2014/15 Bundesliga Thread

[Goondal]

The final eight games of the second round of DFB Pokal were today:

 

*denotes second division team, **denotes third division team, ***denotes regional representative

 

***1. FC Madgeburg 2 (4)

Bayer Leverkusen 2 (5)

 

***Wurzburger Kickers 0

*Eintracht Braunschweig 1

 

*1860 Munchen 2

SC Freiburg 5

 

**RB Leipzig 3

*Erzgebirge Aue 1

 

Hamburger SV 1

Bayern Munchen 3

 

1899 Hoffenheim 5

*FSV Frankfurt 1

 

VfL Wolfsburg 4

**1. FC Heidenheim 1

 

Eintracht Frankfurt 1

Borussia Monchengladbach 2

 

Less upsets today.  Only two Bundesliga teams lost today, both to another Bundesliga team (although Leverkusen lived very dangerously).  One second division (Eintracht Braunschweig) joined the four from yesterday and RB Leipzig became the only third division team to make the third round.

 

[Goondal]

Reus puts Dortmund up in the 31st minute.  Lewandowski ties it in the 72nd and Robben wins it in the 85th.  Dortmund's Bundesliga struggles continue.  With Hamburger's victory they are not in the relegation playoff spot, hehe

[Goondal]

The match-ups are set for the third round of DFB Pokal, although the matches will not happen for four months (March 3-4, 2015)

 

*denotes second division team, **denotes third division team, ***denotes regional representative

 

Bayer Leverkusen v. *1. FC Kaiserslautern

***Kickers Offenbach v. Borussia Monchengladbach

Bayern Munchen v. *Eintracht Braunschweig

*VfR Aalen v. 1899 Hoffenheim

**RB Leipzig v. VfL Wolfsburg

*Arminia Bielefeld v. Werder Bremen

SC Freiburg v. 1. FC Koln

*Dynamo Dresden v. Borussia Dortmund

 

Only one game features two clubs from the top division while five of the seven lower teams get to host.  Wish the layoff was not so long.

[Goondal]

Muller with a hat trick today, giving him six goals on the year and pulling him to a five way tie for first (including Gotze).  4-0 victory, nice way to go into a short break.

[Goondal]

I know they have a game in hand but I am going to say it now since I may not be able to tomorrow:

 

Dortmund is on top of UCL but dead last in the Bundesliga.  Wow.

[Goondal]

Four of the top seven teams lost today.

 

Vfl Wolfsburg (#2), Borussia Monchengladbach (#3), Hannover 96 (#5), 1899 Hoffenheim (#7)

 

Things were already tight for spots 2-6 and they just got tighter.

[Goondal]

Leverkusen has worked their way into the top three while Schalke has moved back into a Europa spot for the time being.  Spots 2-8 are separated by a mere four points.

[Raskle]

Leverkusen has worked their way into the top three while Schalke has moved back into a Europa spot for the time being.  Spots 2-8 are separated by a mere four points.

 

Come on Schalke..my heart's been taking enough of a beating this year thanks to my Spurs. Et tu Brute?? 

[Goondal]

Come on Schalke..my heart's been taking enough of a beating this year thanks to my Spurs. Et tu Brute?? 

 

I really hope they can pull out a spot in the Round of 16 for Champions.  Would give Germany all four teams through with possibly three group winners.  That five goal defeat to Chelsea though is a killer, now goal differential cannot help.  Need to win and a victory from Chelsea as well.

[DirtyMagic97]

Dortmund at the bottom of Bundesliga is unbelievable.

[Goondal]

Dortmund at the bottom of Bundesliga is unbelievable.

 

I know, I keep expecting them to start winning, it just is not happening.  Things are starting to look very grim for them.

[Goondal]

Dortmund moved up four spots with one win.  I still think they are a least going to recover to make Europa

[Goondal]

Also, only six of the eighteen teams have a positive goal differential.  Could start to see a gap form there between the European qualification spots and the rest of the league.

[Goondal]

Both Wolfsburg and Gladbach advanced out of their Europa League groups with the latter doing it as group winners.  Six for six for the Bundesliga