Going Deutsch

Following a great last day of the season: Bayer Leverkusen beat Augsburg 2-1 to become the first Bundesliga side to go invincible, Union Berlin leave it late to stay up against Freiburg whilst Bochum slip into the relegation play-off and Köln go straight down to the second tier. Speaking of, St. Pauli win the 2. Bundesliga after beating Wehen on the last day, Wiesbaden however remain in the relega...

On a very celebratory episode of Going Deutsch: Bayer Leverkusen get one step closer to invincibility as they beat Bochum 5-0 in their 50th undefeated game, Köln come from 2-0 down to beat Union 3-2, whilst Mainz leapfrog the side from the captial with a completely non-controversial 3-0 win against Borussia Dortmund. In the Zweite, Holstein Kiel celebrate their first ever promotion to the Bundesli...

It's May on the Going Deutsch podcast (and everywhere else to be fair): Union Berlin and Bochum play out a classic as the latter win 4-3 and the former part ways with Nenad Bjelica, Leverkusen win 5-1 away at Frankfurt to tie Benfica for the longest undefeated run in European football history, and every side in the battle for Europe decides they don't want to play in any UEFA competition....

This week on Going Deutsch: Bayer Leverkusen do it again as they score in the 96th minute to draw with Stuttgart and keep their unbeaten season going, Bochum beat Hoffenheim 3-2 whilst other European contenders fall, Darmstadt meanwhile return to the second tier following defeat to Heidenheim. In the Zweite: St. Pauli return to the top of the league following a win against Hansa whilst Kiel lose t...

As Going Deutsch goes under the 100 games to go mark for this season: the relegation picture gets shuffled as Köln become the first side to lose to Darmstadt in 23 games, Mainz get a point against Freiburg and Bochum's bad run continues against Wolfsburg. Werder Bremen get a surprise win against Stuttgart whilst Hoffenheim and Mönchengladbach serve up a 4-3 thriller. In the Zweite, Kiel beat H...

On a Going Deutsch with contrasting emotions, BAYER LEVERKUSEN WIN THE BUNDESLIGA!!! Their 5-0 win against Werder Bremen sees them claim the Meisterschale for the first time in their 120-year history. Also in the top-flight: Mainz get another huge win in their fight for survival against Hoffenheim, there are two disallowed goals, a comedy own-goal and redemption as Bochum draw with Heidenheim, and...

This week on Going Deutsch: Bayern blow a 2-0 lead to lose 3-2 away at Heidenheim (yes, really) and Bayer Leverkusen take advantage by beating Union Berlin 1-0 to go 16 points clear at the top of the league. Stuttgart beat Dortmund 1-0 in the race for Europe whilst the race against the drop sees Köln score twice in added time to beat a Bochum side who have moved on from Thomas Letsch and Mainz dem...

Going Deutsch returns after another international break, this time: Bayer Leverkusen leave it late once again as they beat Hoffenheim 2-1 and see their lead in the Bundesliga balloon to 13 points as Bayern somehow manage to lose a game of football to Edin Terzić's Borussia Dortmund. Stuttgart and Heidenheim play out a 3-3 thriller whilst Ralph Hasenhüttl gets his first win as Wolfsburg manager...

In the final Going Deutsch before the international break: a 3-1 loss to Augsburg sees Niko Kovač lose his job as Wolfsburg manager, Bayer Leverkusen take another step towards the title as they beat Freiburg 3-2, and Stuttgart fans take over the PreZero Arena as they beat Hoffenheim 3-0. In the Zweite: Karlsruher put 7 past Magdeburg, all the main promotion contenders coast to victory, and Greuthe...

It's the 30th episode of the season on Going Deutsch, this time: the Rhine Derby serves up a classic as Mönchengladbach and Köln draw 3-3, Bayern score eight for the second time this season as they demolish Mainz, and Jadon Sancho scores a great solo goal as Füllkrug's Dortmund win 2-1 away at Werder. In the Zweite, HSV lose for the second week in a row, 2-0 against Düsseldorf, St. Pauli a...

This week on Going Deutsch: Bayer Leverkusen's lead at the top of the Bundesliga extends to ten points as they beat rivals Köln 2-0 whilst Bayern Munich draw with Freiburg in a game of worldies, Darmstadt make mistake after mistake as they're demolished by Augsburg 6-0, whilst Maxi Beier's two goals are the only reason Alex is glad about Hoffenheim beating Bremen. In the Zweite, everyo...

This week on Going Deutsch: Bayer Leverkusen break the record for longest undefeated start to the season after beating Mainz 2-1, Borussia Dortmund return to form by losing to a Hoffenheim side who were winless in eight, and Darmstadt nearly win their first in 16, but see a late winner disallowed as they draw with Werder Bremen. In the Zweite: St. Pauli go six points clear at the top following a 4...

On the 75th episode of the Going Deutsch podcast: Bayern Munich have the week from hell as they lose 1-0 to Lazio in the Champions League and 3-2 against Bochum, yet Thomas Tuchel keeps his job as he tries to lower himself to the level of his players, Bayer Leverkusen go eight clear at the top as they beat Heidenheim 2-1, and Saturday afternoon's Konferenz is the most aggresive thing of all ti...

Note: Following the recording of this podcast, Kaiserslautern announced that they had fired Dimitrios Grammozis. On this week's episode of Going Deutsch: the Bundesliga sees Borussia Dortmund actually play a good game of football in the league as they beat Freiburg 3-0, another Mainz game where they failed to take tons of chances sees them lose 3-1 to Stuttgart and Jan Siewert lose his job ......

Hello, it's me Xabi Alonso, the Going Deutsch podcast is really great and this episode was amazing: Alex discusses my Bayer Leverkusen side beating Darmstadt 2-0 thanks to a great performance from Nathan Tella, Köln's surprising 2-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, and Deniz Undav putting in another great performance as Stuttgart beat Freiburg 3-1. In the Zweite: St. Pauli win in the top-of-t...

35 years after the release of unrelated Belgian techno anthem, Pump Up the Jam: the Bundesliga sees Bayer Leverkusen drop vital points in a frustrating 0-0 draw with Gladbach, Stuttgart return to form with a 5-2 win against Leipzig and Harry Kane score the easiest goal of his career as Bayern beat Augsburg 3-2. In the Zweite, HSV lose in an beautiful but stupid way to Karlsruher, Fürth beat Kiel t...

Going Deutsch is back to full strength with the return of the second and third tiers. In the Bundesliga, Bayer Leverkusen score late once again to beat Leipzig whilst Bayern put in a poor performance in a 1-0 loss to Werder Bremen, whilst Darmstadt come from 2-0 down to earn a late draw with Eintracht Frankfurt. In the 2. Bundesliga: Holstein Kiel open 2024 with a shock defeat to Eintracht Braunsc...

Going Deutsch returns for 2024 with a look at the first Bundesliga fixtures of the new year: Bayer Leverkusen leave it late to win 1-0 against Augsburg, Bayern Munich round off an emotional start to the month with a 3-0 win against Hoffenheim, and Borussia Mönchengladbach get the surprise of the round with a 3-1 win against Stuttgart. There's news from around Germany as Timo Schultz becomes th...

Going Deutsch wraps up for 2023 with a look at the final Bundesliga and 3. Liga fixtures before the break: Heidenheim profit off an unfortunate Matthias Ginter own goal as they win 3-2 to go 9th in the Bundesliga, Darmstadt get an unlikely point away at Hoffenheim after going down three times before drawing 3-3, and Dortmund continue to be terrible in a 1-1 draw with Mainz. In the Dritte: Jahn Reg...

This week on Going Deutsch: Borussia Dortmund continue to find the Bundesliga harder than the Champions League following a 1-1 draw with Augsburg, Werder Bremen capitalise on a defensive blunder to get a point away at Gladbach, whilst Heidenheim get their first away win of the season against Mainz. The 2. Bundesliga concludes for 2023 as Kiel go top after a 3-0 win against Hannover is paired with...

This week on the pod: Eintracht Frankfurt stun Germany by beating Bayern 5-1 for the second time in four years, Mats Hummels gets sent off early as Leipzig win 3-2 at the Westfalenstadion, and Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen drew 1-1 in the clash of the unexpectedly good sides. In the Zweite, St. Pauli somehow manage to draw with Osnabrück, Hertha Berlin turn around after a dreadful first half to b...

The DFB Pokal was back this week for the Round of 16: not content with beating Bayern, Saarbrücken take another Bundesliga scalp by dominating in a 2-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt, Homburg can't do the same as they lost 4-1 to St. Pauli in spite of a comedy goal, whilst Hertha Berlin show it's never too late as they score in the last minute of normal and extra time in a penalty shootou...

Whilst Bayern and Union Berlin had to watch this weekend's football from home: the Bundesliga saw Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund draw, Bochum beat a lifeless Wolfsburg 3-1, and Köln win a vital game at the bottom away at Darmstadt. The Hamburg derby sees the funniest own goal of all time as St. Pauli and HSV draw, Kiel move up into second following a 3-2 win over Wehen, whilst Schalke get a vit...

On the pod this week: Borussia bottle a 2-0 lead, but surprisingly this time it's Gladbach choking as Dortmund win 4-2, Union get their first point of the post Urs Fischer era with a draw against Augsburg, and Stuttgart beat Frankfurt despite an hilarious own goal from Waldemar Anton. In the Zweite: St Pauli beat Hansa, Schalke apologise to their fans after a 5-3 loss to Fortuna Düsseldorf, an...

Alex returns for the third emergency pod as Urs Fischer leaves Union Berlin after five and a half years in charge of the club, taking them from the 2. Bundesliga to the Champions League. Also on the pod, a firing in the second tier, worries about Frank Lampard, and the history Union Berlin have made with Fischer's temporary replacement. Remember to go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Sports Blitz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website fo...