DEG is chasing the record

Dusseldorf win - and win and you win ... After the eighth successive success chasing the record held by DEG in 1996, when the Dusseldorf won ten times in a row - and celebrated at the far end of the last championship ...
And they all ask: Why is this DEG so good? "The answer provided a scene in the 31 Minute in a 2-1 Penaltysieg against Augsburg. With a nasty check from behind Panther roughneck Brett Engelhardt Düsseldorf Marian Bazany had rammed into the boards - the popular defender was lying dazed. "There certainly could have happened more, but it looked worse than it was. I feel nothing serious happened, "said the 33-year-old.
But could not his colleagues know: Korbinian Holzer immediately fired off his gloves snapped to Engelhardt and avenged Bazany - that was the real reason for the flight of fancy. "The guys are a bunch of conspiratorial. They understand each other very well. The chemistry among the troops is excellent, "noted manager Lance Nethery.
Young or old, foreigner or German, leading players or worker bee - in the Diisseldorfers be made no difference. "I have lots of fun with the DEG, am glad that I extended my contract," for example, says whirlwind Brandon Reid (generated against the AEV compensation). Teammates Evan Kaufmann, who last season rushed still at university, denied his first professional year and the decisive penalty turned ice cold: "I have given a great welcome from the guys."
So everyone can get the best out of themselves. "Last year we had just as much talent. But this time the chemistry is perfect, "said Nethery, who won 7 new arrivals. "Why this is so, I do not know. This time we just lucky that it works so well. "
That is also assured coach Harold Kreis, who can play the entire keyboard, either buddies or a hard dog, depending on how the situation requires it. Of an offensive system installed, the optimal for the small, fast-DEG and the pros is that each player feel as being important and are used to. For good performance there, "Harry" free as a reward. And that the "DEG Friends" also schonmal together to enjoy a beer in the old town, has not hurt ...

Baskets Thursday in the Kuhberg Hell

Bonn / Ulm - Many expect a defeat, but the Bonn hope for a "Big Point": Toward ratiopharm Ulm Telekom Baskets must play two of the quarter-final playoff series ran away.
The hall can Ulmer Kuhberg on Thursday (17 clock) is already covered a preliminary decision.
"When a team is behind 1-0 at home and one, two actions may not succeed, the engine has got time to stutter," hopes Baskets coach Mike Koch on nervousness in the Ulm "Sparrow". The limited experience "there already plays a role."
For before domestic audiences Mike Taylor's team is properly under pressure. A 2-0 away win of the baskets and the associated leadership in front of the third game on Sunday in the Telekom Dome would like a premature decision.
Just because the Ulmer really rely on their home record would be a bust for the "Sparrow" a disaster.
"In the narrow hall, the Kuhberg Ulmer are very strong, just as we live," warns Mike Koch, the 3000 men adopt "Kuhberg-hell".
To put the opponent under pressure right from the start, there is for him only a slogan: "We need even more of them go, nice to play, we have to play hard." Above all, the "soul of the game, Ulmer, Jeff Gibbs check to have the baskets aggressively defend as a team.
Gibbs in the first game came on eleven points and 16 rebounds strong. But, said Koch, "when Jeff Gibbs makes 100 points and we win anyway, is that really matter to me ..."

How to stop this Bremen Wolfsburg?

Istanbul - was the great hope from within 120 minutes bitter disillusionment. It was not enough.
With an overall performance anxiety Werder Bremen is the first of two titles vergeigt opportunities. Quite Soccer-Germany asks: How will this stop Bremen VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday?
The grief was deep in the people of Bremen. "A modest sense," said captain Frank Baumann after the lost battle with Donetsk. "This is obviously a severe blow. As often as not you get a chance to win a major title, "said international Torsten Frings.
But the sting can not be drilled too deep into the meat Bremer. The League Finals in Wolfsburg and the Cup final in Berlin are still on the program.
Fans of Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart's press people in Bremen tomorrow, fingers crossed. Only if Werder manage a victory in Wolfsburg, the Magath force the shell to take away. But how will this work?
What has clearly shown the UEFA Cup final against Donetsk: Without Diego, Mertesacker and Almeida Bremen is only worth half that. But there is hope. At least Diego and Almeida are in Wolfsburg back to (see Interview with Klaus Allofs below). Bremen's Diego's probably too salty in the last Bundesliga game Wolfsburgern the Masters soup?
If you believe the lip service Bremen, Werder has precisely this. "The coaches told us that we should turn our frustration into new motivation," said goalkeeper Tim Wiese. And with an eye on the game in Wolfsburg, he added: "This game we should abschenken under any circumstances."
His coach Thomas Schaaf it sounds at best cautiously optimistic: "We must look at what is still possible to Saturday. At the moment I do not even know it yet. "On Saturday, from 17.15 clock, we know more.

Axel: "Everything is still in there!"

Dusseldorf - Only in the rehabilitation given full speed, then on Monday evening to Akkuaufladen again to the family to Belgium Gedu - namely, on Tuesday is for Axel Lawarée a very important date in the calendar. "It's just fantastic that after three months of injury hiatus allowed to train with the team," cheering the bombers on his comeback. "In rehab, although all were nice, but now I will just enjoy, to be back."
The 35-year-old has fully recovered from his operation after Syndesmosebandriss. "It's really gone very quickly. I was at the maximum load, do not have any more problems. Now I want to me as soon as possible to retrieve my quickness and vivacity, which I obviously still lacking. I think even one or two weeks of intensive training with the troops, then hopefully I can play again. "
Lawarée is Fortuna's very thick Highs in Auftiegsrennen, now the top striker in time for the season's hottest period is back! "Right now we do have a backlog on the two promotion places, but there are still many points to award. If the front by three games does not win and we get a little run, is not lost yet, "said Lawarée. "We have a good team, that anything can achieve."