
Andy Brassell
Football Writer at Freelance
European football writing/talking on @guardian_sport @footballramble @talkSPORT & others. NBA. Too many trainers. Latest book We Play On out now (link below)
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msn.com | Andy Brassell
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theguardian.com | Andy Brassell
It was the last two and a half years in a nutshell; deliciously inventive, daringly late and, quite frankly, a bit too good for Borussia Dortmund. As stoppage time ticked on Florian Wirtz received the ball on the left, seemingly without an angle for a cross; so he dug out a spinning ball with the outside of his foot, spearing it to the back post.
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theguardian.com | Andy Brassell
Early on Sunday evening Bayern Munich’s players arrived a few at a time in a swish restaurant that had been opened just for them, as they prepared to commemorate a 33rd Bundesliga title (34 if you include the pre-Bundesliga crown of 1932) not quite as they had hoped, in their street clothes rather than their football strips.
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theguardian.com | Andy Brassell
One has often wondered what Harry Kane could do to upset his adoring public in Germany and in the days before he won the Bundesliga – his first major career trophy at last after final heartbreaks with Tottenham and England – we almost found out.
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2 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | Andy Brassell
If they were on the verge of something special, the man in charge was hiding it well. It was not, insisted Dino Toppmöller, a final. Nor a playoff. Nor was it even the most important match of the season. All it was, according to the Eintracht Frankfurt coach when he spoke at his press conference the day before the game, was quite simply: “Matchday 31.”By the end, as Saturday night drew in, it was definitely Saturday night.
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It’s @otcpod Monday digest, on Sporting closing on a second straight Liga title despite losing Amorim and a three-coach season https://t.co/QU4vHuObU6

A fond farewell for Xabi Alonso in his last Leverkusen home game, despite the surprise element of a Dortmund win to keep them alive in the Champions League race. This week’s @guardian_sport Bundesliga column https://t.co/ENfQ96Xs4Z

RT @talkSPORT: TRANS EURO EXPRESS PODCAST 🤝 @dannykellywords and @andybrassell are back as they discuss Barca beating Real Madrid AGAIN, X…