6 - 1 Nothing could be worse than conceiving almost a crushing defeat as it happened with Werder Bremen who lost their last Bundesliga match to Bayern Munich by a huge margin of 6-1. The game was thoroughly one sided, perhaps it was looking like Bayern were playing with an amateur junior team. Bayern score machine start working from the 25th minute when Arjen Robben opened the counting for them, and in few minutes, Javi Martinez added another goal to take their lead to 2-0. By now, no one had imagined it would not the end of a nightmare for Weserstadion club coz Gomez again fired a goal in the 51st minute. He added one more goal to his tally in the last moments of the game. By now, Bremen has almost lost any hope and a red card to its Sebastian Prodl and one own goal by defender Theo Gebre added more salt to their wounds. Kevin de Bruyne offered some resistance by leveling one goal but lead was too much to catch by any team – practically. With this win, Bayern has a clear lead of … [Read more...]
Jupp Heynckes to participate in his 1000th Bundesliga game
Jupp Heynckes, the current manager of Bundesliga club Bayern Munich, is on the threshold of creating a milestone of its kind by participating in his 1000th game in the league. Bayern Munich upcoming clash with Werder Bremen will be his 1000th match while being in the league either as a player or as a manager. During his long running career, he played 369 matches as a player for both Borussia Monchengladbach and Hannover along with serving in 630 more games as manager of various clubs, like Bayern Munich, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen, Monchengladbach, and Schalke. At the moment, Bayern Munich is leading the tally in Bundesliga with its comprehensive lead than second placeholder Dortmund. Since, it has to play 12 more matches; it is surely the most favorite to be German champions this season. Its president Karl-Heinz Rummenigge also acknowledged Heynckes’ role and said recently, “It is a big obligation but also a major responsibility for the team to ensure we complete the … [Read more...]
Former German Referee Manfred Amerell Found Dead
What could be the saddest ending of once a soccer topnotch referee? A lonely demise! Yes, this is what happened to former Bundesliga and Germen referee who found dead in his Munich apartment on Tuesday afternoon. The famous referee was on the peak of his career in 1980-1990, and later he became DFB spokesman. His professional career ended when he was congested with sexual allegations leveled by a lower league referee Michael Kempter who accused him of sexual offences back in 2010. However, that case created much of havoc in soccer fraternity, including the time when Kempter backed up from his own allegations leveled on the referee. Despite Kempter’s backing up, Amerell had to give up his job and became almost absent from soccer world. Since, that wrong allegation caused him loss of everything he had at that time, he had to sue Kempter for his false claims, and in a settlement; Regional High Court in Stuttgart suggested a compromise price $195,000 payable to Amerell, which Kempter … [Read more...]