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a 1st time winter break league leader. and it seemed the lighting their fans with a kind of quality football they've not seen in decades. players making themselves indispensable for their teams lineups. magic moments go low or. welcome to part one of our review of the season so far and we began at the top. of the cigar enjoying a superlative season. there . top of the table over the winter break. it's good for us if conferences were to

start the 2nd half of the season for having to leave position in the league. after a highly successful 1st 3 years in the bundesliga for my sake union not because man's arrival over the summer saw the club's fast track development shift up yet another gear and there's no sign of them slowing down. this is unless it's different to the years before he's young dynamic full of energy you know i mean shows every day when you see him with those who think he can make football fun but he also asks a lot of you out on the page and then sometimes the funds over the phone all i was appalled by. and there has been plenty of fun at least so far right from the opening match day when they spoiled lynn's bogus league a debut party with a 4 nailed away when brimming with pace power and confidence they won their next 2

games as well and then came by at home outplayed in the 1st half lights it recovered well before even the force that secured them up point from the spot and led by one of the balls one of the best teams with the ball so i mean for us it was a little bit of. a questionable prospect maybe but in the end we changed that in the 2nd half we came out and played with all respect and we showed. all we can can cope with you. but the next home game served up a surprise last a shy cup their 1st of the season it heralded of gloomy october with 2 draws in the league followed by defeat at 5 in a performance that had not washing all talk of his team's title presidential. saying we want to be champions just increases the pressure on ourselves and the home club. we never said we're going to be champions and i'm not saying it now less pressure at. playing better kicking off november against mines but their

biggest ever born just may go when it's time. 8 mil to leipsic 3 assists and 3 goals for team over the last quarter i think i should keep track of the season. now their summer signings were also making an impact the likes of striker patrick schick and midfielder christopher and adding further depth and quality to the squad. my job is to help crank up the attack and creates openings. and i'm also working to improve the efficiency of my final shots all of us want to finish the job off without getting cool in a counterinsurgency way that way. but he's been 6 headline maker number one so far to move down a record breaker the youngest player ever to rack up 200 just me got appearances

i know. i think if you don't have it done you just want to keep going at full throttle keep scoring goals keep playing the long myself and the other game one step november is this legal player of the month 18 goals in 17 games he will be on top form leading the best attack in the league caps my stuff on the back of a run of 8 wins in the last 9 match days and if they can keep it up and with a little bit silly winning the title is a dream and leipsic this is their kind of dream that really could come true i. glad to have had their best 1st half of the season since the seventy's on match day 7 they went top of the table for the next 2 months thanks to a fresh coach with a liberating approach and. while i play. with marcus to go head for the

corner flag of the final whistle the fans know it's time for a special celebration but have plenty of opportunity to enjoy this season with much uganda playing in much the same vein fresh and free running these poles and body football it's fun. to receive part of a would be temple for their idols the faithful congregate here in their tens of thousands knowing these days they'll likely get what they came for the next step would. be take up arms shopping. for the fans it's a long overdue reconnection with a glorious bygone era in the $97.00 seas mention gladbach rose to the head heights of provincial powerhouse in the bundesliga and beyond 5 german titles the last event in 1977 it's been a very long wait for the next. over the summer they rang the

changes once again marco was a freshly installed at the helm and wasting no time revolving would seem in his own design one based on a bold attacking strategy putting in the hard pre-season yards climbing to new york falls for the start of the rangers. a winning mentality is essential the market leaders are absorbing this from a true monster it is a fine days 7 years at mines until you can close his 1st posting as a coach mr motivation himself and all sorts of those early lessons so hot spot for playing football in front of 50 or 80000 people it has to be entertaining as well and if the fans enjoy watching us we're doing a lot right flick getting results is also part of the fun of a professional football. and they were getting results salt of the table after match day 7 with one new face very much to the fore marc. rapidly coming to

standards and look for this glass research. that says if i say. to. you that i must. who are training we talk about about what we want to do in the world so. i fold with the famous pedigree mark you stupid son of the libyan 998 world cup winner and france's most capped player such was to them genius phone with a new season form he was both a bonus legal rookie of the month 3 times running another new frontline equipped to make his mark brill envelope a sign from shaka and current 6 goal joint top scorer alongside throughout the stuff. set up showdown time in early december gladbach still top of the table at home to record champions by and this one had drama written all over it and julie

delivered it. i thought but. i. cut my cup and so i i. said i. see i. see i saw that. but then after the last minute victory a last minute defeat at the polls but ending at least for now that long stretch of the top. beating kind of. did subsequently secure when she drowned back the best time record in the division for the opening of the season. which they will restart just points behind leaders like 6 with the promise of more uplifting color flanks.

from. the full face racist. john zama has been a standout performer as have question going top jagan sanchez and. their players who've made a difference for their teams this season we show you how. their teams are all in the top end mix and they've been arguably their most valuable players over the opening half of the season with super say pinpoint passes tantalizing tricks and astounding acceleration not box yan's on the fly books. dortmund's jay consentual and of leipsic here's the breakdown of why they're so good 61 saves so far that's the highest tally of any keeper at the top end of the table. is an absolute rock at the back for both. the switzerland number one has made big saves in every game the most spectacular

undoubtedly against buying one for any highlights radio when you're sure a commish use the keeper has 5 players blocking his view but still manages to make the initial c. for the follow up his reaction speed is simply sensational but it's still not cut off by. a goalkeeper above all needs a cool head here again there's an attacker bearing down on his arm at speed he immediately checks his position relative to the post and adjusted accordingly while advancing and self narrowing the angle guarding his goal with maximum efficiency and there's that brief like speed again to call the shot guns are a fixture for the ta a flying falls. christiane the fullback who adds such variety to 5 balls frontline game with a handy tally of 5 assists and the 1st time. but the season china began as here

against just off going to break forward with pace and purpose once he gets the ball he's looking to offload it again at the earliest effective opportunity which he usually does with laser guided persuasion question go into lending that 50 collect in a most valuable note of his own. jaden son show provider and executioner rolled into 19 goals and 9 assists so far a magnet for opposition defenders to his own team's advantage a classic example at home to leipsic in december sun show doing what he does drawing 2 opponents into his magnetic field once they're close enough he tells into his own bag of tricks to tee up the young bonds he finishes with a flourish. sun show can do that as well often cutting in from the flank here against terror when he shows his tactical maturity moving parallel to the all

sideline before making the decisive dash and tentatively dispatch section. then there's team over the man who fired lights at the top spot over the winter he's been directly involved in half of all their goals notching 18 of them himself . the name turbo tivo is self-explanatory for moves like this against god by. hitting 30 kilometers an hour as he zips past the 1st opponent by the time he reaches the next one he's already flat out leaving him flat footed at 33 kilometers an hour high tempo coupled with tough technique allowing venator finish reliably at full pelt even john zama is powerless to prevent this one going down. 7 see below 0 and. again change or also looks out for his teammates against al gore vanna as ever with that goal and as. seitz he could steer this towards the far corner but if

a colleague is better placed you'll see that to the beneficiary in this case yourself policy. for players indispensable to their club so far this season. a remarkable run of form under new coach i've had short i took oftentimes a 7 spot a key figure on the pitch. can hoffenheim clench a european 1st. puff and i have a new big game hero. a brace to be in munich on match day 7. i will think of that was really nice it was a lot of fun to play and a very important win for us. both. the army and striker fired them to their 1st away victory over buying on but they

didn't kick starting hoffenheim season. 5 league wins on the spin after an underwhelming start to the campaign with a bit more consistency they could easily have that higher than 7 midway. now. has so much shifted the emphasis towards greater defensive stability and more possession football. in contrast to predecessor you. the dutch tactician as a low profile operator happy to stay in the background because if i'm using my what matters most to me is to see enthusiasm out on the pitch and the guys really have to be up for it whether we're training defensive or attacking situations with the right attitude and everything else follows them good that's a line. sure there's new midfield lynchpin is an old familiar sebastian. and it often. i'm after a year of peace with my own and shy guy looking for

a lot of quality but have to maximize it out on the pitch i'll be totally focused on every detail and we can go a long way and i think it's taking a different kind of training with wrestling stars on the w w ija mini tour what's oftentimes smack down strategy it once said to me we're aiming for a dozen brand of football to keep possession for gaps then clinically exploit them but also compact and focused at the back of variable style as it matters. whether which champion wrestler drew macintyre or against when you're on berlin in the bundesliga with his own brother floor it's been a year of intense encounters for the new me who cannot. afford to buy that you'd have to ask my brother whether i'm a role model but he's followed my journey just like i'm following his beak over for going on the recent weeks before the after winning discipline shoot out in impressing the wrestlers how far can you go with hoffenheim this season it's just

in their own that you don't know either hopefully we'll keep developing finish as high as possible to get we want to last couple of games you never know exactly how it will turn out it was you can get to scarlett and you can i do and they have their confidence back and that man for the big occasion and sarkis. his late goal and assist helped turn defeat into victory against dortmund on the final match day of 2019. flintoff it was if you just you know there were a lot of me players and we all know each other a lot better now we have to keep working steadily there's huge potential in the team and then we'll see what happens. coach strategy and cast members a lot has changed it hoffenheim what hasn't is there aspiration to get back on the international stage. hoffenheim have plenty of competition on their hands for one of those coveted european spots here are 4 of the teams currently in contention.

sika voce borg leave out who isn't and 5. that aiming high. they all have their sights set on europe. it's a tough challenge. and every goal could count up the finish. this season it shaping up to be an incredibly tight. and they are all determined to provide. a. super shelter outfit in the table heading into the new year level on points with great rural district rivals dormant. today no one saw this coming out of the for us to bounce back so well from the last miserable season. david wagner is the coach who is overseeing the transformer action in passing a clear strategy and reenergizing the team spirit this book. is called the champions league next season with him. helping out with the finest side of things

a rapidly blossoming amina reeks. dysplasia just watch the telly. yes. i'm special. to be good and in the. older team. on fire i can be on fire arms for their best performance of the season's opening half game on match day 6 a 31 win leipsic their only home defeat so far today the effects can see the shelter up back with their sights a even higher force of crime such a big club with such a rich history i think we have to be playing in europe every year let's move. up. salzburg also enjoying a fresh lease of life this season then you coach all of the glasgow is building on the back of defensive discipline 18 goals conceded the joint lowest tally in the league was this. days how does

a business sign out front of the host can be relied on to keep opposition defenses occupied by these power perseverance and hunger for goals. because this is extraordinary to. see the reacting like it's all positive. yeah that's the civics and you also think. that quality was conspicuously to the fore in december's last gasp victory of its open challenges mentioned gladbach currently just 4 boys of a european place almost like back among the bundesliga international contenders. later cruise and i have long been regulars in that category and this season is proving no exception on a date they can beat anyone but i am in munich included but they've been played by inconsistency. just in we were actually very good position for my clothes when i was on even after losing a few games we shouldn't have. kai how much the jewel in labor couzens attacking

crown himself still sometimes subject to the vagaries of youth but undoubtedly one of germany's most gifted talents caught. up and there's a lot of good teams who can get right in the top and mix it with certainly one of the month after month often felt in 6th place at midway and just 2 points off falls . and dane there is freiburg there is no pressure on them so might europe but they've done it before and would be inverse to doing it again. clutching a strike to. coach christian strife has all the necessary know how to turn a dinnick freiburg into a hellish cauldron for any visiting team the newspapers and they have a tried and tested finisher though everyone's happy to contribute in this most genuine color. tips. i. have never got on as well with my frontline

partners as i do you hear it freiburg not even a trace of envy and i assume it was dry bird won't be shaken off likely a juror shouted jointly and left them in a place 2 point shy of the top 6. the battle for europe it's relentless it's wide open and until it's all over well be giving it everything. and in case you're missing by an endorsement in our review for not they'll feature in part 2 finally here are some of the more unforgettable highlights of the season so far. the bundesliga and its many protagonists sometimes in step sometimes over the top. of the opening half of the season had its fair share of memorable moments.

how would you describe the fabulous. disco. came. the final sixpenny cut. the fucking. political. at the very least couldn't let fly. stuff the. sergeant chasing your tiny fish out 2 2 of your petty care. from the stuff of stryker's dreams to absolute nightmares. surely it should be open to her. but it wasn't. alex was markovitch to with the miss of the seasons are far . to be leaving. but he didn't take long to make up for. at against

minds that ends while. for goalkeepers games against buying a home is likely to be busier than most it's rhetoric about just how things are going to stay. that doesn't make it any easier when you can only see clearly with one eye on this but 1st off i miss my home touch lives one contact lens whole string of talk last a spin to stay one second and 3 points for labor who isn't in munich thanks not least to lucas raddatz. next matchday next by a defying keeper done summer with that incredible reflex rescue so much struggling not. so much that all the gold prevented game one mentioned one of the season surprise teams so far. match day 11 was an emotionally charged one. syllable remembers well not all of it so on the 10 year

anniversary of the sad death of 4 but that that germany benfica have a boss though they can't. go on but not forgotten. fans organized a special memorial tribute of their own on match day one holding up pictures of fellow fans who cast away but could at least be symbolically present for the team's 1st displayed his shift. the other side of her lesson on november the 9th how to mark the 30th anniversary of the fall of the wall by knocking it down all over again that she meanwhile were crashing towards the relegation zone the kind of fall they could well do without then enter stage left you have been clean smashed back in the bundesliga. after

a decade away just one more memorable moments that it. was a toddler. the color of the season. that's all for now for the midseason review but tune in next week for part 2 on kick off.

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