Who played against whom and how?
Your heart duel Dortmund against St. Pauli was clearer than expected, dear readers and users.
Which game couldn’t you miss?
Bayern against Stuttgart. VfB was assumed to be a challenger to Bayern. But the answer from Munich was once again clear. Stuttgart was able to keep up for a half, then Harry Kane put an end to the Swabian hopes and their own negative series. In the top games against Leverkusen, Aston Villa and Frankfurt he recently remained without a goal, sometimes even without a shot on goal. Against Stuttgart he first warmed up, then after the break he scored twice within three minutes and later a third time. The Englishman was modest. The ball just fell at his feet, he said about his third goal. And about his first goal from almost 30 meters: “Nine out of ten times it will be saved.” A hat-trick scorer who is almost ashamed. Sweet.
In doing so, Kane involuntarily gave one to the VfB keeper Alexander Nübel, who did not jump when Kane’s long-range shot hit, but simply fell again, as in the international match in Bosnia. Also the other Stuttgart national players – Deniz Undav, Angelo Stiller, Jamie Leweling and Maximilian Mittelstädt – all hid their ambitions very well on Saturday. VfB is now in midfield.
Which game could you have missed with a clear conscience?
Dortmund against St. Pauli. BVB won the game, but hardly created any chances against the newly promoted team. He was lucky because St. Pauli’s Morgan Bono Guilavogui was just offside for the supposed opening goal, as could be seen in the seventh slow motion. One of Dortmund’s many haphazard crosses ended up making it 1-0 through Ramy Bensebaini’s header. The powerful shot by Swedish defense chief Eric Smith to equalize was astonishing; a ball speedometer would probably have determined a record value. Shortly before the end, Serhou Guirassy, who had been weak until then, scored the winning goal. Borussia now leads the home table with four wins from four games. But from the restrained cheers from the south stand it was clear that the team’s performance wasn’t really great.
Who was in the spotlight?
Jan Christian Dreesen. Calm has returned to the sporting leadership München. In contrast to his predecessors Julian Nagelsmann and Thomas Tuchel, who constantly delivered, Vincent Kompany has not yet made any rhetorical lapses. But on Saturday, Bayern’s CEO made the headlines. The Manager Magazine reported an incident that happened about three years ago. Accordingly, Dreesen, who was then CFO, is said to have insulted an employee who is no longer employed by the club and thrown a magazine at her. If that is true, Dreesen, the manager, would not have her emotions under control.
Various journalists and experts are now saying that they have known the story for a long time (but apparently didn’t think it was relevant enough or didn’t have the guts to report on it). The main question is: who put it through now, i.e. for which internal power struggle should it serve as ammunition? The supervisory board meeting on November 11th will decide whether Dreesen’s contract will be extended.
Your heart duel Dortmund against St. Pauli was clearer than expected, dear readers and users.
Bayern against Stuttgart. VfB was assumed to be a challenger to Bayern. But the answer from Munich was once again clear. Stuttgart was able to keep up for a half, then Harry Kane put an end to the Swabian hopes and their own negative series. In the top games against Leverkusen, Aston Villa and Frankfurt he recently remained without a goal, sometimes even without a shot on goal. Against Stuttgart he first warmed up, then after the break he scored twice within three minutes and later a third time. The Englishman was modest. The ball just fell at his feet, he said about his third goal. And about his first goal from almost 30 meters: “Nine out of ten times it will be saved.” A hat-trick scorer who is almost ashamed. Sweet.
