Borussia Dortmund’s sobering 3-1 home defeat to Bayern Munich on Saturday contained only two redeeming qualities according to BVB manager Peter Bosz: the support of the club’s famous Yellow Wall and the play of 19-year-old American attacker Christian Pulisic.
Bobby Wood spent an anonymous 56 minutes on the pitch last weekend in Hamburg’s 2-1 defeat to Hertha Berlin, consigning the club to 16th in the 18-team Bundesliga and opening Wood to fierce criticism from manager Markus Gisdol. Wood has started nine league matches for Hamburg this term, but he’s only managed a single goal. That was back in August.
Borussia Dortmund played a very Halloween-themed DFB-Pokal match Tuesday against FC Magdeburg, whose fans have a well-earned reputation for amusing antics. Look at this tifo the hosts brought out to welcome their opponents. Unless you were scared by the "Saw" movies.
239 days. That’s how long we’ve got to wait until June 14, the day when Russia will kick off the 2018 World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. The buildup to the world’s greatest sporting event is gaining traction as we’ve now confirmed 23 of the 32 finalists, and we’ll know the rest of the field come November.
The #TakeAKnee movement has crossed the Atlantic and into Germany. Hertha Berlin players took a knee in a show of solidarity with similar protests in the United States ahead of their match with Schalke on Saturday.