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Borussia Dortmund, BUNDESLIGA, Sebastien Haller

Dortmund beat Augsburg on Haller’s return

Sebastien Haller of Borussia Dortmund is challenged by Arne Engels of FC Augsburg during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Augsburg at Signal Iduna Park on January 22, 2023 in Dortmund, Germany. Borussia Dortmund clinched a 4-3 thriller at home against Augsburg on Sunday as Sebastien Haller returned to the team after battling testicular cancer.Dortmund took the lead three times, only for Augsburg to equalise, exploiting the home side´s disorganised defence.Dortmund manager Edin Terzic brought on Jamie Bynoe-Gittens and Gio Reyna in the 70th minute, with both wingers scoring goals to help carry their team to victory.The home side had the better of the early proceedings before Jude Bellingham broke through in the 29th minute.The 19-year-old Englishman collected the b...
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Borussia Dortmund, BUNDESLIGA, TRANSFERS, Youssoufa Moukoko

Borussia Dortmund ‘make final contract offer to Youssoufa Moukoko’

10 December 2022, Romania, Bukarest: Soccer, test matches, Christmas Cup with matches over 2 x 30 minutes, Rapid Bucharest - Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund's Youssoufa Moukoko.Borussia Dortmund have reportedly tabled a take-it-or-leave-it contract offer to Youssoufa Moukoko amid growing interest in the teenager’s services. The 18-year-old attacker posted a phenomenal set of numbers at youth level before making the step-up to the first team, including 90 goals in 56 matches for the Under-17s. Moukoko then proceeded to hit 47 goals in 25 games at Under-19 level, and he became the youngest player in Bundesliga history when making his debut at 16 years and one day against Hertha Berlin in November 2020. The Germany international has seamlessly slotted into the senior side this term with six goals...
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Alphonso Davies, BAYERN MUNICH, BUNDESLIGA

Alphonso Davies named Canada Soccer player of the year after scoring at World Cup

Alphonso Davies of Canada looks on during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Group F match between Canada and Morocco at Al Thumama Stadium on December 1, 2022 in Doha, Qatar. Bayern Munich and Canadian men’s national team star Alphonso Davies has been named Canada Soccer player of the year for the fourth time in five seasons. Davies was instrumental in helping the men’s team qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, and scored the squad’s first-ever goal at soccer’s showcase event in Qatar. The 22-year-old left back from Edmonton also helped Bayern win the 2021-22 Bundesliga and 2022 DFL Supercup in Germany and became the all-time Canadian leader in UEFA Champions League appearances. Davies was the lone Canadian attacker to play every minute at the World Cup and he scored ...
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BAYERN MUNICH, BUNDESLIGA, Jamal Musiala

Bayern end year clear atop Bundesliga

Tom Krauss of Schalke 04, Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munchen during the German Bundesliga match between Schalke 04 v Bayern Munchen at the Veltins Arena on November 12, 2022 in Gelsenkirchen Germany.Bayern Munich’s teenage forward Jamal Musiala laid on two assists to help his side extend their lead atop the table to six points in a 2-0 win away at Schalke on Saturday.Coming into the game against last-placed Schalke, who have won only twice this season, Bayern boasted a starting XI featuring exclusively players selected for the Qatar World Cup – six for Germany, four for France and one for Cameroon. The home side managed to keep Bayern at bay for much of the opening stanza, before a sublime Musiala back-heel put former Arsenal forward Serge Gnabry in space to score his side’s first after ...
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BUNDESLIGA, Moussa Diaby, Xabi Alonso

Leverkusen wins Rhine derby to ease pressure on Xabi Alonso

 Moussa Diaby of Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Jonas Hector of 1. FC Koln during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Koln and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at the RheinEnergieStadion on November 9, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. Moussa Diaby scored again as Bayer Leverkusen came from behind to beat Cologne 2-1 in their Rhine derby on Wednesday, giving coach Xabi Alonso his second successive Bundesliga win. The French winger, who wasn’t included in Didier Deschamps’ 25-man squad for the World Cup, scored Leverkusen’s winner in the 71st minute when he applied the finishing touch to a counterattack started by Callum Hudson-Odoi after a Cologne corner. The home team had been better for much of the game. Benno Schmitz scored Cologne’s goal on the half-hour mark when he took Sargis Adamyan’s cross on his ...
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BUNDESLIGA, sadio mane, World Cup 2022

Sadio Mane injured, will he miss the World Cup?

 Sadio Mane of Bayern Muenchen injured during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and SV Werder Bremen at Allianz Arena on November 08, 2022 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich’s 6-1 thrashing of Werder Bremen to move four points clear atop the Bundesliga was overshadowed by an injury to Sadio Mane. Leroy Sane had to replace Mane after he went down with a knee injury after 15 minutes and needed treatment. It happens just 13 days before Mane’s Senegal face the Netherlands in Qatar in their opening 2022 World Cup match. Meanwhile, Serge Gnabry’s hat-trick helped Bayern win easily. Mane, a former Liverpool player, walked straight down the tunnel after being replaced to receive additional care. Mane, a two-time African Footballer of the Year, is essential for ...
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BAYERN MUNICH, BUNDESLIGA, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

Choupo-Moting double takes Bayern back to top of Bundesliga

Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting of Bayern Muenchen scoring his teams third goal during the Bundesliga match between Hertha BSC and FC Bayern München at Olympiastadion on November 5, 2022 in Berlin, Germany.Bayern Munich’s Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored twice in two minutes to lead the champions to a nervy 3-2 victory at Hertha Berlin on Saturday as they went top in the Bundesliga.The 33-year-old Cameroon forward is in scintillating form less than three weeks before the World Cup, having netted for the seventh consecutive game in all competitions and the fourth straight in the league.Jamal Musiala gave the visitors an early lead, rifling in after 12 minutes. In a frenzied end to the first half Choupo-Moting slotted in their second goal in the 38th minute before pouncing on a bad clearance to knoc...
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BAYERN MUNICH, BUNDESLIGA, Jamal Musiala

Bayern Munich 6-2 Mainz: Hosts move top of Bundesliga with emphatic win

Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich is challenged by Leandro Barreiro of 1.FSV Mainz 05 during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern München and 1. FSV Mainz 05 at Allianz Arena on October 29, 2022 in Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich moved to the top of the Bundesliga with an emphatic win over Mainz on Saturday afternoon. Julian Nagelsmann’s side have been steadily improving after a shaky start to the season and made easy work of their opponents today, finding themselves a goal up after just five minutes when Serge Gnabry controlled Sadio Mane’s cross and fired home. And the hosts well and truly took control of the game after 28 minutes, with Jamal Musiala playing a neat one-two with Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and slotting the ball in to make it 2-0. Mainz had chances of their own in the firs...
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Borussia Dortmund, BUNDESLIGA, Eintracht Frankfurt, Mario Goetze

Bundesliga: Focused Eintrahct Frankfurt ready for ‘gigantic’ Borussia Dortmund clash

Mario Götze of Eintracht Frankfurt looks on during the UEFA Champions League group D match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Olympique Marseille at Deutsche Bank Park on October 26, 2022 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Eintracht Frankfurt host Borussia Dortmund in Saturday’s Bundesliga highlight, with both teams enjoying an improvement in form after difficult moments this season.Despite sitting outside the Champions League places in fifth, Dortmund have secured progress to the next round of Europe’s top-tier competition and German Cup in the past two weeks, along with putting five past a hapless Stuttgart last weekend. Dortmund’s impressive fortnight got even better on Tuesday, with the news that striker Sebastian Haller, currently undergoing treatment including chemotherapy for testicul...
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BUNDESLIGA, Gio Reyna, Jude Bellingham

Reyna starts and scores in Dortmund’s 5-0 rout of Stuttgart

Dortmund's US midfielder Giovanni Reyna celebrates his 3-0 during the German first division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart in Dortmund, western Germany on October 22, 2022. Gio Reyna is back. The American started and scored on Saturday to help Borussia Dortmund rout Stuttgart 5-0 in the Bundesliga. It was Reyna’s first league start of the season and he crowned an impressive outing on the left of midfield with his first goal of the campaign when he curled a fine strike inside the far post just before the break. Reyna’s last appearance against Stuttgart ended in tears when he sustained a muscle and tendon injury just after kickoff – ending his season prematurely in April. Jude Bellingham also starred with two goals as Dortmund produc...
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BUNDESLIGA, FC Köln, FSV Mainz

Mainz thrash 10-man Cologne in Bundesliga

Anton Stach of 1. FSV Mainz 05 celebrates with teammates after scoring their team's third goal during the Bundesliga match between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and 1. FC Köln at MEWA Arena on October 21, 2022 in Mainz, Germany.   Five different players scored for Mainz in the Bundesliga as they whipped 10-man Cologne 5-0 to strengthen their bid for a spot in Europe next season. Mainz achieved their biggest margin of victory for nearly three years and soared from 11th to third in the table. Cologne dropped two places to ninth. Cologne defender Luca Kilian hauled down Mainz forward Karim Onisiwo on the break to give away an 11th-minute penalty converted by Marcus Ingvartsen. Kilian soon fouled Onisiwo again to earn himself a second yellow card and his second sending-off in 10 league games this seaso...
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BAYERN MUNICH, BUNDESLIGA, FRANCE, FRANCK RIBERY

Former Bayern Munich, France winger Franck Ribery retires from football

Franck Ribery of US Salernitana 1919 gestures during the Serie A match between US Salernitana 1919 and AS Roma at Stadio Arechi, Salerno, Italy on 14 August 2022. Franck Ribery, a former Bayern Munich and France winger, ended his football career on Friday, at age 39. “Dear friends, dear fans, I wanted to make this short video to tell you that the time has come for me to retire from playing football. With you and your support, I was able to make my dream become a reality, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” Ribery said on Instagram. The 2006 FIFA World Cup silver medalist said that a persistent knee injury forced him to quit playing the game immediately. Ribery thanked his family, teammates, head coaches and staff at the clubs he played for. “This is the end of a chapter, my chapt...
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Schalke fires coach Kramer after run of heavy defeats

Head coach Frank Kramer of FC Schalke 04 gestures during the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and TSG Hoffenheim at Veltins-Arena on October 14, 2022 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.Schalke fired coach Frank Kramer on Wednesday after four months in charge following a run of losses which left the club in the Bundesliga relegation zone. Schalke was knocked out of the German Cup with a 5-1 loss to Hoffenheim in the second round on Tuesday, the club's fifth successive defeat in all competitions. Schalke, which was promoted back to the top flight for this season, is 17th in the 18-team league. Its only win in 10 league games this season was against last-place Bochum. Board member Peter Knabel highlighted the loss at Hoffenheim and a 4-0 defeat at Bayer Leverkusen as being particularly “not wort...
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No-fluke Union still top with Dortmund win

Janik Haberer of 1. FC Union Berlin shoots at goal during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Union Berlin and Borussia Dortmund at Stadion an der alten Försterei on October 16, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. Union Berlin have again proved their brilliant start to the Bundesliga season is no fluke as they easily beat supposed title challengers Borussia Dortmund 2-0 at home. But champions Bayern Munich are on their tail, having leapfrogged their opponents Freiburg to move into second spot, four points behind Union, after a 5-0 romp at the Allianz Arena. Serge Gnabry, the impressive Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, Leroy Sane, Sadio Mane and Marcel Sabitzer all scored for the champions. At Union’s Stadion An der Alten Forsterei home, they took an early lead after Dortmund keeper Gregor Kobel slipped when ...
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Frankfurt overpower Alonso’s Leverkusen

Jeremie Frimpong of Bayer 04 Leverkusen battles for possession with Djibril Sow of Eintracht Frankfurt during the Bundesliga match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayer 04 Leverkusen at Deutsche Bank Park on October 15, 2022 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Eintracht Frankfurt have risen to fourth in the Bundesliga for at least a day after a 5-1 home victory over third-bottom Bayer Leverkusen. Coming after Porto’s 3-0 win in the Champions League on Wednesday, Leverkusen’s second loss from Xabi Alonso’s three games in charge ended the former Spain star’s honeymoon period as coach and left his team mired in a relegation battle. Leverkusen occupied the relegation play-off place after slumping to their sixth defeat in 10 rounds. “The situation is bad,” Alonso said after Saturday’s loss. “We can’...
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Neuer ruled out of Bayern’s top-of-the-table clash with Freiburg

FC Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich at the Signal Iduna park on October 8, 2022 in Dortmund, Germany. Bayern Munich goalkeeper Manuel Neuer will miss his side’s top-of-the-table clash with Bundesliga high-fliers Freiburg on Sunday due to ongoing problems with his shoulder, coach Julian Nagelsmann confirmed. “Manuel won’t play, he is still in pain. I hope he can be back next week, but Freiburg will be too early for him,” said Nagelsmann, whose team will now be without their captain for a second game in a row. “It’s annoying, but that’s how it is,” he added. Neuer missed Bayern’s 4-2 Champions League win over Viktoria Plzen in midweek with a bruised shoulder, but had played every single minute of the league seaso...
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Xabi Alonso helped Bayer Leverkusen defeat Schalke 4-0

Leverkusen's new Spanish head coach Xabi Alonso reacts from the sidelines during the German first division Bundesliga football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen v Schalke 04 in Leverkusen, western Germany on October 8, 2022. Xabi Alonso’s first match in charge of Bayer Leverkusen saw his side thrash Schalke 4-0. The former Liverpool, Real Madrid, and Bayern Munich player has immediately lifted his new club out of the relegation zone after replacing Gerardo Seoane earlier this week. Moussa Diaby scored the first goal of Alonso's tenure halfway through the first half, while Jeremie Frimpong scored the second just before the half-time whistle.Paulinho added a fourth goal in the second half and extra time after Frimpong doubled his tally. This is only Leverkusen's second win of the season an...
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Dortmund loses in Cologne 3-2 and misses chance to go top

Jude Bellingham of Borussia Dortmund is challenged by Ellyes Skhiri of 1.FC Koeln during the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Köln and Borussia Dortmund at RheinEnergieStadion on October 01, 2022 in Cologne, Germany.Borussia Dortmund failed to capitalize on Bundesliga leader Union Berlin’s first loss when it conceded a one-goal lead and lost to Cologne 3-2 on Saturday. Eintracht Frankfurt defeated Union 2-0 at home, ending the last unbeaten team’s record in the league, though Urs Fischer’s side remained top for the third round straight – on goal difference ahead of Freiburg. Freiburg enjoyed a 2-1 win at home over Mainz to consolidate its great start after eight rounds. Instead of going top, Dortmund dropped to fourth behind Bayern Munich, which ended its four-game winless run On F...
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Injury to Reus mars Dortmund’s big day

Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund receives medical treatment during the Bundesliga match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 at Signal Iduna Park on September 17, 2022 in Dortmund, Germany. Borussia Dortmund's 1-0 Ruhr derby win over Schalke has been overshadowed by a serious-looking injury to captain Marco Reus.On a day when Augsburg stunned defending champions Bayern Munich 1-0 in their Bavarian derby, Dortmund were left numbed by the injury to their leader. Reus was taken off on a stretcher in tears on Saturday after sustaining what looked like a bad ankle injury two months before the World Cup begins in Qatar. "It looks like the ligaments have been injured. We don't know yet how long he will be out, we have to wait for more detailed examinations," Dortmund boss Edin Terzic t...
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Teenager Tel scores again but Bayern are held by Stuttgart

Borna Sosa of VfB Stuttgart battles for possession with Mathys Tel of Bayern Munich during the Bundesliga match between FC Bayern Muenchen and VfB Stuttgart at Allianz Arena on September 10, 2022 in Munich, Germany.Bayern Munich conceded a stoppage-time equaliser against Stuttgart on Saturday as the champions were held to third consecutive Bundesliga draw. It started well for Bayern, who face Barcelona in the Champions League group stage next week, with forward Mathys Tel scoring their opener in the 36th minute. France youth international Tel, who at the age of 17 years and 136 days became the youngest player to start a league game for Bayern, had already scored in the German Cup first round. He made sure of his first league goal by drilling in a low drive from a Alphonso Davies cutback. B...
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