Sometimes, a match day of national competition can be just awesome. After the surprise of German championship winner Bayern Munich losing in Kaiserslautern on Friday, the great loss of our hated neighbours against Hannover and the incredible victory of Mönchengladbach in Leverkusen, everything seemed to be possible for the last match of this day on Sunday, 5.30 pm. Borussia had to travel to Stuttgart to meet another team who lost on day one of the championship. Both teams qualified for the group stage of the Europa League last Thursday, but Borussia's advance was more convincing since Stuttgart and the supporters had to be afraid of losing their place in the group stage until the final whistle. On Sunday, it was time to find out which team starts aborted and in the end, it was not Borussia. Dortmund beat VfB 3-1 (3-0) and finds itself on the 8th rank in front of Scheisse 04, Bayern, Leverkusen and Bremen in the important ranking after two days.
Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart somehow share the same fate. Both teams reached the Euro League group stage during the week and boths teams lost their first Bundesliga match. While Stuttgart were beaten in Mainz, Dortmund had to accept Leverkusen's supremacy in Westfalenstadion. So both sides need these three points to avoid a bad start in the league.
Only Europa League qualification can take you that far. This Thursday the oil town of Baku awaits Borussia Dortmund. A town full of ventures and richness you’d never expect when hearing the name Azerbaijan. Baku, a town hosting the great lost city of Agdam, which has been left for good after the Armenian war in 1993 and today is part of a complicated Caucasian conflict, we Western Europeans might not have heard about.
After 106 days , it was finally time for the Bundesliga to start again. The summer pause is always dreadful and even the WorldCup could not fill the void that was left behind after the last game of the last season had ended. So finally, on Sunday, at 17:30 it was time for Dortmund to start into a new season of football and excitement. Against Leverkusen it was our aim to keep the first three points at home. Unfortunately life does not always go the way we want it to go.
First matchday: Borussia – welcomes Bayer Leverkusen
Let’s speak it out loud: Glad all over! 105 days without Bundesliga and Borussia – a terrible time! Yes, we all enjoyed the worldcup, six exciting weeks with many interesting matches and a great atmosphere! But, to be honest, that’s not the perfect substitute for matches of Borussia Dortmund, especially in our Westfalenstadion! Surely no one of us will deny it!
"Yes we can!", I wrote before our first Europa League Match against FK Agdam Qarabaq. Now, some hours after our return to the European stage, we have to say "Yes, we did it!". After a 4-0 (4-0) victory, we are less than one step away from the group stage of this year's European competition. A very convincing first half was enough to beat our opponent from Azerbaidzhan, but let's put first things first ...
When I wanted to be a part of schwatzgelb.com back in February of this year, I wrote an article to introduce myself, in which I rewrote a passage from a famous speech of Martin Luther King. Here is what I wrote:
Borussia Dortmund started the new season in style with an easy 3-0 win against Wacker Burghausen. While the black-yellow lads secured the result early in both halfs, there were also periods of lacking concentration. Nonetheless a deserved progress to round two of this season's DFB cup.
Do you remember when Borussia last played a competitive match? No? No worries, it has been along time. We played away to Freiburg on May, 8th. After that a couple of test matches ended the season, the World Cup took most of June and reached into July. Summer came and went.
On Wednesday evening, Borussia Dortmund gained the first out of four cups of the upcoming season. After a devastating 3-1 (1-1) victory over Manchester City, Borussia is from now on referred to as Ferrostaal Cup winner 2010. After 8 long years without any championships, this is a great accomplishment for our young team and pure motivation for the challenges in German Cup, League and Europa League which will be dominated by the new favorite, Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V.
Sometimes, a match day of national competition can be just awesome. After the surprise of German championship winner Bayern Munich losing in Kaiserslautern on Friday, the great loss of our hated neighbours against Hannover and the incredible victory of Mönchengladbach in Leverkusen, everything seemed to be possible for the last match of this day on Sunday, 5.30 pm. Borussia had to travel to Stuttgart to meet another team who lost on day one of the championship. Both teams qualified for the group stage of the Europa League last Thursday, but Borussia's advance was more convincing since Stuttgart and the supporters had to be afraid of losing their place in the group stage until the final whistle. On Sunday, it was time to find out which team starts aborted and in the end, it was not Borussia. Dortmund beat VfB 3-1 (3-0) and finds itself on the 8th rank in front of Scheisse 04, Bayern, Leverkusen and Bremen in the important ranking after two days.
Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart somehow share the same fate. Both teams reached the Euro League group stage during the week and boths teams lost their first Bundesliga match. While Stuttgart were beaten in Mainz, Dortmund had to accept Leverkusen's supremacy in Westfalenstadion. So both sides need these three points to avoid a bad start in the league.
After 106 days , it was finally time for the Bundesliga to start again. The summer pause is always dreadful and even the WorldCup could not fill the void that was left behind after the last game of the last season had ended. So finally, on Sunday, at 17:30 it was time for Dortmund to start into a new season of football and excitement. Against Leverkusen it was our aim to keep the first three points at home. Unfortunately life does not always go the way we want it to go.
First matchday: Borussia – welcomes Bayer Leverkusen
When I wanted to be a part of schwatzgelb.com back in February of this year, I wrote an article to introduce myself, in which I rewrote a passage from a famous speech of Martin Luther King. Here is what I wrote:
Borussia Dortmund started the new season in style with an easy 3-0 win against Wacker Burghausen. While the black-yellow lads secured the result early in both halfs, there were also periods of lacking concentration. Nonetheless a deserved progress to round two of this season's DFB cup.
Do you remember when Borussia last played a competitive match? No? No worries, it has been along time. We played away to Freiburg on May, 8th. After that a couple of test matches ended the season, the World Cup took most of June and reached into July. Summer came and went. 
On Wednesday evening, Borussia Dortmund gained the first out of four cups of the upcoming season. After a devastating 3-1 (1-1) victory over Manchester City, Borussia is from now on referred to as Ferrostaal Cup winner 2010. After 8 long years without any championships, this is a great accomplishment for our young team and pure motivation for the challenges in German Cup, League and Europa League which will be dominated by the new favorite, Ballspielverein Borussia Dortmund 1909 e.V. 
