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Blanketing the Bundesliga and the German football scene, Talking Fussball is the essential podcast for fans of Europe's most exciting league - talkingfussball.com - @talkingfussball - patreon.com/talkingfussball Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talking-fussball/support
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Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Kiel feeling themselves after leapfrogging St. Pauli for top spot
Unlike the top flight, where Bayer 04 Leverkusen ran away with the title (congrats, Werkself fans!), the race at the top of the 2. Bundesliga has taken a turn for the thrilling in recent weeks. Serial league leaders FC St. Pauli have had a wobble, and Holstein Kiel (and increasingly Fortuna Düsseldorf) have been ready to take advantage. Nik and Jasmine talk through the permutations involved in the last five match days, check in on the races at the bottom of the division and the top of the 3. Liga, and much more.
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Talking Fussball - Leverkusen all but crowned champions after another Bayern blackout
We were trying to play it cool for a while, but that no longer seems necessary. Bayer 04 Leverkusen are going to win the league, and after FC Bayern München lost in Heidenheim(!), they might well do it next week. Matt and Nik let that reality sink in over the course of the podcast, discussing how Bayer's season stacks up in history, where Bayern goes from here, and what way the three-team relegation death match at the bottom of the table is likely to go.
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Talking Fussball Aufstieg - The case of the missing St. Pauli ultra banner and the perils of peer pressure
The world of football, like other walks of life, harbors its share of idiots - our latest episode puts the spotlight on a few. Nik and Maik turn their attention to some childish behavior surrounding a banner, some regrettable chants in Austria that's had consequences for the players who shouted them, and how a few particularly egregious fans' behavior called off a whole weekend of football.
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Talking Fussball - Rhine derby brings lots of thrills but little reward for Cologne and Gladbach
Foals fans at the Borussia-Park may have feasted on a see-saw six-goal thriller, but their team's return - just one point -had to sting. Their opponents 1. FC Köln will have cherished an away draw in the Rheinderby, but time is running short on the billygoats' bid to stay out of relegation trouble. Matt and Nik put the spotlight on the two western giants on a weekend where Bayern hit Mainz with an eight ball, Leverkusen compounded Wolfsburg's misery and much more.
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Talking Fussball Aufstieg - Does anybody want to win the 2. Bundesliga?
There's never a dull moment in Germany's second tier. Just when you think you've sussed out who's good and who's not so good, you get a week like round 24 - one in which every team in the top eight failed to record a win. The full Aufstieg gang of Nik, Jasmine and Maik get together to try and work out what that means, how a miscreant in Rostock made it on to the pitch, and more.
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Talking Fussball - Bayern say they'll be Tuchel-free come summer - what's that mean for Alonso's future?
After a weekend in which FC Bayern München made up no ground in the title race, they still managed to test Bayer 04 Leverkusen's balance. Thomas Tuchel will vacate his job on Säbener Straße at the end of the season, and Xabi Alonso is the hot favorite to take over. Matt and Terry talk through how much that storyline matters with Leverkusen in a commanding position. Dortmund's weak week also comes up, along with some thoughts on the wider fan frustration with modern football (modern capitalism? modern life?) that helped fuel the recent fan protests.
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Customer Reviews
Great podcast
Always keeps me up to date on the goings on in Bundesliga and lower leagues. Often with topics I can’t find in online English media.
One of My Favorite Bundesliga Shows
Great show! Always excited to listen to them. Especially their Aufstieg edition! Always great to hear about the often forgotten side where 2 teams come up every year. Love the show!
The only English language BL podcast you need
This is the best podcast with the least, hot takes, and most equitable distribution of coverage. Other bundesliga podcast are really just Bayern podcasts with 10 minutes or so devoted to the rest of the league and maybe an extra 5 for Leipzig and Dortmund. If you care about the league and/or want to learn more about it as a whole with special episodes dedicated to individual clubs, their histories and current states, this is the one for you.