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Gladbach Cologne shot with minimal effort and now have their eyes on the weekend following two derby Borussia

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Bayern's first home win of Augsburg, the return of the "Colts" returning champions. The weekend's Bundesliga action-packed stories delivered many new, interesting and also confirmed an ancient principle of our culture of football nostalgia is the equivalent of a 40m pass to the goalkeeper. A regressive fiscal cons-productive.

in Germany last lost most of its appeal after the Second World War and never recovered. "After the game before the game," was famous mantra former German manager Sepp Herberger. The whole country, generally similar adopted a pragmatic approach, without romanticism, being well aware of the dangers posed by those who idealize the costs of yesterday morning.

German football can be a bit brutal in this way. Ask the poor Lothar Matthäus, whose achievements as a number of sensational players exactly zero. Going back to the glory days is permitted only in a few special occasions each year, and only in geographically well-defined pockets in the western Federal Republic. When it's time to derby.

Week 14 had two derbies in the store and then a double portion of the accumulation of habit. No preview Köln vs Gladbach was complete without an anecdote Cup final in 1973, when Borussia long hair, Porsche driving, disco-dancing Günter Netzer joined as a sub on their own ("I'm going to play now ") and scored a winner with his second successful crack of the ball. times more gold was counted in the period before the derby between FC Schalke and Dortmund Ruhr. Friedel Rausch Defender S04 being bitten by a police dog in 1969 was probably the best of the bunch, in the light of the identity of the victim and the reaction of the legend of BVB Aki Schmidt. "Animals are very smart," Schmidt is quoted in the new book by Gregor Schnittke "nurse Derby. Geschichte Einer Rivalität "(story of a rivalry).

The problem is that even remotely game could meet the expectations raised attacks of nostalgia. In fact, all the games were all in the sense that one team was presented at each meeting. "It was a classic in the next stage could remember," wrote the Süddeutsche Zeitung, after the 2-0 win against the Blues in Dortmund feel royal. "There is no classic, without enthusiasm without encountering an equal footing, "agreed WAZ. Dortmund, who played his usual game pressing, were good. But Klopp's men appeared totally superior only because Schalke were so rubbish." We showed everything is wrong with football, "said sporting director Horst Heldt," which was football to sleep. "

Arsenal scouts who were sent the reports Lukas Podolski must have eyes cursed their luck. The 26-year-old was a marginal figure, with the rest of his team, but sought to distance themselves from the mistakes of his colleague. "It's the same old story, for which I am not responsible," said the prince not so charming.