Tag: Bundesliga
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Havertz goal earns Bayer Leverkusen win at Freiburg
Bayer Leverkusen secured a scrappy 1-0 Bundesliga victory at Freiburg on Friday, bouncing back from a midweek setback to win with an opportunist goal by forward Kai Havertz. The result lifted Bayer Leverkusen, who were hammered 4-1 by VfL Wolfsburg at home on Tuesday, two places up to third on 56 points from 29 games.…
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Bayern Munich closer to league title after 1-0 win at Dortmund
Joshua Kimmich’s first-half lob gave leaders Bayern Munich a 1-0 victory at second-placed Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga on Tuesday. The slim win closes Bayern in on the league title with a seven-point advantage over their rivals and six games left in the season. Kimmich, sent a perfectly-weighted chip over stranded keeper, Roman Buerki in…
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Erling Haaland scores on Bundesliga return
Erling Braut Haaland scored for Borussia Dortmund as they marked the return of the Bundesliga during the coronavirus outbreak with a convincing derby win over Schalke. The game will mostly be remembered for the surreal circumstances in which it was played, as Germany became the first major league in Europe to resume action behind closed…
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‘Ghost’ derby lifts curtain on Bundesliga restart
Borussia Dortmund host Schalke 04 in Germany’s fiercest derby on Saturday but no more than 300 people will be in and around the 80,000 capacity arena due to COVID-19 restrictions as the Bundesliga gets back to business after a two-month break. The Bundesliga is the first major sports league to resume since world sport was…
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2019/2020 Bundesliga restarts amid pandemic
The eyes of the sports world will be on Germany’s Bundesliga this weekend as it becomes the first “big league’’ to restart after the COVID-19 shutdown. But little would have changed on the pitch with Bayern Munich hunting an eighth straight crown. The German Football League decided last week to resume the first and second…
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Bundesliga teams in isolation ahead of season restart
German soccer teams started the week in isolation on Monday after going into seven-day quarantine ahead of the Bundesliga season restart on Saturday. Club bosses all said that completing the campaign amid the coronavirus outbreak will not be easy. The German Football League (DFL) decided last week to resume the first and second division from…
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BREAKING: Bundesliga returns May 16, new fixtures released
German Football Association has confirmed the Bundesliga will return on May 16. The league was suspended in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic on March 13. DFL CEO Christian Seifert confirms in a press conference that the plan for the Bundesliga is to resume playing on May 16th. However the games will be played behind…
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Bundesliga: Bayern Munich to resume training
Bayern Munich players will return to training on Monday for the first time since the Bundesliga campaign was halted by the coronavirus pandemic. Germany’s top flight has been on hold since 13 March. The German Football League recommended clubs should not train until Sunday, 5 April; the Bundesliga leaders will welcome back players in small…
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Bundesliga: Bayern go top with victory at Paderborn
Champions Bayern Munich went top of the Bundesliga as they won away at newly promoted Paderborn. Robert Kovac’s side leapfrogged RB Leipzig, 3-1 losers at home to Schalke. Serge Gnabry and Phillipe Coutinho put Bayern 2-0 up before Kai Proger responded for the hosts. When Robert Lewandowski, who had missed a sitter, dinked in it…
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Bundesliga: Lewandowski double helps Bayern crush Cologne to go top
Bundesliga top scorer Robert Lewandowski scored twice to equal a 51-year-old record as champions Bayern Munich demolished Cologne 4-0 on Saturday to climb to the top spot of the standings. Poland striker Lewandowski grabbed the first two goals. And, after Cologne’s Kingsley Ehizibue was sent off, Philippe Coutinho converted a penalty to make it 3-0…