This article originally featured on our Borussia Dortmund analysis site, echteliebe.uk Ahead of a big week for Borussia Dortmund, I'll be taking a look at their build-up play in the first half of the 1-0 win over Wolfsburg on the weekend (03/11). Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich will provide stern...
Werder Bremen is one of the Bundesliga sides who have surprised the most in the beginning of the 2018/2019 season. With their head-coach, Florian Kohfeldt, Werder play attractive football with success. Before the season, many derided their publicly claimed goal to reach European spots. However, at the moment, Werder are...
This analysis of Borussia Dortmund vs Stuttgart was first seen on our Borussia Dortmund network site echteliebe.uk. Dortmund four, Stuttgart zero. The boys in black and yellow pulled off another impressive win on the weekend, thanks to some slick attacking football and excellent finishing. Stuttgart came into this game with...
This tactical analysis from the Bundesliga first featured on our BVB analysis site, echteliebe.uk - a site where you can find all things tactical, match, player and recruitment analysis for Borussia Dortmund Borussia Dortmund hosted Augsburg last Saturday (06/10) on Bundesliga matchday 6, in what turned out to be a...
In their match against Hertha BSC Berlin, Bayern Munich lost for the first time in the Bundesliga season 2018/2019. However, the defeat was a consequence of earlier signs. In the following we will discuss the weaknesses Bayern shows under Kovac. Furthermore, we are going to analyse how Berlin’s approach lead...
Bayer Leverkusen hasn’t had the greatest of starts in the Bundesliga this season, with 2 wins and 3 losses out of their opening 5 games, although they have faced tough opposition in Gladbach, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg. In contrast, Borussia Dortmund has had a near perfect start, going unbeaten in...
Before the start of the Bundesliga season 2018/2019, Borussia Dortmund and TSG 1899 Hoffenheim were labelled as possible hunters of the record champion Bayern Munich. The fourth match-day of the league contained the battle between the two Champions League starters. This match promised to be an interesting tactical battle between the...
Last week the whole football community in Germany looked at Joachim Löw and his press conference in which he would present the results of his world cup analysis. With the game against France, Germany starts a new chapter and wants to develop in the great team they were a few years...
Not long ago Niko Kovac was announced as the new head coach of Bayern Munich. Compared to former coaches of Bayern, Kovac has not exhibited a great career as a coach so far. This led to a lot of scepticism, especially among the supporters of the German record champion. However,...
The match between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig was already a battle for Champions League spots on the first matchday. As both sides played under new head coaches, one did not really know what to expect. Nevertheless, both sides prefer to control the game. Compared to Dortmund's possession-based approach, Leipzig...
After the era of Thomas Schaaf, crowned with success, Werder struggled to escape from the battle against relegation. Several coaches were not able to fulfil the expectations and had to leave the club due to missing success. However, Kohfeldt lets the supporters dream again as he was able to awake...
TSG Hoffenheim was very successful the last seasons with the youngest head coach in the Bundesliga, Julian Nagelsmann. Before Nagelsmann will take over RB Leipzig in 2019/2020, he will remain head coach of 1899 one further season. Hoffenheim will attempt to surpass last year’s performance on international soil, which ended...
After two seasons in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig already ranks among the best clubs. The third season will be a special one though, since Hasenhüttl left the club and director of football, Ralf Rangnick, takes over as a head coach for one season. It is already certain that Julian Nagelsmann...
Schalke 04 surprised everyone in the last season when Domenico Tedesco lead Königsblau to the second place in his first Bundesliga season as a head coach. Doubt was high when Schalke announced their new coach in Tedesco, the second youngest coach in Germany’s highest league with only eleven matches experience...
One of the intriguing questions of the summer 2018 close season has been who would be the next Bayern Munich manager after Jupp Heynckes' departure. A bumpy start to the season last year under Carlo Ancelotti led to the Italians' departure from Bavaria, with steady-hand Heynckes taking the reigns and...
In the latest Total Football Analysis Podcast, ronniedogmedia.com's Chris Darwen speaks to TFA Lead Analyst Lee Scott about Chelsea, Liverpool, Ajax and the Bundesliga, In the podcast, the pair discuss Maurizio Sarri and what he is likely to bring to Chelsea tactically and what this means for the current squad and...
Who Is Joshua Kimmich? Phillipp Lahm was one of the greatest players in German history. With his retirement from the national team in 2014 and 2017 at Bayern Munich, he left a big hole on the right-back spot in both, the national team and Bayern Munich. One young player who...
After leading Eintracht Frankfurt to avoid relegation in 2016/2017 campaign, Niko Kovac managed the Eagles to reach the top half of the Bundesliga table this season. His work didn’t go unnoticed. In fact, Bayern Munich selected Kovac to become their next coach as the successor to Jupp Heynckes. Maybe Kovac...
