German Football Museum in Dortmund

In 2009, DFB (German FA) announced that the new German Football Museum will come into existence in Dortmund. It will be located right next to the central train station and last year they even started to do some preparation works. But at the moment there's not much happening. Current photo of the building site:

Mitten ins Herz! – Right to the heart!

The completion of the building is planned for 2014. Uber Football will stick to it and report about progress on the construction at irregular intervals.

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Raúl still got it

Without words:

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The 36 chambers of Felix Magath

"There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away"

36 is the largest numeric base that some computer systems support because it exhausts the numerals, 0-9, and the letters, A-Z. 36 is also the number of possible outcomes in the roll of two distinct dice.

For VfL Wolfsburg manager Felix Magath, 36 most notably is the number of players used during the first 28 matchdays of the 2011-12 season. This new record for the Bundesliga isn't that surprising considering that the club signed 9 new players during the winter transfer window. 

The 36 crazyfists:

Marcel Schäfer, Defender, 27
Christian Träsch, Defender, 24
Diego Benaglio, Goalkeeper, 28
Mario Mandzukic, Forward, 25
Josué, Midfielder, 32
Ashkan Dejagah, Midfielder, 25
Makoto Hasebe, Midfielder, 28
Marco Russ, Defender, 26
Alexander Madlung, Defender, 29
Patrick Ochs, Midfielder, 27
Hasan Salihamidzic, Midfielder, 35
Ja-Cheol Koo, Midfielder, 23
Patrick Helmes, Forward, 28
Ricardo Rodríguez, Defender, 19
Felipe, Defender, 24
Jan Polak, Midfielder, 31
Srdjan Lakic, Forward, 28
Rasmus Jönsson, Forward, 22
Petr Jiracek, Midfielder, 26
Sebastian Polter, Forward, 21
Chris, Defender, 33
Sotirios Kyrgiakos, Defender, 32
Bjarne Thoelke, Defender, 19
Giovanni Sio, Midfielder, 23
Thomas Hitzlsperger, Midfielder, 29
Yohandry Orozco, Midfielder, 21
Aleksandr Hleb, Midfielder, 30
Simon Kjaer, Defender, 23
Vieirinha, Midfielder, 26
Marwin Hitz, Goalkeeper, 24
Michael Schulze, Defender, 23
Robin Knoche, Defender, 19
Sebastian Schindzielorz, Midfielder, 33
Ibrahim Sissoko, Midfielder, 20
Hrvoje Cale, Defender, 27
Maximilian Arnold, Midfielder, 17

Now guess the manager who then used 34 of the 35 players that held the now broken record (Eintracht Frankfurt, 2000-01 season)...

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Didier Deschamps founders on Schweinsteiger

Olympique Marseille and Bayern München will meet each other in the Chamions Leauge quarterfinal. Talking about the upcoming tie at a press conference, OM manager Didier Deschamps spectacularly failed to pronounce the name of Bayern's key player:



"Scheißneger" literally translates as, well, ehm... "Shite Nigger". He "may have forgetten a 'H' somewhere," Dechamps admitted sheepishly. Yeah well, Didier, you did. And a 'W', a 'T', an 'I'...

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Borussia Metaphoric

A wait at the bus station uses to be a boring affair. But sometimes...

Suddenly it catched sight of it. Laying on the soil behind the trash bin, almost flawless between fag butts and any kind of dirt. A button displaying Borussia Mönchengladbach's logo. It just could be emblematic for the cub's recent success. From dirty relegation battle to the spotlights of European football. Risen from the ruins.

Welly well, the beauty of small things. Or maybe I'm just a desperate nerd, seeking for a bit of football in virtually everything.

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Dynamo Dresden: Sold out empty stadium

NOT a valid matchday ticket

Because of riots during a cup tie in Dortmund, Dynamo Dresden will have to play today's home encounter with Ingolstadt behind closed doors. Despite the ban, the second division outfit started to offer tickets to the fans.

This proved a resounding success: yesterday, Dynamo announced that they sold any of the 32,066 available "ghost tickets" (which equals the stadium's capacity). In order to fulfill continuing demand, the club are going to extend the sale until kick-off and appeal the supporters:

SG Dynamo Dresden request any ticket owner to close ranks inside the ground. This is the only way for anyone interested waiting outside to NOT watch the game.

Limited edition T-shirts commemorating the "Geisterspiel" (English: "ghost game") are on sale as well. The tickets, which range from 5 EUR (terrace) over 10 EUR (seated) to 20 EUR (VIP), are nothing more than memorabilia likewise. As a reminder, Dynamo outline the privileges of "ghost ticket" holders on their website:

NOT to visit the match vs. Ingoslstadt
NOT to use the tickets for short-distance public transport
NOT to enter the ground
NOT to consume beer and bratwurst

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Twente-Twente Vision

Europa League has seen a new record yesterday: A team being triple-handicapped by a single ref decision. Slainte mhath!

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ARNE FRIEDRICH IS NOT GAY!

NOT GAY!

The new Chicago Fire signing ain't gay!*

Did you get message? Arne Friedrich is not a homosexual.

I repeat: The 32-year-old defender is not gay.

Everybody now:

A R N E__F R I E D R I C H__I S__N O T__G A Y!

*In October 2011, Friedrich's girlfriend wrote a fabulous open letter to the media, stating how sick she is of all the people googling for Arne Friedrich schwul (English: Arne Friedrich gay). "Arne ain't gay and I'm pretty sure that he'd be the last one to deny his sexuality," she clarified her position.

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