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we’ll have a look back at the top 11 players of the season so far and analyze the three cases of managerial sackings that happened in Mainz, Cologne and Berlin and look at what will happen in Dortmund, where BVB is looking to strengthen their coaching staff with former players Nuri Sahin and or Sven “Manni” Bender. We’ll discuss whether Toni Kroos should return for the German national team and then we’ll call it quits.

Bayern München without Kimmich and Goretzka came through 2-1 in Wolfsburg, putting former Bayern-coach Niko Kovac’s job there in jeopardy after losing 5 of their last 7 matches.

Number three in the standings is VfB Stuttgart the surprise team of the season so far, who beat Augsburg 3-0 and are playing one of the best campaigns in club history under Sebastian Hoeness’s leadership.

We are sorry but Raphael “Honey” Honigstein is not available today and neither was a replacement, so all we have today is “beer” aka Christoph Biermann.

It was the 1-1 draw between Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and the surprisingly successful side of the season Stuttgart on sunday. The game featured complex possession based football with creativity and power and ended in a fair draw.

In other international news, the groups for the coming European Championships in Germany were drawn and it really could’ve been much worse for Nagelsmann’s squad who will face Scotland, Hungary and Switzerland in a group that they should really come through. Well, we’ve heard that before the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 and look how that went…

Filling in today to discuss the German teams in this week’s Champions League action is Lars Pollmann, formerly of Bleacher Report, who is a specialist on all things black and yellow. What a great week to have him on board, since the BVB had a memorable away win at Milan’s San Siro stadium featuring a soon to be 35 year old Mats Hummels in his best form.
We’ll discuss the other matches, too, but today Dortmund is getting the spotlight.

He went to see the duel of the Borussias in Dortmund which was easily the highlight game of the weekend, ending 4-2 for BVB, who went down 0-2 early thanks to Gladbach’s strong start. It all fell apart for the foals due to some individual mistakes, some bad luck und some questionable officiating.

I hope you like FSV Mainz 05, one of the negative surprises this season, because we’ve invited author and blogger and podcaster Mara Pfeiffer to our show. She’s a fan and an expert on all things Mainz.

Bayern, Dortmund, Union and Leipzig in action!

Dear listeners, everybody’s talking about the German Classico: Bayern München vs. Borussia Dortmund. FCB just totally outclassed BVB in this one, winning 4:0, making it a tradition of easily beating their number one contender through the years. This one made headlines for the ongoings off the pitch, as well, with Thomas Tuchel’s own matchup against Sky Germany’s team of pundits and experts, led by Lothar Matthäus and Didi Hamann, the former Liverpool player.