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February 28th, 2009

Baden-Württembergischen derby

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After the tough loss in the UEFA Cup against Zenit Saint Petersburg, VfB make the short trip to Karlsruher SC for the Baden-Württembergischen derby. While near the bottom of the Bundesliga table Edmund Becker’s club is far from a pushover and can come up big at home in front of their highly supportive fans as [...]

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February 27th, 2009

Schwaben out of UEFA Cup

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VfB’s UEFA Cup efforts ended with a disappointing 2-1 loss to defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg Thursday evening.
VfB was aggressive early as both Mario Gómez and Cacau threatened but could not close out the final strike. Unfortunately the deadlocked was broken in the favour of the visitors a few minutes before the half when [...]

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February 26th, 2009

Schwaben need twelfth man

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Fans of attacking Football will be treated to quite the clash today as die Schwaben welcome Zenit Saint Petersburg to the Neckarstadion. With the opening leg ending 2-1 in frozen Saint Petersburg, VfB can quickly close the margin and take advantage of the “away” goal.
The defending champions will be hampered with the loss of Radek [...]

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February 22nd, 2009

Schwaben play to draw against 1899

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VfB’s clash against Bundesliga leader 1899 Hoffenheim at Neckarstadion ended with a disappointing 3-3 draw. While Schwaben were fortunate to come out with the draw it was likely the low point of Markus Babbel’s tenure. Following the Zenit Saint Petersburg match only a few days earlier, Jan Šimák, Arthur Boka and Cacau for Martin Lanig, [...]

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February 21st, 2009

Schwaben to battle 1899

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Schwaben do battle against 1899 at Neckarstadion this afternoon with a chance to leap above Wolfsburg into sixth place. After Wednesday’s loss in the UEFA Cup match against Zenit Saint Petersburg, Markus Babbel knows his side is depleted:
“We need to call up our reserves of energy now. We want to be playing every three days, [...]

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February 19th, 2009

Schwaben lose in Saint Petersburg

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With the match played in near unplayable conditions, VfB lost to Zenit Saint Petersburg 2-1. While the temperature is something that can be dealt with, the conditions of Petrovsky pitch was very poor and many league matches would have considerable it unplayable.
However die Schwaben were down a goal only two minutes into the match when [...]

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February 18th, 2009

Schwaben UEFA Cup hopes

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Handed the difficult of defending UEFA Cup champions Zenit Saint Petersburg, die Schwaben coach Markus Babbel called their opposition:
“A top European side.
“This game is a great opportunity for us to make a mark. We are looking forward to having the chance to test our strengths against one of the best teams in Europe. We will [...]

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February 15th, 2009

Last goal saves draw for Schwaben

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A goal by Thomas Hitzlsperger with only three minutes remaining gave VfB a 3-3 draw against Hannover 96.
Die Schwaben looked to heading for an easy victory taking a two margin early. Mario Gómez opened the scoring at the seventh minute as he accepted Thomas Hitzlsperger’s pass and sent the ball in from inside the box. [...]

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February 13th, 2009

Repeat performance for VfB

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After last weeks victory over Bayer 04 Leverkusen in Düsseldorf, Markus Babbel will look to continues his unbeaten string while in-charge of die Schwaben as they visit Hannover 96.
VfB will be without Yıldıray Baştürk, Matthieu Delierre, Timo Gebhart and Sebastian Rudy along with doubts of Cacau, Sami Khedira and Ricardo Osorio.
Markus Babbel said of the [...]

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February 7th, 2009

Düsseldorf mission complete

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The daunting Schwaben mission in Düsseldorf rolled through with perfect precision as they defeated Bayer Leverkusen 4-2. Undefeated with Markus Babbel in-charge VfB, like a heavyweight knocked on the canvass, has gotten back up, delivered a flurry to send their opponent into a bloodied mess and stands in sixth place and in deep in the [...]

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