Category: Germany

Borussia Dortmund halt play until opponent gets his shoe back on

Borussia Dortmund’s nightmare season continued with a 1-0 loss to Hertha Berlin on Saturday, but that didn’t stop them from displaying an admirable bit of sportsmanship during the match.

With the score still 0-0 in the 27th minute, Hertha midfielder Per Ciljan Skjelbred went down with his boot partially off his foot. Seeing this, the Dortmund players slowed things down and passed the ball around, even just standing on it at one point as Skjelbred adjusted his footwear.

Once the Norwegian international was ready to continue, he gave his opponents a thumbs up and play resumed at full speed. Just 13 minutes later, Hertha’s Julian Schieber scored the only goal of the match.

Bayern Munich’s Christmas party got a little weird

Unbeaten in the Bundesliga with three matches left to play before the winter break, Bayern Munich held their annual Christmas party on Sunday night and it got a bit strange. A small stage was set up in the middle of the room and several performers entertained the team by doing things like whatever is happening in the picture above.

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Borussia Dortmund players attempt to get fans drunk enough to forget how terrible they are

"Please stop telling me how awful I am and just take the beer, sir." (BVB.de)
“Please stop telling me how awful I am and just take the beer, sir.” (BVB.de)

Sitting at the very bottom of the Bundesliga table and getting made fun of by rival clubs on Twitter, Borussia Dortmund held their annual Christmas party with 1,000 fan club representatives on Tuesday. And in an attempt to smooth things over with their guests, several players served up beer in the hopes that they would be less angry about the club’s predicament drunk than sober.

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