isn’t the only new Dutch man­ager in the Bun­desliga, as ex-Tottenham Mar­tin Jol took over the reigns of Ham­burg ear­lier this month. It’s been nearly 30 years since Jol’s last appear­ance in Ger­many. He made 9 appear­ances for Bay­ern Munich as a mid­fielder in 1978/79 before return­ing to the Nether­lands the next season. […]

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