Germanys football player of the year!
Originally uploaded by justfordream En lugar de poner que Landon Donovan deja la MLS y sera refuerzo del Bayern Munich mejor les pongo al mejor jugador del año en la Bundesliga Franck Ribery ,el francés, nuevo rey de Bavaria.

Manolo ha puesto en su bar precisamente que el jugador francés es imagen de la nueva campaña de la marca deportiva de la palomita, hace poco vi a la golfista llamada Paula Creamer alias la pantera rosa, pero si eres fan del inspector Clouseau y de estas añejas caricaturas te gustara este vídeo. Click to continue reading...

I don't know why I'm surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Actually, come to think of it, I'm not surprised by these Raymond Domenech decisions anymore.

Raymond lost a DM, a center/leftback, and a rightback this week to injury Lassana Diarra, Julien Escudé and Bakary Sagna.

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Michael Bradley's Borussia Moenchengladbach had a real challenge today in trying to claw out of the relegation zone facing powerhouse Bayern Munich. The visitors jumped on top early on a 21st minute Luca Toni goal for a 1:0 lead. A 45th minute Bradley header from a Marko Marin free kick, which could have tied the game for the Foals, just missed sending both teams to the locker room with Bayern up 1:0. Click to continue reading...

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Duellieren tun sich die beiden Fußballstars seit letzter Saison nur noch im Nationaldress, und dass Franck Ribery und Luca Toni sehr gut zusammen können, haben sie insbesondere vergangene Saison gezeigt, in der sie den FC Bayern zum deutschen Meister und Pokalsieger geschossen haben.

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Blue days at the Allianz Bate and Bayern had the same idea in the second halves of their respective matches. Hold on for a home draw. However unlike Bate, Bayern Munich happened to be one of the 10 richest clubs in the world. Lyon visited the Allianz tonight and scraped by with a 1-1 [...] Click to continue reading...

Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann is preparing for Tuesday's Champions League clash against Olympique Lyon with the pressure already mounting on the former German national team boss.
The German champions are off to their worst start to a Bundesliga season in 31 years, winning just two of their opening six games as Klinsmann's side followed up a 5-2 home hammering by Werder Bremen with a shock 1-0 loss at Hanover at the weekend. Click to continue reading...

Since Lyon have only one point so far - from a home game at that - it's crucial that they walk away with at least a point tomorrow evening in Munich. With Fiorentina taking on Steaua in Italy, it's likely the Italians will get three points, so unless Lyon want to hang out in the bottom of the group, a good performance tomorrow is a must.

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Premier League - Everton vs Liverpool When: Saturday, Septemmber 27, 12:45 GMT Where: Goodison Park Why: Some early afternoon red vs blue action in the Merseyside derby. It's maybe second to the Liverpool vs Man Utd rivalry these days, but still nice and fiery. Just ask Phil Neville. The Toffees are hoping for a repeat of 2006 while [. Click to continue reading...

"Franck cannot believe it...and his daughter needs to be slapped."

—commentator Ray Hudson, as Bayern Munich's off-duty Franck Ribery glumly watches Bayern's 2:5 home loss to Werder...with his toddler daughter applauding at his side. Click to continue reading...

So Landon Donovan may go to Bayern Munich, eh? My trusty volume of Wikipedia informs me that Bayern's current squad includes Luca Toni, Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose at forward, with attacking midfielders such as Franck Ribery and Ze Roberto.

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Here's Franck Ribery's daughter applauding Werder Bremen, after they just made it 5-0 against Bayern Munich this weekend. Seems Franck or his wife have done a good job teaching her either the concept of fair play or sarcasm. In the worst case we'll soon see Paparazzi photos of Franck or Wahiba buying Werder Bremen fan [. Click to continue reading...

Most teams have a theme song they blast out in the dressing room before they take the field in a bid to get the blood pumping. Former England defender Stuart Pierce used to subject his fellow Nottingham Forest colleagues to "Anarchy in the UK" by the Sex Pistols at ear-splitting volume before they took to the field of play. Click to continue reading...

Agents are, shall we say, less than favorable people. To be an agent one doesn't have to be exceedingly brilliant, but being a charlatan, swindler and wielding questionable morals at best are almost prerequisites. So when you hear stories like Franck Ribery's, it puts a little kick into your step. Franck canceled his deal with [. Click to continue reading...

According to this article on Sports Illustrated's website, Bayern Munich were interested at one point in signing Landon Donovan and may still sign him during the winter transfer period. The article describes how Bayern's manager Jurgen Klinsmann was interested in signing Landon, but the Board of Directors were concerned because of Landon's previous experiences in the Bundesliga. Click to continue reading...

Bayern Münih-Hamburg: 2-2
Schalke-Hannover: 3-0
Wolsfburg-Köln: 2-1
Bayer Leverkusen-Borussia Dortmund: 2-3
Karlsruhe-Bochum: 1-0
Energie Cottbus-Hoffenheim: 0-3
Arminia Bielefeld-Werder Bremen: 2-2

Emirates Kupası'nı kazanırken iyi futbolu ile dikkat çeken Hamburg'un bu senenin iddialı takımlarından biri olacağı sezilmişti. Click to continue reading...

Apologies for starting this year's Bundesliga blog off with an entry based on ugly rumours (by which I mean allegations and not ex-British PM Tony Blair's ill-fated Stones-esque college band).
Since Euro 2008 ended, I've been feeding my soccer hunger by trawling my favourite sites for any morsel of information that can keep me sated. Click to continue reading...

Defending Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich kicked off the new Bundesliga season with a 2-2 tie with Hamburg. Bayern who were playing without Luca Toni and Franck Ribery wasted a 2 goal lead. Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski scored to give Bayern a 2-0 lead only 19 minutes into the game. However, Guerrero scored for Hamburg in the 25th minute, and Trochowski scored in the 57th minute Click to continue reading...

The 1. Bundesliga beat the English Premier League to the big kick-off today, opening with a Friday night game between Bayern Munich and Hamburg. New Bayern boss Juergen Klinsmann must have thought he'd made the perfect start - even without the injured Luca Toni and Franck Ribery - when his team raced into 2-0 lead through [. Click to continue reading...

Les Bleus will be traveling to Sweden for a friendly on August 20th, a game which will hopefully get the team ready for the World Cup qualifiers that will be starting soon.

There a lot of old faces on the squad, but there are also some players missing, including Franck Ribery and Francois Clerc, who are out injured, and Samir Nasri and Eric Abidal, who were dropped entirely.

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Bundesliga Talk present their selection of this summer's best transfers in the Bundesliga - ironically written by a former Bundesliga Offside blogger, who joined Bundesliga Talk on a free transfer this summer. Damn you Bosman! (Bundesliga Talk) 101 Great Goals pick their favorite Bundesliga signings as well. Click to continue reading...

I already posted about how Karim Benzema's face will be gracing the cover of the eagerly anticipated FIFA 09 video game (he and Wayne Rooney will apparently be on the European covers, with Franck Ribery as the "main" guy who appears worldwide).

My question is, why does Benzema look different in every picture?

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Something to read while you make the most amazing catch ever... Things American sports can learn from soccer (Unprofessional Foul) Guzan's a goner (Chivas USA Offside) If FIFA Street was real... (BrightCove) Renato Gaúcho - twice as prolific as Walt Whitman (William K Wolfrum) A fallback career for Fernando Cavenaghi? Click to continue reading...

This morning's soccer-shaped snacks Football gastronomy English clubs ditch the sloppy pies and Bovril, and replace them with parsnip crisps and fresh pasta. [Guardian] Shit Lookalikes Franck Ribery as Al Pacino in The Godfather. Nope, we don't see it. [The... Click to continue reading...

Some interesting news from the French Football League as Paris St. Germain have signed both Claude Makelele and Ludovic Giuly for next season. On the surface these seem like good signings, but I think it might be about time that Paris St. Germain start to develop a more long term plan for success. They have the potential to be one of the biggest clubs in Europe by playing in Paris with virtually no competition in terms of other big clubs to draw fans away from them (unlike London or Moscow for example). Click to continue reading...

I don't play video games. I've never owned a gaming system, nor have I ever wanted one. Online Literati is about all I'm capable of.

But from what I understand, soccer video games are huge. A lot of people use "Football Manager" as a way to judge players, and there is even a section of the Offside devoted to video games.

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The injury sustained by French international Franck Ribery in the team's loss to Italy during the final phase of the group stage during Euro 2008 will cost the midfielder to miss the start of the 2008-2009 Bundesliga season.

Ribery tore ligaments above his left ankle and underwent surgery in Munich on Thursday. Click to continue reading...

Luiz Felipe Scolari, from now on here at the Offside known as Uncle Phil, hasn't even taken over at Chelsea yet. That hasn't stopped the rumor mill, and it's continued ridiculousness, from churning out obscene amounts of transfer speculation regarding the club. A whole heap of numbers is being thrown around, but the one popping up the most is £100mil.

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Italy 2-0 France
Au revoir, mes enfants. You got the feeling it wasn't going to be France's day when Franck Ribery had to go off injured after just 8 minutes, having messed up his ankle in by getting tangled up with Gianluca Zambrotta. Ribery has been one of the few bright spots for France in this tournament, although I do think that Samir Nasri, who came on as his replacement, deserved more playing time as well. Click to continue reading...

Thierry Henry loves to get cute in front of goal. All flashes and finesse touches. And today he scored a stunning goal just that way. Unfortunately, it was into his own goal as he stuck out an instinctive foot to a Daniel De Rossi free kick and deflected it neatly into the right hand corner.

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Farewell then, France. Last night had been an evening that promised to hit a crescendo of tension, excitement and drama, but in the event the evening in Zurich all went off like a firework display in a monsoon, with a French selection and performance that gave Italy a relatively comfortable ride through to the quarter-finals, whilst in Berne the Dutch comfortably found a way past a Romania side which, three games in, finally showed up the shortcomings that many had suspected would lead to them being one of the tournament's lame ducks before so much as a ball was kicked. Click to continue reading...

It appears that the hunter is about to become the hunted. Chelsea might be throwing their weight around in the transfer market, making cheeky enquiries about the likes of Franck Ribery and Fernando Torres, only to be amazingly rebuffed by the clubs in question. However, it appears that the Blues squad may now be shorn [. Click to continue reading...

It seems that if money was no object Rafa would be signing around £200m worth of talent this summer, this latest potential target just got a whole lot more expensive! The player in question is of course French international Franck Ribery. Ribery was a key player in Bayern Munich's great Bundesliga season and today that the [. Click to continue reading...

You can wave a bucketload of cash in a player's face, but they're not always guaranteed to take the money and run as far as Chelsea are concerned. It is thought that the Blues' top three targets this summer included Fernando Torres and Franck Ribery, although both have amazingly decided to stay with their clubs [. Click to continue reading...

France international winger Franck Ribery has shunned the advances of moneybags Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, in favour of staying with Bayern Munich. The French star said that he was having a spiffing time at Germany's best club: "I signed a four-year contract when I arrived at Bayern a year ago and there is a good [. Click to continue reading...

Watching France labor to a goalless draw against Romania yesterday got me thinking about the debate on player development in the USA. Why?

Franck Ribery, that's why. As recently as the 2003/04 season, he was playing in the French third division and working as a construction worker, and he left Turkish club Galatasaray in 2005 after having gone four months without a paycheck. Click to continue reading...