Ghana


In Ghana regt man sich darüber auf, dass der offizielle WM-Ball bereits in der Bundesliga benutzt wird und man sieht darin einen Wettbewerbsvorteil für die deutsche Nationalmannschaft.

GBC


Großbritannien


"Der Junge hat Talent" - Bayerns Thomas Müller

Football Fancast

Philip Cornwall über den Berliner Fußball:

Berlin is perhaps the strangest capital city there is. There are other divided capitals - the twin cities of Buda and Pest are either side of a dominating river; Istanbul, Turkey's metropolis if no longer formal capital, is split between two continents (Galatasaray and Besiktas play in Europe, Fenerbahce in Asia). None, though, have a lingering man-made scar quite like this one.

football365.com

Ein Artikel, der sich mit den Auswirkungen des geplanten Verbots, Jugendspieler aus dem Ausland zu rekrutieren, auf den schottischen Fußball befasst. Dabei wird auch auf die Jugendarbeit der Bundesligisten verwiesen.

"Germany is probably the league in the EPFL set-up that recruits the fewest foreign players into its youth academies," Wilson said, "but that is largely because of their huge population and the fact that they have many other nationalities living in Germany, who they can tap into at youth level.

Times Online

Gabriele Marcotti befasst sich mit Jupp Heynckes:

when you have spent almost 50 years in competitive football, it is hard to walk away. Which is why last summer he agreed to join Bayer Leverkusen.

Times Online

Der englische Fußball vermisst Jens Lehmann:

I am going to get the bandwagon started early: Jens Lehmann for BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2010.

Telegraph

Zu den Top 20 der größten Sportmomenten des Jahrzehnts gehört laut Telegraph auch Zinedine Zidanes Volley im CL-Finale gegen Bayer Leverkusen:

He was Bruce Lee in slow motion while kung-fu chaos reigned around. That was the benefit of being the world`s best player, there for all to understand, on the highest stage of all.

Telegraph

Zinedine Zidane ist allerdings nicht auf einer "Guardian"-Liste, die sechs der besten Fußballer des Jahrzehnts nennt, vertreten:
1.) Ronaldinho
2.) Cristiano Ronaldo
3.) Lionel Messi
4.) Frank Lampard
5.) Iker Casillas
6.) Claude Makélélé

Guardian

Dortmund feiert ein Jahrhundert

A Different League

Perhaps it was no coincidence that with Sven Ulreich, Lehmann's 21-year-old understudy, playing, Stuttgart's defence looked solid against Hoffenheim.
Lehmann is currently serving a three-match ban and it remains to be seen if he will win back his place in the side. Lehmann is 40 and will retire at the end of this season, but Ulreich now has the chance to put him out to grass a little sooner.

betfair.com


Kanada


Der 17-jährige Graham Fischer steht bei Schalke 04 unter Vertrag und kommt wie Owen Hargreaves aus dem kanadischen Calgary:

Schalke, in Canadian terms, would be a top NHL team: In Germany, they are currently second in the premier Bundesliga league, just ahead of better-known FC Bayern Munich.

Calgary Sun

Raphael Honigstein über Jens Lehmann und deutsche Torhüter:

Unless the more vocal Tim Wiese (Werder Bremen) makes some last minute giant leap forward, this World Cup will (sadly) have to make do without a mad, bad Teutonic keeper. The demise of Lehmann and his ilk will leave a void in terms of freak show entertainment.
But for Germany, that might not be such a terrible thing. It's worth remembering that the last time they won a competition - Euro 96 in England - they had the totally dull but dependable Andreas Köpke between the sticks.

CBC


USA


Kroos stars for top side Leverkusen

ESPN

Stuttgart gegen Hoffenheim (Spielbericht)

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