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Football-Bundesliga: Suprises Of The Season 2008
By Emeli Dean
After the seventh matchday the German Football-Bundesliga has one or two surprises stored. The 1899 Hoffenheim promoted team is currently on the second place and the reigning champion FC Bayern Munich only on the fifth place. The sextuple German Champion, Hamburger SV, which gained its last title in 1983, currently holds first place with three points advantage over Hoffenheim.
For the high flyer Hoffenheim it is the first season in the first division. The team ascended to the second division just one year ago and now, they want to conquer the first division. It is spectacular that such a small team shows such a velocity. Hoffenheim’s patron Dietmar Hopp said in an interview: “The progress of this team is astonishing. We did not imagine that so young players could develop so quickly.”
On the first matchday Hoffenheim came up against Energie Cottbus, who played for the second time in the German Bundesliga since 2006, but could never go further the 13th position. With a 3:0 victory the promoted team, led the standings together with the FC Schalke 04, who achieved a 3:0 victory as well.
After the second matchday Hoffenheim was able to keep their position after they won over Borussia Mönchengladbach on home soil. But temporarily, because one week later they had to face Bayer Leverkusen, which may not have won any national title, but always have come under the first ten _except for three seasons. With this first defeat Hoffenheim slipped down five positions, where they remained until the fifth matchday.
Nevertheless, after an spectacular victory against the sextuple German Champion Borussia Dortmund, the team ascended to second place for one week and had to give it up again after the next matchday, due to a 5:4 defeat from Werder Bremen. But this didn’t cause the team to be in the doldrums and so they went over with a good mood to the next game against Eintracht Frankfurt. After an exciting game the players from Hoffenheim went home as winners and took over the first position for the moment. As the Hamburger SV won over Cottbus on Sunday, they placed Hoffenheim seconds one more time with three points deficit.
As conclusion we can just say: Hats off! It was a successful start in the first division. Coach Ralf Rangnick warned his team despite the great results against too much euphoria, after all there are still 27 games to play.
The most successful team of Germany, the FC Bayern Munich, seems to have forgotten how to win and currently is placed in the eleventh position. With only two victories, three ties, two losses and just two goal differences the team has accumulated so far nine points, seven points behind the top of the league. It was indeed the worst start in the season since 31 years ago. Jürgen Klinsmann has to take a lot of flak from experts and media as well as from his own players. He is especially criticized due to the high amount of rotations, which not only brings insecurities in his own team, but also seems to give the opponent more motivation. Stefan Effenberg, former team captain said: "They have a problem because they appear each game with another team so they cannot built a stable team scaffolding.“
To make an end to all these discussions Klinsmann needs to achieve some victories. Whether rotations, team hierarchy or training and tactics: If Klinsmann wins the next games he did everything right.
About the Author
Emeli Dean is a top senior copy writer for the German-Bundesliga football games as well as the top ranking online bookmaker: www.instantactionsports.com/uk/ Feel free to reprint this article in its entirety on your site, make sure to leave all links in place and do not modify any of the content.
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