Argentinien


Franco Zuculini trifft in der deutschen Liga

adnmundo.com


Großbritannien


Honigstein-Kolumne: Expect plenty of "Manuel Neuer to Man Utd/Arsenal/Bayern"-type stories in the coming weeks in the run-up to a January fire-sale. "Kevin Kuranyi to Liverpool" is unlikely to happen, however. Now that the 27-year-old has ditched his comedy hair-cut, it's hard to fathom what Rafa Benítez could possibly see in him.

Guardian

Gabriele Marcotti über van Gaal und die Bayern:

This time around, by most accounts, he has mellowed a bit (denying his own divinity is a good first step) and you cannot help but have a bit of sympathy for inheriting such a badly assembled side.

Yet truly great coaches do not complain about not having "their" players. They find a way to win with somebody else`s. And that is what he will have to do at Bayern.

Times Online

Honigstein-Kolumne über die Torflaute in der Bundesliga und die Rückkehr der kontrollierten Offensive.

Guardian

David Conn widmet sich den Finanzen Liverpools. Sollten sich die Reds in dieser Saison nicht für die Champions League qualifizieren, könnte dies schwerwiegende Folgen haben.

Guardian

The forgotten story of ... East Germany's DDR-Oberliga

Guardian

Paul Wilson beschäftigt sich mit dem Platzverweis Grafites in der CL-Partie gegen Besiktas. Die rote Karte sei zwar berechtigt gewesen, die Schauspielerei seines Gegenspielers Ibrahim Kas hinterließe aber einen faden Beigeschmack.

Guardian

Celtic and Rangers have played six home ties in the Champions or Europa Leagues this season, lost five and drawn the other.
(...)Hamburg revelled in it. Who could have thought they had so many fans with Glasgow accents?

Herald Scotland

Nachdem in der letzten Woche Mesut Özil in der FTBL-Rangliste zum besten U-21 Mittelfeldspieler aufgestiegen ist, hat Schalkes Höwedes an diesem Spieltag auf der Verteidigerposition nachgezogen.

FTBL.com


Nigeria


U-17 WM: Deutschland gegen Nigeria (Spielbericht)

Vanguard


Schweiz


Bayern mit Dusel - Stuttgart in der Krise

NZZ


USA


Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger erklärt die Bedeutung der Nachnamen deutscher Fußballer:

In German, a basin or a sink is a "Becken". And the verb "bauen" means to build. So was the original Beckenbauer a guy who built sinks? Not at all. In the Kaiser's case, "Becken" comes from the German word for baker and "Bauer", as a noun, means farmer. Thus the guy who gave the Beckenbauer clan its name held down two jobs to make ends meet.

ESPN

The Bundesliga is home to many of these stars from Croatia, Bosnia, and Serbia. Some have been well known for some years, while some are up and coming and looking for more.

The Outsider`s Edge

Ein Amerikaner, der in Deutschland seine Doktorarbeit schreibt, war beim Mainzer Sieg gegen Freiburg im Stadion und schildert seine Eindrücke:

I've come appreciate the relationship between athletes and fans here. Both understand each others' role in the grand scheme of things. The fans cheer and ...well... pay money, and the players show there appreciation, clapping for the fans and leading the stands in cheers afterwards

The Adventures of Peter James

Soccer fans are in for a Thanksgiving night feast when the David Beckham-led Los Angeles Galaxy come to K-Town to face FC Kaiserslautern.

Stars and Stripes