Bundesliga 2018/19 - Matchday 18 - 18 - 20th January

**Tommy** · January 18, 2019

We're back, baby.

God is Haaland · January 18, 2019

One day after Balerdi received the permission to attend the Southamerican Cup, Toprak and Zagadou got injured again. We're now left with only ONE central defender.

Let's hope Weigl and Diallo won't slip, otherwise it will be unlikely that we can beat the RB cunts.

God is Haaland · January 18, 2019

Btw there's an interesting solution for Dortmund against an intensely pressing team playing 4-4-2 like RB - especially since we've only one CB available - which is to play 3 fullbacks behind a diamond. Preferably the fb with the best playmaking abilities would play in between the other two (Piszczek - Diallo - Hakimi || Piszczek - Hakimi - Diallo). Btw Diallo can play cb as well as cb.

Bürki

Piszczek - Diallo - Hakimi

Weigl

Delaney ----------------- Witsel

Reus/Götze

Sancho - Phillipp/Paco - Pulisic

But unfortunately Toprak's injury and Zagadou's set back occured so late that we probably didn't have enough time to practise this formation, especially since we've never used it before.

**Stan** · January 18, 2019

Leon Goretzka scores the first goal of the weekend for Bayern. 0-1.

**Tommy** · January 19, 2019

Ducksch getting another chance I see.

**nudge** · January 19, 2019

2 minutes ago, Tommy said:

Ducksch getting another chance I see.

No Drobny

**nudge** · January 19, 2019

Hannover are shambles and completely bereft of any confidence. We really should put this game to bed early enough before they accidentally score a fluke and we again lose points that we should be taking home. We're in total control but it's still only 1-0 in half time...

SchalkeUK · January 19, 2019

Nice one Marvin! If you are going to score one then a few seconds before the whistle is a brilliant time to do it!

**Tommy** · January 19, 2019

What a first half. Augsburg completely overran us in the first 15-20 minutes, and we seemed a bit overwhelmed by all that. But then we slowly found our way into the match, and gained a bit more confidence. Beautiful attacking move that lead to the goal, and a very nice header from Marvin Ducksch!

In case someone wants to see the goal: https://streamja.com/Mv97

SchalkeUK · January 19, 2019

He did that to thank you for the post about his selection :banana:

**Tommy** · January 19, 2019

4 minutes ago, SchalkeUK said:

He did that to thank you for the post about his selection

Keep watching. If he scores a 2nd one, he'll reveal the Talkfootball365 shirt he wears underneath.

SchalkeUK · January 19, 2019

Ah now I get it - don't worry about the first 44 minutes of each half - just get one with the ref thinking about putting the whistle in his mouth! Not sure if it's a great idea, but it works! :eek:

**Tommy** · January 19, 2019

What a match. 4th win in a row :banana:

**nudge** · January 19, 2019

We almost conceded a goal in the last minute of added time... 3 points and nice football but we need to learn to score goals ffs...

**Tommy** · January 19, 2019

Funkel started Ducksch what no one expected. Ducksch scored.

Funkel brought Benito Raman from the bench. Raman scored.

I love our good ol' Friedhelm

Devil-Dick Willie · January 19, 2019

4 hours ago, nudge said:

We almost conceded a goal in the last minute of added time... 3 points and nice football but we need to learn to score goals ffs...

Outstanding performance from Esser tho. We were worth 3-4. He made some very smart saves, and one outrageous one.

**nudge** · January 20, 2019

9 hours ago, Devil-Dick Willie said:

Outstanding performance from Esser tho. We were worth 3-4. He made some very smart saves, and one outrageous one.

Good point. And then there was also Harnik wasting at least a zillion of chances too...