The final round of German Bundesliga action prior to the World Cup break featured some intriguing action, along with an inconvenient truth. The recap column, as always, dove into all of it.
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Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 14
The November midweek fixtures of the 2022/23 German Bundesliga brought Dortmund fans, yet again, crashing back down to earth. A rare midweek edition of the recap column covered WOB-BVB, along with everything else.
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 13
The first of the final three German Bundesliga rounds before the World Cup break featured plenty of intriguing action and a fabulously entertaining “kleines Revierderby” between Bochum and Dortmund. BVB-VfL took the focus section this time amid the rest of the comprehensive coverage.
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round 11
The recap column from the 11th matchday of the 2022/23 German Bundesliga contained an absolutely sublime Freiburg-Bremen fixture at the heart of its “focus” section. As usual, all the remaining awesomeness of German football received its coverage too.
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Ten
Plenty of stolid looks from new Leverkusen trainer Xabi Alonso during his side’s drubbing in round ten of the 2022/23 German Bundesliga. Full analysis of the B04 “train wreck”, along with all the other fixtures, in the regular recap column.
Bundesliga Tactics Talk–Round Nine
Nice little bit of unexpected, and most welcome, bit of history over on the German Bundesliga beat during matchday nine. For the first time in over three years, Dortmund didn’t lose to Bayern! The famous BVB-FCB encounter took the focus section this time.