Mario Götze To Leave Borussia Dortmund At End Of Season
Mario Götze will bid farewell to his boyhood club for a second time at the end of this season, according to Borussia Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc.
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Bundesliga Top Scorers: Germany’s Top Division Leads Race For European Golden Shoe
The battle for the prestigious European Golden Shoe award has effectively morphed into a four-horse race between Lazio’s Ciro Immobile and three Bundesliga representatives: Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski, RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner and Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland. The Bundesliga top scorers are largely pacing Europe right now, but who else is lighting up Germany’s top division?
Bundesliga Top Scorers 2020
(Updated 05/24/20)
Home-Field Advantage Disappears Entirely Behind Closed Doors
Throughout the entirety of the 2018-19 Premier League season, the home team won 47% of matches, lost 34% and drew 11%. Prior to the break, home teams in the Bundesliga had won 43.3% of their games. Many wondered what playing behind closed doors would do to home advantage, and the early answer is actually quite astounding.
Hat-Trick Hero Timo Werner Puts On A Master Class
He’s been heavily linked with Liverpool — although Chelsea, Manchester United and Inter Milan are reportedly in the fight — but RB Leipzig’s Timo Werner might’ve added a little more to his $70 million valuation following a hat-trick in Sunday’s 5-0 rout of Mainz.
FC Augsburg’s Eduard Löwen Curls In Sensational 25-Yard Free Kick
Schalke slumped to a shock 3-0 home loss to relegation-threatened Augsburg on Sunday, their fourth defeat in five games dropping them to eighth place in the Bundesliga.
Augsburg's Eduard Löwen curled in a sensational free kick from 25 yards in the sixth minute and Nigerian winger Noah Sarenren Bazee slotted home in the 76th before Sergio Cordova added the third in stoppage time.
6’: Eduard Löwen Free Kick
Canadian Phenom Alphonso Davies Pops Up To Provide Vital Bayern Spark
Maybe it’s youthful exuberance, maybe Thomas Müller is rubbing off on him, but Alphonso Davies’ second goal of the Bundesliga campaign was the product of nothing more than effort and being in the right place at the right time.
And the strike came at the perfect time for a Bayern Munich side that was reeling in the moments prior.
Davies scored in the 61st minute after Eintracht Frankfurt had quickly cut a three-goal lead to one, helping Bayern Munich pull away for a 5-2 victory on Saturday.
Let Bayern CEO’s Mask Fail Be A Lesson To Us All
You wouldn’t think wearing a mask would be that hard, but apparently it’s proven a difficult task for many during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Take, for instance, that Kentucky woman who went viral for wearing a mask with a hole cut in the middle. There’s no point in wearing a mask with a hole; you’re as exposed as a team playing without a goalkeeper.
We’re Still Trying To Wrap Our Heads Around This Goal-Line Clearance
The goal was gaping for Kerem Demirbay. Kai Havertz had just struck the crossbar, but the ball bounced kindly to Demirbay wide open in the six-yard box. It was impossible to miss.
Well, almost impossible.
Center back Nico Elvedi never gave up on the play and against all odds recovered in time to get a foot to Demirbay’s shot, clearing the ball off the line in spectacular fashion.
Nico Elvedi Goal-Line Clearance
Even When He Fails Spectacularly, Erling Haaland Creates Magic
Everything Erling Haaland does is magic, even when he fucks up.
Haaland was unable to add to his tally of 41 goals in his 35th match but still helped create Borussia Dortmund’s first goal in a 2-0 victory over Wolfsburg on Saturday.
After scoring upon Bundesliga’s return last week, Haaland was fairly quiet on the road this time around. In fact, BVB in general failed to create the number of chances you come to expect from one of Europe’s most exciting teams.
This 2. Bundesliga Club Is Unbelievably Screwed, Impossible Not To Sympathize
The return of the Bundesliga and 2. Bundesliga was a triumph for football fans in Germany and around the world. One club that didn’t get to celebrate was Dynamo Dresden. The entire team was placed under quarantine after two players tested positive on May 9.