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October 31st, 2008

Bayer Leverkusen v Wolfsburg match preview

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As Wolfsburg gets set to play Bruno Labbadia’s Bayer Leverkusen tonight they will need to adopt a defensive strong-hold if they are to succeed. Whilst Wölfe supporters rose with this Tuesdays 3-0 victory over Borussia Mönchengladbach the match prior to Bayern München saw them cast aside fundamentals as they were embarrassed with four unanswered goals [...]



October 29th, 2008

Wolfsburg defeats Borussia Mönchengladbach

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Borussia Mönchengladbach’s visit to Volkswagen Arena ended with a rousing 3-0 victory for Wolfsburg which positions them, albeit temporarily, in fifth place, five points behind league-leader Bayer Leverkusen.
Borussia manager Hans Meyer in a surprise move, baptized twenty-year old ‘keeper Frederic Löhe for his first duty. From the start the young ‘keeper stood his ground and [...]

October 27th, 2008

Borussia Mönchengladbach comes to Volkswagen

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Less than forty-eight hours after facing Bayern München, Wolfsburg welcomes Borussia Mönchengladbach to Volkswagen Arena. After being promoted from the second division of the Bundesliga, Hans Meyer’s club sit second from the table bottom but have shown improvement recently and are unbeaten in their last two matches. After retuning from the international break, they fought [...]

October 25th, 2008

this is what happens when you don’t commit to defending

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I suspect frequent readers to this blog might get a trifle annoyed with my rather dowdy, out-of-fashion insistence of never losing focus upon defense or in-fact “dictating” your oppositions attack through your own defensive strategies. However winning Football must recognize this or your efforts to advance will be thwarted and as you will feel a [...]

October 24th, 2008

showdown in München

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From all corners of the media, both in-depth scouting reports and shorter general commentary have focused purely on the match-ups on the pitch. This naturally is appropriate to a great deal but the internal match between Felix Magath and Jürgen Klinsmann and even a message of Felix Magath on tactical approach that he wasn’t able [...]



October 23rd, 2008

send Jürgen back

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The words I hope to hear sing out through the media post the match I have been waiting for all season.
Heading into Saturday’s visit to Allianz Arena to face Bayern München, Wolfsburg will be looking to send an emphatic message that their rise in the Bundesliga is here to stay. However regardless of how the [...]

October 18th, 2008

its starting to come together

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Felix Magath’s Wolfsburg hit full stride today, defeating Arminia Bielefeld 4-1 at Volkswagen Arena. The “Man of the Match” was certainly Zvjezdan Misimović who orchestrated a brilliant attack from the opening whistle.
Wolfsburg started fast with the emerging Bosnia and Herzegovina connection linking up only five minutes after the start with Edin Džeko crossing a [...]

October 17th, 2008

Arminia Bielefeld match preview

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Returning from the international break Die Wölfe will be without Cristian Zaccardo to injury and Ricardo Costa is suspended. Arminia Bielefeld manager Michael Frontzeck is facing the match without Stefan Aigner, Oliver Kirch, Rowen Fernandez and Andre Mijatović.
Arminia Bielefeld is sitting on edge of the relegation zone, precisely where they squeezed by demotion last campaign. [...]

October 16th, 2008

Andrea Barzagli on life

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Per the Bundesliga web-site, Andrea Barzagli has commented on a variety of topics. Included in the important questions on dining in Wolfsburg and taking German lessons he also comments on Serie A that might raise a few eyebrows.
When asked of the quality of play in the Bundesliga he notes:
“The style of play is more spectacular [...]

October 14th, 2008

Cristian Zaccardo injured

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Cristian Zaccardo will be out a minimum of two weeks after partially ruptured a ligament in his ankle ligament in a exhibition match on Monday. While the club hasn’t released complete details on the severity of the injury it is questionable if he will be fully-fit for the UEFA Cup match against Heerenveen on November [...]






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