Category: Columnist
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Tactical Takeaways: Dominant Performance Ends In a Draw
Guten Tag! Today I’ll be discussing 3 tactical themes that had an effect on the outcome of Sunday’s fixture against Werder Bremen. Dortmund’s 1st Half Build-Up Play Was Too Predictable Dortmund retained the 4-1-4-1 shape that they used in the 4-0 thrashing of Bayern Leverkusen. Last week’s 3-man midfield gave us numerical superiority in midfield…
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Why This Summer is the Right Time to Sell Pulisic
Why This Summer Is the Time to Sell Pulisic It may be an odd position for a column entitled An American in Dortmund to take to advocate for the transfer of its namesake Christian Pulisic. Believe me, it is simply not because the author is tired of writing about him. Rather, from a business perspective…
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The BVB Enthusiast: Maybe things aren’t that bad
Last week’s emphatic victory over Bayer Leverkusen seemed like the perfect response to the disappointing defeat to Schalke the week before. For the first time in a long time, possibly since Thomas Tuchel left the club, we saw exactly what this Dortmund side was capable of. Fast attacking moves, incisive and decisive passing, well-co-ordinated movement.…
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Why there are positives for FC Cologne despite their relegation
So the Bundesliga waves a goodbye to FC Cologne after their relegation was confirmed with a 3-2 defeat at Freiburg on Saturday. With only 22 points and five wins all season, it does not look too pretty for Armin Veh’s side. Eight points off 15th place, are there any positives for the North Rhine-Westphalia side…
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Throwing Caution To The Wind, Stoeger Finally Fields a Proper Attacking Team
When Dortmund fans look back on the 2017/18 season, frustration will be the operative word that comes to many minds. Despite a typically young and talented squad, this season will ultimately go down as one in which club executives got it wrong. Michael Zorc and Hans-Joachim Watzke have earned their reputations as some of the…
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Jadon Sancho: The future of BVB and England
Jadon Sancho became the youngest Englishman of all time to score in the Bundesliga. The 18-year old, who arrived from Manchester City notched up a goal and an assist in a sublime individual performance which will have England and Borussia Dortmund fans rubbing their hands in excitement. And so they should be. He is a…
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Tactical Takeaways: Leverkusen Downed By Energetic Dortmund
Welcome to the new site Echte Liebe UK! Today I’ll be discussing 3 tactical themes I observed that had an effect on the outcome of Saturday’s fixture against Bayer Leverkusen 04. 1. Dortmund are still a great counter-attacking team Peter Stoeger has proven himself to be quite adept at choosing the right players for every…
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The BVB Enthusiast: The old Borussia Dortmund is back
Well, that was nice, wasn’t it? It’s seems like a long time since we have done that to a team. I honestly can’t remember any side, never mind a rival, that came to Signal Iduna Park and was played off the pitch the way Bayer Leverkusen were on Saturday. They simply had no answer in…