The Hollywood Pass
Lois Openda walked off the pitch with his head down. Marco Rose, the RB Leipzig coach, held out his hand to shake the substituted Belgian striker’s hand. Openda shook it perfunctorily and turned to Rose to voice his dismay at something that had happened on the pitch. Rose vigorously patted Openda’s torso, cradled the 23-year-old’s […]
With less than 2 minutes to go till the end of stoppage time at the BayArena, Bayer Leverkusen were leading VFL Bochum 4-0. Leverkusen had already been crowned winter champions of Germany, thanks to a 4-point lead over second-placed Bayern Munich before the Bundesliga paused for a 3-week winter break. Manuel Riemann, the Bochum goalkeeper, […]
Otto Rehhagel, 59, grinning from ear to ear, scuttled across the Olympiastadion upon hearing the final whistle. When he passed FC Kaiserslautern players on the way, he gave them a slap on the back to congratulate them, but kept running. The flask in his hand was spilling almost all of its water across Bayern Munich’s […]