German football 2020/21

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Hertha's ineptitude in the Cup is one of the certainties of the competition. It's a curse that Hertha's first team shall never play in a Cup Final as long as it's played in Hertha's own stadium.

 

[Bon Esprit]

Nuts

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Mainz went down 1-0 early and trailed until the 57th minute when they proceeded to score 5 unanswered.

Braunschweig is the natural enemy of Hannover, but congrats to Peine-East. Well done.

In other news: The Schalke game was canceled, because they don't have an opponnent. Bavaria rules, LOL
DFB-Pokal: Schalker Pokalspiel nach Gerichtsentscheid abgesetzt - DER SPIEGEL - Sport

 

[Albatros]

What the article leaves out is that Schweinfurt lodged protest against Türkgücü's 3. Liga promotion claiming that they would not fulfill the stadium requirements, kind of a dick move especially coming from a non-league side really, and in retaliation Türkgücü now apparently decided to claim the DFB-Pokal place that according to the rules belonged rather to them but had been given to Schweinfurt instead.

 

[Bon Esprit]

2. League St. Pauli lost to 4th league Elversberg. Nice, I like upsets.

 

[Bon Esprit]

Upsets!

Hamburg lost 4-1 to relegated Dresden
Essen won 1-0 vs. Bielefeld
And Hannover almost messed up a 3-0 lead.

 

[Chris P Bacon]

Hamburg lol

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Dortmund 5-0 over Duisburg. It was a training match.

Favre’s going to have some interesting decisions. The kids he started today looked a lot better than the veterans. The veterans were sloppy when subbed on late.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Hamburg lol

 

[ecemleafs]

Love reyna in that free roll 10. Gonna play that spot for the USA for the next 15 years

 

[Maverick41]

For some additional context. The Hamburg Player Toni Leistner is from Dresden, so he was in his hometown, and according to him the fan had insulted his wife and daughter as he was about to start his interview with sky.
He snapped and went into the stands and did what you can see in the video, which is obviously not acceptable.

But since Dynamo apologized to Leistner afterwards and said that they are looking to identify the "fan" in question, it seems to give some credibility to Leistner's account.
I am sure he will still face some form of supsension and fine.

Cup games in Dresden always seem to generate some form of scandal in recent years.

 

[Chris P Bacon]

Makes sense that it would be something pretty personal to make him flip out like that.

 

[Bon Esprit]

For some additional context. The Hamburg Player Toni Leistner is from Dresden, so he was in his hometown, and according to him the fan had insulted his wife and daughter as he was about to start his interview with sky.
He snapped and went into the stands and did what you can see in the video, which is obviously not acceptable.

But since Dynamo apologized to Leistner afterwards and said that they are looking to identify the "fan" in question, it seems to give some credibility to Leistner's account.
I am sure he will still face some form of supsension and fine.

Cup games in Dresden always seem to generate some form of scandal in recent years.

The player is an idiot (of course the "fan", too). His family got insulted? Mimimi, this happens all the time. No racism or something like that.
Ever asked how a player like Oliver Kahn felt?

Bananas in Dortmund


A golfball hit in Freiburg

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Leistner says he spoke to the fan on the phone and they're OK now. Makes you wonder how he got the guy's phone number or vice versa? Clearly must have been some 'assistance' from Dynamo in getting that going, either the club or the ultras. But that alone tells you that this is more of an internal Dresden matter than anything else..

 

[Albatros]

The player is an idiot (of course the "fan", too). His family got insulted? Mimimi, this happens all the time. No racism or something like that.
Ever asked how a player like Oliver Kahn felt?

Dealing with generic insults like these was not a problem to Leistner either, whether they belong to football or not is a separate debate but this is not about it. It was only when a specific person threatened to attack his pregnant wife and kill his unborn daughter that he reacted as he did, and although it was a stupid reaction it was also completely understandable given the context. Suspend him for one or two cup games and that should be enough, the "fan" can stay away from football a few years longer.

 

[Bon Esprit]

Dealing with generic insults like these was not a problem to Leistner either, whether they belong to football or not is a separate debate but this is not about it. It was only when a specific person threatened to attack his pregnant wife and kill his unborn daughter that he reacted as he did, and although it was a stupid reaction it was also completely understandable given the context. Suspend him for one or two cup games and that should be enough, the "fan" can stay away from football a few years longer.

Never knew it tbh. Bild and kicker reported "A fan insulted his family".
Verbal threatening his wife and unborn child is a different animal.

 

[Bon Esprit]

Season start tomorrow.
Some bold statements:
Bayern wins it
Billyfield gets relegated
Leipzig will have trouble to get a CL spot
Schalke (besides Augsburg and Mainz) will get into relegation trouble
Gladbach will finish 2nd or 3rd.
Bremen will finish 16th

 

[les Habs]

Season start tomorrow.
Some bold statements:
Bayern wins it
Billyfield gets relegated
Leipzig will have trouble to get a CL spot
Schalke (besides Augsburg and Mainz) will get into relegation trouble
Gladbach will finish 2nd or 3rd.
Bremen will finish 16th

I don't think saying "Bayern wins it" is a bold statement.

 

[spintheblackcircle]

I've decided to dip my toe a little bit and follow the league a little closer this season. ESPN had a silly 8 question quiz to help you "pick" a team to follow and I got Leipzig. I think I should be offended, but I guess.....go Red Bull!?

 

[Bon Esprit]

I don't think saying "Bayern wins it" is a bold statement.

LOL, of course not, but this forum is Borussia country.

 

[Bon Esprit]

I've decided to dip my toe a little bit and follow the league a little closer this season. ESPN had a silly 8 question quiz to help you "pick" a team to follow and I got Leipzig. I think I should be offended, but I guess.....go Red Bull!?

Good pick, even without Werner. This year I choose -how cgf used to say?- the cooler Borussia, Werder and Union. Spiegelonline has Union at 17.

 

[Statto]

Coronavirus: Football team loses 37-0 in socially distanced match

Kinda funny...

 

[Bon Esprit]

Coronavirus: Football team loses 37-0 in socially distanced match

Kinda funny...

Some of us Lower Saxonians are pretty weird. Far away from me.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Season start tomorrow.
Some bold statements:
Bayern wins it
Billyfield gets relegated
Leipzig will have trouble to get a CL spot
Schalke (besides Augsburg and Mainz) will get into relegation trouble
Gladbach will finish 2nd or 3rd.
Bremen will finish 16th

Bremen should never have let go of Felix Bejimo.

 

[robertmac43]

If Bremen do end up in trouble Brighton will happily take Rashica of their hands

 

[koyvoo]

Bayern game right now is on sportsnet 360 on regular cable in Canada. I though they’d go back to only having Bundesliga on their subscription channel only again.