The Champions League is changing its format starting this season, 2024-2025. It goes from 32 to 36 teams and from the usual group stage to a “play-off” in which not everyone plays against everyone, but each team will face 10 matches against five different rivals selected by draw (scheduled for Thursday, August 29), with the … Read more
Berlin. Jamie Gittens ensured Borussia Dortmund made a triumphant debut under new coach Nuri Sahin by beating Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in the Bundesliga opener on Saturday. The match was marked by protests by Dortmund fans against the club’s sponsorship deal with a German arms manufacturer. Fares Chaibi had Frankfurt’s best chance of the game in … Read more
One of the most prominent figures in Spanish football is very close to packing his bags and heading to the Premier League. Real Sociedad and Arsenal reached an agreement yesterday for the transfer of Navarrese midfielder Mikel Merino to the London club for 32.5 million euros and five more in variables. According to sources close … Read more
The time without Bundesliga has an end! Almost six weeks after the home European Championship, champion Leverkusen opens Friday (8.30 p.m./DAZN, Sat.1 and here in Live ticker) in Gladbach the season. BILD tells you what you need to know to get started. ► The new stars: After the first season without a title in twelve … Read more
Marco Reus has arrived in Los Angeles, and so that no one misses it, there was a full-page ad in the Los Angeles TimesThis has now become a tradition when famous footballers arrive, and it is certainly interesting to find out who placed this ad and what exactly was written. In 2007, the LA Galaxy … Read more
Berlin. One day after Bayern Munich sealed their qualification for the second round of the German Cup, Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig also overcame the first hurdle on Saturday, without any major complications. Dortmund, the 2021 winners of the tournament, beat fourth-tier Lübeck 4-1. New signings centre-back Waldemar Anton opened the scoring before captain Emre … Read more
Status: 17.08.2024 14:29 Fourth division football club 1. FC Phönix Lübeck is facing the biggest game in the club’s history. Today, the Travestadt team will face Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in the first round of the DFB Cup – in front of more than 48,000 spectators in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion. The Lübeck team moved to the … Read more
Status: 14.08.2024 12:52 Fourth division football club 1. FC Phönix Lübeck is facing the biggest game in the club’s history. On Saturday, the Travestadt team will face Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund in the first round of the DFB Cup – in front of more than 48,000 spectators in Hamburg’s Volksparkstadion. The Lübeck team moved to … Read more
Two and a half weeks of the Olympic Games in Paris are over – now everyday football life begins! The first round of the DFB Cup is scheduled for this weekend. But not for Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart, who will play for the DFL Supercup on Saturday evening (8.30 p.m.). One week later, the … Read more
Hello dear community, I am someone who has been watching football since 2015. And I am aware that this world is not and has never been fair. It has just struck me for a long time (since the last Ballon Dor Awards in Paris in 2023) that Lionel Messi wins every award there is to … Read more