Fabian Johnson will miss the last two Borussia Moenchengladbach games before the Bundesliga winter break with an Achilles tendon injury. He made 20 appearances in the fall in theBundesliga, Champions League and German Cup. Gladbach, 12th in the Bundesliga, will participate in the Europa League after being eliminated from the Champions League. Other Gladbachplayers out […]
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Video Pick: Quick-draw ref cracks down swiftly
When players went wild in stoppage time, German referee Markus Schmidt showed four yellow cards and one red card within eight seconds during FC Ingolstadt’s 1-0 Bundesliga winover RB Leipzig.
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Video Pick: Arjen Robben curls in a beauty
Bayern Munich returned to the top of the Bundesliga with a 5-0 win over VfL Wolfsburg in which Dutchman Arjen Robben opened the scoring by curling in a shot with his golden leftfoot from the corner of the penalty area to inside the far post. It marked the 32-year-old’s fifth goal in nine Bundesliga appearances […]
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Video Pick: Bundesliga goalkeeper bloopers
As part of its annual advent calendar series, Bundesliga YouTube presents the Top 10 most “catastrophic” Bundesliga blunders of the last five years. They include bloopers from German internationalsRoman Weidenfeller, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and world champion Manuel Neuer.
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Pulisic, amid $30 million transfer rumors, forges on with Dortmund
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla Borussia Dortmund’s 2-2 tie, in which 18-year-old AmericanChristian Pulisic started, with Real Madrid at the Bernabeu earned Dortmund a first-place finish in Group F of the UEFA Champions League. Dortmund also broke the record for most goalsscored in the UCL group stage. Pulisic played in all six ofDortmund’s Group F games, starting […]
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Video Pick: Terrific volley for Porto by Mexico's 'Tecatito'
Mexico’s 23-year-old Jesus “Tecatito” Corona scored Porto’s second goal in a 5-0 UEFA Champions League win over Leicester with a fierce left-footed 13-yard volley into the uppercorner after meeting a 35-yard cross from Brazilian Alex Telles.
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Chapecoense plane crash: Bolivia arrests LaMia airline boss
Authorities in Bolivia have arrested Gustavo Vargas, the head of the airline involved in a crash last week that killed 71 people, including most of the Brazilian team Chapecoense. Theplane, operated by the tiny LaMia airline, was taking the team to Colombia when it ran out of fuel. A Bolivian official says she warned the […]
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Tottenham lands in Europa League
Tottenham Hotspur dressed the wound of its Champions League exit with a 3-1 win over CSKA Moscow on Wednesday that secured the consolation prize of a place in the Europa League, continent’ssecond-tier competition.
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UCL: Porto and Sevilla complete final 16
On the final day of UEFA Champions League group play, with four teams vying for the last two knockout stage spots, Porto and Sevilla joined the final 16 at the expense of Copenhagen and Lyon. Sevillatied Lyon, 0-0. Copenhagen beat Club Brugge, 2-0, but settled for third in Group G because Porto beat Leicester, 5-0. […]
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Video Pick: Reus assists Auba for best Bundesliga golazo
Borussia Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored the Bundesliga Goal of the Week, a golazo that was special for the way Marco Reus set it up. Also in the Top 5,Dortmund’s Ousmane Dembele, Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski, Hoffenheim’s Mark Uth and Hertha Berlin’s Marvin Plattenhardt.