Oh, and we had a match today. And we won. As Mario Gomez said in his blog today, "The cup has its own laws." The first round of the DFB Pokal claimed four Bundesliga teams (Wolfsburg, Werder Bremen, SC Freiburg, Bayer Leverkusen) and so today's match wasn't something we could take for granted. And, luckily, we didn't.
Our first two goals came off of penalty kicks, both earned by Thomas Muller taking quite the beating in the box (seriously, it was starting to seem like they were intentionally picking on him at points). Mario "Super Mario Goalmez" Gomez scored the first one and the birthday boy scored the second. And our third goal came off of what one fan described as "THE MOST THOMAS GOAL TO EVER THOMAS." Seriously, it was SO him and brilliant.
All in all, it was a strong showing and means that we'll be confident as we open the season on Sunday against Monchengladbach (which will be on ESPN3, for our readers in the US). Our back line showed up and played, Toni Kroos has yet again proved that he's going to fight for a spot in our starting XI, and Alaba and Muller more than held their own in the place of the injured Ribery and Robben. Speaking of our Frenchman and our Glassman, both are recovering well from their injuries and both should be ready to go within the next few weeks. Robben's cast is off and he's running, so it's likely he'll be available on Sunday for the Bundesliga opener. Ribery's a little bit more of a question mark, but all reports are that he's healing well and shouldn't be out for long.
So here we go...the Pokal's underway and the season is just around the corner. Here's to fewer injuries and players out of position (Seriously, Jupp, Tymo's a DM. Let him play there) and more wins and fun!
that picture made my life :)
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