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April 25th, 2009

Hamburg is no-match for BVB

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Amongst a sea of voices in a sold-out Westfalenstadion, BVB continued on the path to one of their best finishes in a decade as they sent Hamburg home with a 2-0 defeat. The Dortmunder’s victory is fifth successive triumph with a first goal of gaining entry in the Europa League.
Following Jürgen Klopp’s decree to [...]

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April 19th, 2009

BVB win B1 derby

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Die Schwarzgelben won its fourth successive match as they defeated Bochum 2-0 in the B1 derby. With six weeks remaining Jürgen Klopp has his club poised for one the best finishes of the decade and a spot in European football is not out of question.
With no reason to change his starting eleven, BVB went forward [...]

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April 11th, 2009

Schwarzgelben beat Köln 3-1

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Die Schwarzgelben tremendous season continued with a 3-1 derby victory over FC Köln. The victory not only extends BVB’s winning streak to three matches but has seen a dramatic turnaround in attack, due in-part to the return of Polish international Jakub Blaszczykowski. The result propels Jürgen Klopp’s side closer to a spot in European football [...]

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April 9th, 2009

Jakub Blaszczykowski’s comeback

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In his first match for the BVB since the start of Rückrunde, Polish international Jakub Blaszczykowski’s impact was swift and to the point. While he was unquestionably rusty from a long lay off, his pace and breadth provided the much needed threat that has been lacking for the Schwarzgelben and played its part in the [...]

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April 4th, 2009

Die Schwarzgelben humble Berliners

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Die Schwarzgelben came back from the international break with a 3-1 victory over the Berliners. The unbelievable triumph breaks BVB to within five points of a Europa League spot and sets up Jürgen Klopp’s side for a series of important matches starting with Köln next week.
Olympiastadion had over 74,000 in attendance and what they saw [...]

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April 2nd, 2009

Schwarzgelben return

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BVB gets back into action this Saturday as they travel to face Hertha at Berlin’s Olympiastadion. The international break came at an inopportune time for the the Dortmunders as they registered their first win of the Rückrunde defeating Bremen at Westfalenstadion.
The race for the Bundesliga’s final spot in the Europa League is wide open as [...]

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March 21st, 2009

Endlich!

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After seven attempts BVB claimed their first victory of the Rückrunde with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Werder Bremen at Westfalenstadion.
Without Kevin-Prince Boateng, Mats Hummels and Bajram Sadrijaj, Jürgen Klopp maintained their standard 4-4-2 “diamond” formation, tactically Sebastian Kehl had his hands full in the midfield against Bremen’s Diego, Claudio Pizarro and Hugo Almeida. [...]

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March 15th, 2009

BVB still winless in the Rückrunde

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In an odd series of defending breakdowns, BVB twice gave up two goal leads to play Hannover 96 to a 4-4 draw. While the draw is not-so surprising for Die Schwarzgelben, the uncharacteristic defending was disheartening.
Using the customary 4-4-2 diamond Jürgen Klopp welcomed Sebastian Kehl back from suspension with Alexander Frei and Patrick Owomoyela coming [...]

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March 11th, 2009

Kevin-Prince Boateng out for four weeks

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Jürgen Klopp’s tactical plan for BVB next month has been shuffled as Kevin-Prince Boateng is out with the knee injury. Upon examination by Dr. Markus Braun in Duisburg it was revealed that the mid-fielder, on-loan from Tottenham of the English Premier League, partially tore a ligament in his right knee and will out of action [...]

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March 7th, 2009

überlegenen BVB

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Superiour in every way except for what matters the most, BVB lost to Stuggart 2-1. With the loss Die Schwarzgelben are still win-less in the Rückrunde and their Europa League hopes are starting to disappear.
In a surprise move Jürgen Klopp added Dedê to the starting eleven with Lee Young-Pyo returning from suspension and Egyptian international [...]

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