Including position to leak. Most of the things you did well. Its christmas time and theres been a lot of gift giving buyers have ceded points go more already this season which has at least made the bundesliga much more exciting place the pace to much festive cheer from him. Jim tired their back. Is indeed the muscles and mice is almost as mundane as. The surprise package under the Christmas Tree are mentioned plus buffalo for 2nd place team at the midseason break has gone on to win the title 9 times in bundesliga history to the falls have a real chance. Now its christmas we enjoy those 2 weeks and i dont mean to keep going to keep the marking. Time to look forward to christmas and the winter break but this yuletide will be one of mixed emotions for dortmund as they ponder how to stop throwing away. 8 points just a job ish who goldfish but theyve all indeed the winter champions are neither buying nor dortmund welcome to kick off. The year ago dortmund were clear at the top of the table but 2019 has not been kind to the black and yellow so at the end of the 1st half of the season they are 7 points off the lead despite their quality squad dogman have dropped too many points in fact from winning positions theyve let the love in point slip the coaches all too aware of the problem. As its unbelievable the points weve lost. Believe all. Dortmund have 12 points fewer than at this stage last term this comes despite strengthening significantly in the close season they began the campaign with a clear goal the title. Although dog runs football is often easy on the i playing like this wont help them win the championship. Against half an arm that game panned out like so many for daughter on the season they dominated their opponents with their class repeatedly shining through and now they are gazza standing in for injured captain marco voice grabbed the opener on 17 minutes i thought months continue to pile on the pressure and produced a wave after wave of attacks particularly from the right hand side Ashraf Hakimi had his chances. As did target and the 39th minute but that precious 2nd goal proved evasive. Sometimes a team are just unlucky or come up against a good goalkeeper like all of a bomber. Dortmund lead one militant break but it should have been a lot more. Does is do hide it stupid that has to be said clearly we havent we had the chances to score a 2nd goal a 3rd even 10. 00 and 5. 00 we should have crossed the poll more rather than half shooting or those all. Perhaps the immaturity of the team was to blame what a more experienced hakimi have set up a teammate here. Or perhaps lucien fathers decision not to recruit another Center Forward in the summer as part of the problem some fairly straight forward chances went begging. That we had so much attacking verb i think we had Something Like 8 corners to none but our finishing was poor. And so dortmund snatched defeat from the jaws of victory they gave away what seemed to be a nailed on 3 points on 79 minutes psyches a down young levelled with half an himes 1st real chance. Look at those faces there not the faces of title winners. Just like against leipzig in the 33 draw last week dortmund lost control of the game within the space of a few minutes. And they come up with the winner for half an eye in the 87th minute. And again the leakiest defense among the bonus league as top teams conceded 2 goals out of nothing. Within 8 minutes top man had somehow surrendered a game they should never of lost points yet again thrown away. With a ramp up but we have fewer points than we should have from the last 2 games we have one point instead of 6 weve been sloppy in the 1st half of the season. Part of feeling alas no. More can guess how many points weve lost stupidly lost. Causes daily. The midseason break is upon us a time for dortmund to regroup and say goodbye to a cursed 2019 somehow they have to try to move forward and stop being so consistently inconsistent. Young man who has exploded onto the scene josh was e. X. E. 8 minutes played a touch of the ball and 2 goals scored. Those are the fruits of his 1st 2 games for byron me of. Just like last week against 5 working rescued a win for the champions against both scored again just a minute after coming on and with his 1st touch. Christmas fairytale start from byron the 18 year old dutchman with a yuletide miracle right on cue. Problems do remain though the variance cannot be happy with the 1st half of the season at their worst in 9 years their 3rd in the table. But i havent seen a flick by and do you see much more relaxed and on saturday they again passed 70 percent of possession but points have still gone astray. Lets check the stats former coach nico kovacs had a points per game ratio of 1. 00 with flick its 2. 00. But without the xerox effect it would be 1. 00. There are still big gaps a barons defense and opponents are getting chances of course. Work were not cool headed enough to take advantage. Of. The shall victorious so close to scoring just before the half time whistle. Baron have also been hit by a raft of injuries this season. Having martinez became number 7 his replacement share home boateng was the only recognised 1st team player on the bench. It was looking like both sport might manage a drop thomas move that arrived too late here. While continued likewise then fail to find the net. I. With few options flick roll the dice turn to you know who on 85 minutes. Theres a reason why is it see has 35 on his back. Is not meant to be in the 1st team yet hes just a kid at 18. But he wasnt getting the savior one nil to buy and i tell him louis a fortune. The teenager would also turn out for the reserve team a day later but his some parents christmas was already made. For manual noir zerg see is becoming a cult hero. To you hes a positive guy out of the same time quite shy as hes so young but out on the pitch he shows what hes made of as weve seen in the last 2 games. And the joshua effect has a broader impact to parents relief allowed sash to now play to make it to no later of i the game was typical of fire in the season dominant but sometimes struggling to convert that supremacy into a win. Was in the last 2 losses against a person living and they put us behind but apart from the things we played good football and. No the last couple of games showed character to come back and i think the race is opened. We would have liked to hear from 60 but byron are keeping him incommunicado. His impact has been huge though the win meant byron confirmed flic as coach until the end of the season his bosses are all smiles. Transit is doing a good job were very happy with the development of the team and how we communicate so openly its very pleasing. Flick has conjured up a youth player who can make a difference his faith in super subzero is quite possibly the best argument for him staying. Baron celebrate with lots of christmas cheer the champions may only be 3rd at midseason break but they are above dortmund and raring to go for the 2nd half of the campaign. In 5th took on friday book in 6 who would have imagined that before the season started at the halfway mark they are both perhaps over achieving but wanted to head into the break on a high. Voltage dominated early on with sweat soaked are especially influential for. A 12 with Benito Rahman there was the opening goal after 26 minutes. To stand shyest vyborg just couldnt get going but that changed 10 minutes after half time the video assistant referee spotted the foul in the area. Newspapers and converted to make it 11. 00 he is now the clubs joint record scorer. Chang hong kong was that it 1st unfortunate for freiburg but his luck changed. And one memoranda broken down. In chance of grief stepped up to take this one super cool. Team one to freiburg. Shall coach david wagner needed a plan and fast it was looking like a very undeserved defeat. Substitute aftermath to 2 she was the answer is full 10 minutes from time sealing a draw we conceded to promote is deserved penalties but the situations we gave too easy way this is a little bit. Of what i have to moan about about anything else i think was quite good in the end both teams and for the Christmas Holidays in good spirits. After the 5 nil triumph and braman mind entertained leave a person in fine form they continued where they left off with some excellent play but this time the finishing touch was missing. 20 minutes from the labor corps and when del received a 2nd booking but instead of wilting neighborhoods and shrugged off the setback. Stoppage time they snatched the points thanks to look at those audio smash and grab. Heritage braman are in a real mess while cologne are suddenly on a high. The hosts took the lead from their 1st big chance caught up with the 1. 39 minutes gone when would put them 3 points about graeme in the table. Next to bottom visitors pushed but it was all in vain. New come on coach marcos good stone has now picked up an unexpected 9 points in 8 days the billy goats are clear of the relegation zone. And now enjoy the festive period. Fortuna dusseldorf were also looking to take advantage of breman shocking form against promoted or new on berlin the home side broke the deadlock proven hennings on 38 minutes whatever strike that was. But coach return phone could do the job wasnt done. Shortly after the restart or new and grabbed it deserved equaliser through patterns on the game was suddenly up for grabs. And the winner it came in stoppage time doesnt do us ever told me unleashing us more of a shot that flew off the post and into the net. Fortuna with the good fortune just in time for christmas q some extra special celebrations as they climb out of the automatic drop zone footballs just childs play sometimes. Bottom side part of born needed a christmas boost in their clash with time tough to frankfurt. The fireworks before kick off ended up being matched inside the stadium. The struggling visitors looked jaded and underdogs padded born were ready to pounce at will have me and some beauties only rocket put part of 11 mil ahead. But it takes a lot to get patted on coach jeff unbound got excited even though frankfurt had not won in 6 games. Before the break promoted part of born doubled their lead courtesy of Sebastian Sean lowe. The hosts had a real chance of just a 3rd win in the league this season. And. Back at patton point peak too early they had a full 2nd half to endure a possible frankfurt on slush. And it came and eventually frankfurt pulled one back through past tossed. His 4th goal of the leak campaign. In the end got a born got over the line precious 3 points for christmas which will fuel hopes that they can escape the drop. Glove box for visitors to the capital but had no real chance of taking top spot because of a vastly inferior goal difference to lives. And that shouldnt take away from what has been a great 1st half of the season for the foals their 1st since the 1970 s. They even lead the pack for 7 match days but are they able to mount a real tilt for the title. Their biggest strength as defense only 18. 00 conceded thats the joint lowest number in the current season catarrh berlin were going to have their work cut out. Gladbach also threatened sporadically. To come going close here in the 39th minute but generally the visitors didnt show enough against a team in 12th place at the finish and a bit of guile were lacking to him had 6 goals this term to top the scoring ranks but it wasnt to be his day. Even though we want to have more and were young we need to do more as well we didnt get our serious not our best performances now we come to this point that we have like a constant really consumed weeks and then the futures. England tough coach mark 001 the austrian way in the last 2 seasons with so its poor but to win. That German League his side will have to win these sorts of away games theyre the best home team in the league but an 8 away games they want only 4 to leipsic 6. Plenty to work on in 2020. What might help is that far out of both the german cup and europa league. They can concentrate on the broadest they get in the 2nd half of the season. But in berlin bloodbath could easily have lost. Your game klinsmanns had to had chances to win theyve stabilized under the germany legend with 8 points from the last 4 matches. On bishan is to climb up as soon as possible in the table and and then also all start to play a more or taking a more. You know in detaining type of football right now its more defensive side of it ended nil nil here to head into christmas the happier the 3rd game in a row without conceding. Gladbach on the other hand no they should have produced more an attack their elevated position in the table has raised expectations possibly too high theyre still a work in progress. In the zone and i have to say the team of work hard and weve had a good 1st half of the season when youre now after a few days rest we have to get back out and show we want more when im for mail and. Wanting more is the right answer was this team have to buck up and buckle up because here comes the winter champions. Could this be the season for rb leipsic d with biron in dortmund strug. This is the chance for the red bull back team. Might not be particularly loved across germany but new champions come a would be welcomed by many people dislike of fans. So what suggests likes it really can do it. The one they have team of their own with a team goals and 7 assists so far. And the 23 year old is Getting Better and better. Byron swap at 11 dosti is only one goal ahead of him in the bundesliga scoring charts. Leipsic also have the most prolific overall attack in the league they look more dynamic than last season and opponents are getting more desperate to stop them i dont worry it looks worse than it was. But at home against inform alex park lot 6 suffered an early shock on 8 minutes. But no its not me and neither of us know i dont forget our sport had won 5 of their last 6 games. But light city in contrast to dortmund right now seem to have the medal to recover from such setbacks but its just about enough time that we need a patient and then play the same style are going to 1st half and then the goals will come on their own in the 2nd half of pressure get higher and higher and they always have the feeling that. We can score and get the lead. Midway through the 2nd half lights a glove old. Cannot lima with the call that. Lots of have all the right ingredients onerous with serious financial clout a top infrastructure and one of the worlds best young coaches. The bad press is you. They are not old mans hallmark just like dogma and under your gun club. There is another big reason for leipzig being Genuine Title contenders this season they have a classic target man up front by Check International patrick chick made it to one of the bears their goal in only 8 games for lights and. This edition has made like 6 quads in the complete. The but will it be enough for the title. And the winter mean nothing so. We have to continue like this also in next year and well see in the summer dont. Tempt oh its also key to the slight 16 they can be devastating when switching to attack. The use of force in with the final goal 31. This season theyre flying but like 6 rivals will also worry that they havent even reached their full potential yet. Many of the players are still in their early twentys and their college is only a little bit older. Looking forward to improve my team and to get better and to play nearly also a good 2nd half a season like we did in the 1st set of barbi leipzig or in the last 16 of the german cup and the Champions League and sit top of the bundesliga for the winter break what a delightful christmas present. So heres a look at those results away from the 15 other born and the year on a high with their 3rd point of the season may those christmas bells jingle meanwhile its almost a case of mom bells ringing at daughter march but no. A few firsts from this season. This was the 1st of 465 goals so far this season scored by who else on that level darcy yet again the leagues leading striker. For the most assists came from a man many have written on Thomas Miller with 11. Meanwhile can you guess which 2 sides have the best defensive record we know about glove box but both were tied with them with just 18 goals conceded. The down lets sneak a peek at the end of the year table. So leipzig right at the top in the last 10 years the winter champions have gone on to win the title 7 times by our north 3rd dortmund are level on points with shanika its set to be a thrilling 2nd half of the season. And in the 2nd half of the table part of born are still bottom but braman in frankfurt have slid deeper into drive all meanwhile cologne are surging but will leave you with so league leaders. The 29000 winter champions rb leipzig they dont look as happy as they should be but it is only halfway through the season. That mascot really looks ready for a Christmas Party while like 6 coaches keeping his cool. As of let me run it so i would assume because we have limited arms a margin that is in line seek to lead the way of the midseason break for the 1st time in the clubs short history. They dont get too excited despite christmas crackers like this one. There were another something is so. And at the moment. In this moment i think i am not saying that i know when there is so much of the world to see the arab modern footballers are taught to keep their feet on the ground but surely like to can dream a little this christmas after all they didnt really exist just 10 years ago and are now on top of the bundesliga seasons greetings and happy new year kick up. I am. A celestial be. Spiritual much. Danger. From. Fire may be picked a human for i am why. I became tropical in 15 minutes on d w. I. Am not proud they will not succeed in dividing us about not succeed in taking the people off the streets because were tired of this dictatorship. Taking a stand global news that matters d. W. Made for minds to know that 77 percent. Are younger than 65. Thats me and me and you. And you know what its time all voices are part. Of the 77 percent speech issue. This is where you cut. The 77 percent this weekend on d w. 2 has become one of the most controversial issues. Ive never seen anything like this. 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