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Back and Forth – Hamburg

Published on September 10, 2011 by Paul Borthwick in Germany

Son Heung-Min has been Hamburg's one bright point from their poor start to the season

Paul Borthwick and Ross Dunbar are back to go head-to-head with their differing opinions. Hamburg haven’t started the season at all well; but how do the guys see the season panning out for their them? Ross, being a Hamburg fan, is much more optimistic than Paul… Paul Borthwick: Here we go again Ross – I know you’re a Hamburg fan so well placed to convince me they’re too big to go down, will ride out the current storm and preserve their status as the only team to never be relegated from the Bundesliga since it’s inception in 1963. Ross Dunbar:

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Tags: Bundesliga, Frank Arnesen, Germany, Hamburg, Ivo Ilicevic, Michael Oenning, Mladen Petric, Son Heung Min

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European preview – Germany

Published on September 5, 2011 by Paul Borthwick in Germany

Could Lewis Holtby's return to Schalke help them towards a European crown?

After the glitz and glamour of the European draws ten days ago, Paul Borthwick takes you through the German qualifiers and now they might fair on the European stage this season…

Tags: Bayer Leverkusen, Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Bundesliga, Champions League, Europa League, Germany, Hannover 96, Mainz 05, Schalke 04

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Back and Forth – Miroslav Klose

Published on September 2, 2011 by Paul Borthwick in Germany

Miroslav Klose celebrating another goal for his national team

In a new feature on The Football Project, Paul Borthwick and Ross Dunbar engage in a debate over their differing opinions on a certain prolific German striker; Miroslav Klose. The pair don’t exactly see eye to eye on his role within the current national team set-up and so they are going to get down it…

Tags: Bundesliga, Euro 2012, Germany, Joachim Löw, Lazio, Mario Gomez, Miroslav Klose, Serie A, World Cup 2014

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Foals Gold

Published on August 23, 2011 by Paul Borthwick in Germany

Reus has been the stand out performer for the transformed Gladbach side

On the opening day of the season Borussia Monchengladbach shocked Bayern Munich 1-0. Since then, they’ve put together two equally impressive results. Paul Borthwick profiles a team seemingly on their way towards European competition next season…

Tags: Borussia Monchengladbach, Bundesliga, Die Fohlen, Lucien Favre, Marco Reus

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Rangnick may have cracked Schalke’s strongest eleven but Raul must remain

Published on August 19, 2011 by Guest Author in Germany

For Schalke to be successful, Raul needs to stay

Raul is seeming on his way out of Schalke. He won’t be going to Blackburn and in the opinion of guest writer Ross Dunbar, he needs to stay where he is if success is to come to his new club…

Tags: Bundesliga, Ralf Rangnick, Raul, Schalke 04

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Trickier tie for Bayern Munich than people think

Published on August 17, 2011 by Simon McPolin in Germany, Spain, World

Franck Ribery and Bayern Munich could be in for a trickier time against Zurich than people think

Simon McPolin returns to preview the second set of Champions League qualifying fixtures. The biggest of which pits misfiring Bayern Munich against the slightly unknown FC Zurich…

Tags: Apoel Nicosia, Bayern Munich, Dinamo Zagreb, FC Zurich, Genk, Maccabi Haifa, Malmo, Odense BK, Villarreal, Wisla Krakow

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Okazaki fires die Roten to the Fore

Published on August 11, 2011 by Paul Borthwick in Germany, World

Shinji Okazaki scored a superb 89th minute strike to lift Stuttgart to the top of the Bundesliga

Where Shinji Kagawa took advantage of a trail blazed in the 1970s and 80s, Shinji Okazaki’s incredible 89th minute winnter for Stuttgart during the first weekend of the Bundesliga has thrown the spotlight on the increasing numbers of Far East Asian players in the top flight of Germany football. Paul Borthwick is on the case…

Tags: Bundesliga, Shinji Kagawa, Shinji Okazaki, Son Heung Min, Stuttgart

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Bayern need a plan B – Bundesliga Gameweek One

Published on August 10, 2011 by Simon McPolin in Germany

Arjen Robben was rarely allowed any time or space on the ball by the Gladbach defence

Bayern Munich have been heavily backed to regain the Bundesliga title this season after a busy summer. However, the 2009/10 Champions League finalists haven’t moved on from the tactics they deployed in that incredible run and Simon McPolin looks at how that played a factor in their opening gameweek defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach…