Stefan Kiessling

Finally Dus­sel­dorf has come good for vis­it­ing dig­ni­taries Bayer Lev­erkusen. After a poor run of form in the league at the LTU, the Werk­self took apart Bay­ern Munich 4–2 in their tem­po­rary home to gain pas­sage to the final four of the DFB Pokal. Klins­mann tin­kered with his lineup a bit as con­ges­tion is build­ing up […]

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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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A look at Bayer Leverkusen’s Bruno Lab­ba­dia con­cludes our The New Gaffer: Intro­duc­ing… series this week. So far we’ve exam­ined, in order: the jour­ney­man, the com­pany man, the stranger and, er, Mar­tin Jol. Lab­ba­dia is a mix between a poor man’s Jür­gen Klins­mann and a poor man’s Chris­t­ian Bale (take a look!). In other words, […]

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