Bundesliga and the rest: Domestic and European competition discussion

Is GianLuca Itter injured? I do not see him even on the bench today against Leverkusen...

Also Henrichs again on the bench...

 

LOL, Bundesliga leaders Dortmund draw a Cyprus club. Yeah Dortmund seems unlikely for a R16 appearance. EL seems to be it assuming they don't embarrass themselves and let APOEL end up 3rd.

while RB's win and Monaco's loss means they move from 4th place to 2nd place, with 4 pts after 3 games.

 

I don't find Peter Bosz fits Dortmund. His hiring felt the same as Ancelotti to Bayern for me. Coaches that don't really fit or that aren't good enough.

 

LOL, the EL performance continues

HT
Koln 0-0 BATE
Hertha 0-1 Zorya (Ukraine)

well hopefully 2nd half is better...

 

FT
Koln 0-1 BATE
Hertha 1-2 Zorya (Ukraine)

and with that this week in Europe (Matchday 3)
better than last time but still not great
2 losses, 1 draw, and 2 wins

with Dortmund heading towards EL while both Koln and Hertha seem headed out.

 

lol

German teams in Europe this season:

🇼 - 3️⃣

🇩 - 3️⃣

🇱 - 1️⃣3️⃣ pic.twitter.com/hoHu2pB2yP

— DW Sports (@dw_sports) October 19, 2017

 

They won't be laughing when Bayern wins the CL and Dortmund wins the EL.

 

even if Bayern and Dortmund somehow do win the CL and EL. It does show that in Europe it seems to be Bayern and Dortmund and that's it from Germany.

the rest including Dortmund can't seem to compete vs Bulgaria, Belarus, Sweden, Cyprus. German clubs has more money and better league than those teams yet are flopping hard vs them.

 

Leipzig did at least beat Porto to climb to second in their group. If they can draw in Portugal they have a shot at the round of 16.

Bayern with Jupp can compete with most teams as can Dortmund without injuries, but even with injuries they have a strong enough squad to win the EL.

The rest are weak and will be eliminated early unfortunately.

 

add a 4th win to that list.

but Hoff are still 3 pts behind 2nd place and 4 pts behind 1st. Still possible, seems more possible than Hertha or Koln making it out.

 

4 - 4 points after three matchdays is the worst record ever for German teams in the @EuropaLeague. Disaster. #UEL

— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) October 19, 2017

 

I think biggest question mark for Schalke if they make any Europe play would be. what to do with the highly likely absence of Goretzka and Meyer as both players seem all but done after this season. Although to a lesser degree Meyer as he seems to be struggling in terms of play and form and could use a change of location.

but Goretzka has been huge over the last 2 seasons for them. Even in EL, he saved the day vs Gladbach in the R16, having a goal and assist as they beat them on away goals. And vs Ajax scoring a goal and once he got injured and was taken out of the game that is when things fell apart for Schalke and they lost the midfield and conceded 2 goals and were out.

 

also even worse when you consider that Schalke and those 2 players dragging signing extension of their contracts could risk Schalke losing both Meyer and Goretka for free. Both are free agents this summer, if neither sign or aren't sold this Winter, you get nothing out of them. Could you imagine any club losing a player like Goretzka or one with potential like Meyer for free? Try finding other players to take their place when you make 0$ off of them.