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  • Dortmund gets DFB €100,000 hammer

    Dortmund gets DFB €100,000 hammer

     

     

     

     

    Borussia Dortmund have been ordered to close the Yellow Wall for one match and a €100,000 fine has been demanded by the German Football Association (DFB) following major crowd trouble against RB Leipzig.

    Dortmund beat Leipzig – whose Bundesliga title bid is causing controversy in Germany due to their ownership structure – 1-0 in the Bundesliga last Saturday.

     

    German police arrested 28 people relating to attacks on visiting fans.

    According to local police, some RB Leipzig fans were pelted with various missiles including bottles and stones as they made their way to Signal Iduna Park, with children and families also caught up in the violence.

    Arrests were made for assault, grievous bodily harm, breach of the peace and resisting arrest, with chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke vowing to punish those involved and stating Dortmund will do everything within their powers to prevent a repeat.

    However, the ban only relates to matters within the stadium, with Dortmund punished because fans unveiled a string of “defamatory banners about Leipzig, threw filled beer mugs and targeted Leipzig players with a laser”.

    Dortmund already had a suspended sentence in place and the DFB now plans to implement that punishment, as well as add new elements to ensure the whole stand is blocked.

    The DFB’s statement read: “After the massive spectators’ incidents in the Bundesliga match against RB Leipzig as well as before the matches with Mainz and Hoffenheim and in the first game in Leipzig, the control committee of the German Football Association (DFB) calls for the blocking of the South stand in a Bundesliga match and a €100,000 fine for Borussia Dortmund.”

    The DFB’s control committee has sent its recommendations to its sports court and to Dortmund, who have until Monday to respond.

  • UCL Draw: Arsenal land in tricky group

    Arsenal FC have been  pitched with the German Super Cup winners, Borussia Dortmund in the UEFA Champions League draw concluded Wednesday at the European soccer body headquarters in Lyon France – Napoli and Marseille are also in the F group.

    European Champions, Bayern Munich will be trading tackles with Manchester City along with CSKA Moscow and Viktoria Plzen.

    Below is the comprehensive outcome of the draw:

    Group A: Manchester United, Shakhtar Donetsk, Bayer Leverkusen, Real Sociedad

    Group B: Real Madrid, Juventus, Galatasaray, Copenhagen

    Group C: Benfica, Paris St Germain, Olympiakos, Anderlecht

    Group D: Bayern Munich, CSKA Moscow, Manchester City, Viktoria Plzen

    Group E: Chelsea, Schalke, Basel, Steaua Bucharest

    Group F: Arsenal, Marseille, Borussia Dortmund, Napoli

    Group G: Porto, Atletico Madrid, Zenit St Petersburg, Austria Vienna

    Group H: Barcelona, AC Milan, Ajax, Celtic

  • Bayern Munich bags fifth Champions League trophy

    Bayern Munich bags fifth Champions League trophy

    ...Beat Dortmund 2-1

    ARJEN Robben exorcised the ghosts of last season’s penalty miss against Chelsea to score the winner for Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.

    The Dutchman rolled in the decisive goal against Borussia Dortmund in the final few moments, having twice been denied in the first half. He also set up the opener for Mario Mandzukic.

    Dortmund pegged the favourites back from the penalty spot after Dante bought down Marco Reus. Ilkay Gundogan blasted the equaliser.

    But late, late on, Robben surged clear and trickled the ball into the bottom corner to secure a fifth European title for the Germans.

    The first half of the Champions League final had a little bit of everything for soccer fans to enjoy. Entertaining open play, great shots, even better saves, but the one thing it didn’t have was goals. Both sides had their chances but thanks to outstanding work from both goalkeepers, it’s scoreless at the break.

    After a nervy opening 10 minutes, things began to open up with Dortmund becoming the dominant side as the half moved along. The first real effort on goal came in the 10th minute when Dortmund finally were able to move into the attacking third and after Kevin Grosskreutz’s initial pass was blocked, he jumped back on the ball and unleashed a shot that curled well away from danger.

    Robert Lewandowski had the first official shot on goal in the 13th minute, blasting an effort from 25 yards out that was pushed over the crossbar by Manuel Neuer. A minute later Neuer denied Jakub Blaszczykowski, blocking away a redirected cross from short range.

    Marco Reus got free in the 19th minute, showing his speed and quickness on a counter attack out of nowhere, but his shot from just on the edge of the Bayern area was parried away by Neuer. Three minutes later Dortmund were back again as Grosskreutz chased down a deflected ball into the left corner and centered back to Sven Bender for a low shot toward the far post that Neuer was able to smother.

  • Barcelona, Real meet Germans in Champions League semis

    Barcelona, Real meet Germans in Champions League semis

    …Chelsea, Basel to slug it out in Europa Cup

    Barcelona and Real Madrid could meet in the Champions League final at Wembley after being kept apart in the semi-final draw.

    Barcelona drew Bayern Munich, while Real Madrid will play Borussia Dortmund.

    BBC reports that the games will be played on 23 and 24 April, with the return legs on 30 April and 1 May.

    In the Europa League, Chelsea will travel to Switzerland for the first leg of the last-four tie against Basel on 25 April.

    The other game sees Turkish side Fenerbahce face Portuguese opponents Benfica. The return legs in the Europa League will take place on 2 May.

    Chelsea is the only British side left in European competition after reaching the Europa Cup semi final despite a second-leg defeat against Rubin Kazan in Russia.

    Rafael Benitez’s side lost 3-2 but still progressed with a 5-4 aggregate win.

    Tottenham lost on penalties against Basel in Switzerland after drawing 2-2 in each leg, while Newcastle drew 1-1 with Benfica and failed to overturn a 3-1 first-leg deficit.

    In the Champions League, all-German and all-Spanish semi-finals were ruled out in the draw in Nyon, Switzerland.

     

  • Five killed in Ukraine’s air mishap

    At least five people were killed when a plane carrying football fans attempted an emergency landing and caught fire in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, BBC reports.

    The Antonov AN-24 plane was on an internal charter flight from the Black Sea resort of Odessa, with more than 40 people on board.

    It overshot the runway at Donetsk airport. Most of those on board escaped as the plane caught fire.

    At least 12 people were injured. The cause of accident was not immediately clear.

    However, one report said the airport was shrouded in thick fog at the time.

    The twin-engine turboprop was carrying supporters travelling to a Champions League football match in the city, between Shakhtar Donetsk and Germany’s Borussia Dortmund.

    A minute’s silence was held before the game which ended in a 2-2 draw.

    The Ukrainian emergency situations ministry said the plane had overshot the runway as it made the emergency landing at Donetsk’s Serhiy Prokofiev International Airport.

    The plane then caught fire and broke up.

    A number of politicians and businessmen from the Odessa region were on board.

    A local police source told the AFP news agency that the aircraft came to rest about 700m (2,300ft) from the runway.

    “We collided with the ground, then the plane opened up like a tin can,” one passenger told Ukraine’s Kanal 5 TV.

    “Thanks to the crack that formed in the fuselage, we were able to get out of the plane before it caught fire.”

    The survivors were later ferried by bus to the airport.

    Reports in Ukrainian media said the aircraft was operated by Pivdenni Avialinii (South Airlines), which is based in Odessa.