Tag: Bundesliga

Carlo Ancelotti survives his first Bayern beer shower as Philipp Lahm gets his sendoff

All the best bits from Bayern’s Bundesliga victory celebration


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A 4–1 win over Freiburg finished off Bayern Munich’s fifth consecutive Bundesliga title and both Philipp Lahm and Xabi Alonso’s career. It also marked the long overdue end of Carlo Ancelotti’s beer-bath virginity.

Also, David Alaba gave Arjen Robben a new head of hair.

Then Robben passed on the favor.

Here’s video of the beer tsunami (the GoPro on the glass was an inspired innovation):

Amidst the joy was a bit of sadness as Lahm and Alonso said goodbye

But the casual cool of Ancelotti in lederhosen remains.

One final thing you have to see: Manuel Neuer keeping his injured foot elevated while wearing his full kit and waving his hands in the air like he just doesn’t care.

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Bibiana “The Boss” Steinhaus to be Bundesliga’s first woman referee

She put Pep Guardiola in his place, now it’s everyone else’s turn


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The Bundesliga will have four new referees next season and one of them is Bibiana Steinhaus, who will be the league’s first woman ref. For anyone familiar with her work, this promotion will seem long overdue. Her credentials (via Reuters):

Bibiana Steinhaus has been a German FA referee since 1999 and taken charge of 80 second division matches since 2007.

She also officiated during the 2011 and 2015 women’s World Cups and the 2012 London Olympics, and will referee the women’s Champions League final in Cardiff on June 1.

Steinhaus, who is also a police officer, is no stranger to the Bundesliga. She’s been a fourth official there for several years, which put her in position to deal with Pep Guardiola’s assholery when he was manager of Bayern. But she wasn’t having any of it.

She’s faced overt sexism in the form of Fortuna Düsseldorf player Kerem Demirbay saying “women have no place in men’s football” after Steinhaus sent him off during a 2. Bundesliga match. He was then made the officiate a girls’ youth match on his day off.

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Having gone through experiences like these, she’s very aware of what lies ahead. From the BBC:

“For every referee, whether a man or a woman, it is always a big goal to be able to whistle in the Bundesliga,” she told DFB.de, the German football association’s website.

“I am aware that I will be the first female referee in the Bundesliga and will be closely watched by the media and the public. I am used to this pressure and am convinced I will find my feet quickly.

“I have worked very hard for this in the last few years and suffered a few setbacks.”

With this promotion, I’m hoping she sends Pep a retroactive red card. Don’t mess with The Steinhaus.

Schalke fans now able to pay for food and beer with their shirt

A technological innovation no one was asking for


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Like the Premier League (and La Liga before them), the Bundesliga is introducing sleeve sponsorships. That alone is hugely exciting for you, I’m sure, but Schalke are taking this a step further by implementing new technology that will finally allow fans to pay for food and beverages with their sleeves.

Replica shirts sold with the sleeve patch for online supermarket AllyouneedFresh will include a chip embedded in it that can be used to pay for concessions at the Veltins Arena. Sadly, the shirts worn by players will not include this chip, so they’ll have to carry their wallets if they want to buy a halftime snack.

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The club’s marketing director says this is a world first that “further underlines our position as a leading innovator within the Bundesliga.” Meanwhile, Bayern Munich have established their own in-stadium currency utilizing payment chips inside trophies they no longer have space for.

Listen to the Dirty Tackle podcast for more nonsense.

Bundesliga ref shows five cards in 12 seconds

When you’ve had enough of everyone’s shit and it’s time to lay a disciplinary smackdown


During added time of Ingolstadt’s 1–0 win over RB Leipzig on Saturday, referee Markus Schmidt reached his breaking point. Like a gunslinger in the Old West, Schmidt laid down the law with his trusty cards, first showing Mathew Leckie two yellows and a red in quick succession, then Davie Selke got a yellow, then Florent Hadergjonaj got one.

Leckie found the sequence quite amusing, but Schmidt wasn’t joking around. If the match didn’t end when it did, he probably would’ve started throwing yellow cards like ninja stars.

After seeing this, I’m 99% sure Schmidt tries to book other drivers on his way home from work.


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German clubs can now sue their fans, so that’s what Cologne are doing

If you enjoy doing dumb stuff at profession football matches, you’ll want to steer clear of Germany because the German Federal Court of Justice has given clubs the ability to sue fans for their wrongdoing during matches. And Bundesliga side Cologne are making use of this newfound ability in an effort to recoup some of the money they had to pay out as a result of an idiot injuring seven people with fireworks during a 2014 match against Paderborn.

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Hoffenheim v Cologne was one big gum fight

It started with Hoffenheim’s Eduardo Vargas and Philipp Ochs putting Vargas’ chewed up gum behind the ear of the player who failed to keep the ball in the air during the pre-match warm-ups. This is gross enough.

But late in the match, Cologne’s sporting director, Jörg Schmadtke got in on the gum play by throwing his at Hoffenheim manager Julian Nagelsmann.

From the Guardian:

The incident happened after Hoffenheim equalised in the 90th minute through Kevin Volland while Cologne’s Lukas Klünter was lying injured on the pitch. Schmadtke and the coach, Peter Stöger, jumped up in fury before the former took a chewing gum out of his mouth and threw it in the direction of the 28-year-old Nagelsmann.

The chewing gum missed but Schmadtke still apologised afterwards. “Yes, I threw it. It was a reaction. I have already phoned up the Hoffenheim sporting director, Alexander Rosen, and apologised. I am sorry.”

Everyone just needs to keep their gum in their mouths from now on. Deal?

Papy Djilobodji banned for amusing throat slit gesture

Werder Bremen defender Papy Djilobodji (on loan from Chelsea) did the old pro wrestling face rake move on a Mainz opponent on Saturday and when the guy went to ground, he looked at the downed man and ran his finger across his throat because…I have no idea why.

Djilobodji was shown a yellow card during the match, but the referee missed this gesture, so the Bundesliga reviewed it and handed him a three-match ban.

Still, the question of why he did this in the first place remains. Was it pent-up aggression from spending so much time on Chelsea’s bench earlier this season? Was to signal his finishing move? Did the Mainz player make a disparaging remark about Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in The Revenant? Who knows.

UPDATE: Djilobodji successfully appealed his punishment and got it reduced to a two-match ban and €15,000 fine. He likely accomplished this by staring down the DFB disciplinary board and making a throat slitting gesture.