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December 30th, 2008

Timo Gebhardt signs!

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VfB announced today that Timo Gebhart has joined club from TSV München 1860. The nineteen year-old midfield talent was instrumental in the German U19 side’s recent performance and ready for the challenge of the top-flight of the Bundesliga.
VfB sport director Horst Heldt said of the new signing:
“Timo passed the obligatory medical tests, which [...]

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December 19th, 2008

VfB soars to defeat Standard Liège 3-0

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Answering the call, VfB soared to a shocking 3-0 defeat of Standard Liège. The victory sends Markus Babbel’s side to the next stage of the UEFA Cup. In a patient display, Sami Khedira opened the scoring five minutes into the match off a through-ball by Ciprian Marica. With the match level at the break German [...]

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December 18th, 2008

match of the year against Standard Liège

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Markus Babbel left little doubt of the importance of this evenings UEFA Cup match against Belgium side Standard Liège when he said that:
“For the fans the match of the year was on Saturday (Bayern München), for us it’s this coming Thursday.”
Cutting straight to the facts Die Roten will be without Swiss International Ludovic Magnin [...]

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December 16th, 2008

ruling on Markus Babbel by DFL

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The Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) has announced that VfB Markus Babbel will be allowed continue coaching VfB till the end of the season but will not provide an extension thereafter. Through a Deutschen Fußball-Bund (DFB) circular technical manager Matthias Sammer stressed this is to maintain professionalism and technical knowledge:
“It should be normal that we maintain [...]

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December 14th, 2008

VfB fights back to play Bavarians to a draw

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A capacity home crowd witnessed VfB fight back with a late Sami Khedira strike to earn a 2-2 draw against Bayern München. The victory extends die Roten unbeaten streak to four matches and leaves them at tenth place with twenty-five points, one point behing Wolfsburg as the Bundesliga heads to winter break.
In a match [...]

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December 12th, 2008

“force our qualities on the match”

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A sold-out crowd will great Bayern München at the Neckarstadion with full knowledge of the importance of the match. Optimism swirls around VfB since Markus Babbel has taken over as his “take no prisoners” approach has bled the team the attacking spirit of old. Aggressive is the new axiom of VfB whether it is the [...]

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December 11th, 2008

Mario Gómez hopeful to play against Bayern

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With the Bundesliga race extremely tight, if not unpredictable, Markus Babbel knows that success against Bayern München on Saturday is important as the club heads to the winter break. The Bavarians haven’t been beaten since Hannover 96 handed them a 1-0 loss in the sixth match of the season and hungry for the top spot [...]

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December 7th, 2008

Markus Babbel pushes VfB to 3-0 victory over Energie Cottbus

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Since taking over the coaching reigns Markus Babbel has had a pronounced and visible impact upon VfB. As evidenced by Saturday’s 3-0 victory over Energie Cottbus, VfB is a “new” team, hungry and focused upon attaining success. This showed immediately in Cottbus, as only four minutes in ex-Dinamo Bucureşti man Ciprian Marica passed to [...]

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December 6th, 2008

“We must give our all”

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Discussing the Energie Cottbus match Markus Babbel sounded the war-drums:
“I watched Cottbus’s last two games, against Karlsruhe and against Monchengladbach, on video. If we think that we only have to turn up there to collect all three points then we have another thing coming. The team have made a positive development lately. Cottbus know that [...]

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December 2nd, 2008

Mario Gómez out for Energie Cottbus

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VfB revealed today that Mario Gómez is out for this weekends Energie Cottbus match with a muscle stain. There is concerned that the German international may not be ready to face the Bavarians the following weeks as well. Serdar Tasci and Mexican capped Pável Pardo both were absent from practice due to injuries but are [...]

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