Does anyone feel that the commentators for German Bundesliga on Football Channel are

a little biased, especially toward FC Bayern Munich or some of its players, or is it just me? And, they got the players' names wrong sometimes. It made me feel as if they are thrown into commentating for the Bundesliga when in fact, they actually wished that they were commentating on some other matches that they were more interested in. I wished I could tell them, whoever they are, that Lahm is not Schweinsteiger is not Van Buyten is not Müller is not Mandzukic is not Alaba is not Dante........ and the list goes on. Also, I think it's really i-don't-know-what-word-to-use when they made comments saying things like FC Bayern would still do as good even if a particular  player is not with them even though the player was scoring goals for the team. I mean, why say such hurtful things? And some are really biased against Bastian Schweinsteiger. I know there are people out there who don't like him as much as I do too, but sometimes the commentators' remarks were just negative and condescending. An instance was when Bastian Schweinsteiger was probably trying to explain to/plead with the referee about his so-called penalty and the commentator went like, "Why is Schweinsteiger even talking to the referee. He's not the captain, Lahm is". I know the captain usually speak on behalf of the team to the referee, but if Schweinsteiger was the person directly involved in the so-called penalty, wouldn't he be in the best position to talk about it?

Well, if they (the commentators) ever read this, they probably would ask if I could do a better job than them. Frankly, I wouldn't foresee myself being a good commentator, so I wouldn't even take up the job in the first place. But if it's your job, it's just natural for you to understand what you are doing and do it well. Getting names wrong, not knowing who the player is and has to wait till he turned his back so you could see his name on his shirt are definitely things that I think a sport commentator shouldn't do. I know there are a lot of players and it might be difficult to remember all the names, but seriously, every time? Fans would probably already know who the player is, what's the point of mentioning the name after 10 seconds later, and leaving the interval in silence with the commentator probably hoping the player would turn his back to the screen so he could see his last name on his jersey.

Meanwhile in FC Bayern Munich, Holger Badstuber suffered another rupture of his cruciate ligaments in his right knee again and has to be kept out of matches for another six months. That's really saddening.

And it seems like an end of the football season marks also the end for many. Jupp Heynckes' last season with FC Bayern Munich as their coach. Mario Götze's last season with BVB Dortmund as he is going to FC Bayern Munich for the next season. I probably need some time to get used to see him in his new red jersey. Just a little too used to seeing him in yellow. A little too many Marios in FC Bayern? I hope the current Marios will still remain in FC Bayern even though a new Mario is coming. I'm not sure how the team dynamic for the upcoming season will be. New player, new coach...... I hope it will be for the best. For them to claim the position of deutscher Meister again.

And away from FC Bayern Munich, Mike Hanke from Borussia Mönchengladbach will not have his contract renewed with the team, so basically, he will not be playing with the team anymore. :( It's kind of sad because I read that he was really happy to be in the team. Also, other prominent leavings in the football world would be Sir Alex Ferguson and David Beckham. I guess David Beckham is just literally an icon for football. Probably nobody, even without any knowledge of football, would not know or have not heard of him. 20 years of career sounds pretty short, but it's still awe-inspiring.

And once again, GET WELL SOON, HOLGER BADSTUBER!!!! I just wish I could give him a hug because he has been such an inspiration to me. Unlike me who has not achieved much, he, being the same age as me, is a renowned figure with so many people supporting and being there for him. He might probably feel that he is wasting his time away because he has to keep out of the field for another 6 months, plus athletes careers are pretty short, but I hope he wouldn't be discouraged, continue to fight on and come back a better player.

Meanwhile, I shall continue to work toward my dream... though I might not be as successful as Holger... but still... life moves on...

Today FC Bayern Mūnchen received Medals for

winning the Bundesliga title! Didn't know they have won the title for the most times in the Bundesliga history! That's so awesome! The match today against Augsburg was pretty stagnant at the first half of the match, putting a nil-nil score at the half-time whistle. At the second half, Thomas Müller took the head lead to score the first out of the total three goals for the match, followed by Xherdan Shaqiri and Luiz Gustavo respectively. Nevertheless, I have to say that the goalkeeper for FC Augsburg is really good; same goes for the team in general.

Sometimes I wish I'm Berni so I could stand and watch the game near the field.

Anyway, I'm learning HTML so I'm just going to try out some of the things here.

This part onwards may not make sense and you should probably stop reading.

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The game between BVB Dortmund and FC Bayern Munich

was pretty agressive today. A red card was issued for Bayern Munich player Rafinha. Pretty dramatic because both sides got into a seemingly heated argument. But it ended as quickly as it started. Looking forward to Bayern Munich winning the Champion League title. Unfortunately, I probably won't be watching the game because I don't have the channel. Oh well, would be nice if I can find a soccer buddy to watch it at the pub. :( Would really like to see Bastian Schweinsteiger and Mario Mandzukic in action. But, oh well, highly doubt this will happen.

German Bundesliga: Schalke 04 vs. BVB Dortmund

I love it when weekend nights are soccer nights. However, today I didn't manage to catch FC Bayern München in action because Starhub, the company of the football channel I subscribed to, showed the match between Schalke and Dortmund. :( It seems like I missed an interesting match by FC Bayern München judging from the scores and updates I saw online, and naturally Mario Mandzukic in action. He's one of my favourite players in the team.

However, the match between Schalke and Dortmund wasn't so bad although it would be more awesome if I managed to catch FC Bayern München instead. But well, I have to wake up to the idea that it's football channel, not Bayern München Soccer Channel. It wasn't so bad since both teams were really awesome teams.

Like a soccer game

I enjoy watching soccer game, not just because of the excitement, but also each soccer match allows me to reflect on things in life through the players' interaction between each other. Life's is a stage, people may say; but life, can be a soccer match whereby people we meet and interact are either our team-mates or rival. Of course, with the transfer market and frequent change of teams in the soccer world, it also reflect that someone may not be your rival/team-mate for life.

And last Sunday, FC Bayern München played against 1899 Hoffenheim. Pretty agressive team I would say, in comparison to FC Bayern München. And I think there was this time when Bastian Schweinsteiger was pretty pissed off with being tripped over and such by player(s) from 1899 Hoffenheim and he was thus, for a few seconds, trying to confront the Hoffenheim's player. Luckily Javier Martinez pulled him away. I'm just so glad for Martinez's gesture-- the feeling of looking out for one another in the same team.

On another note, I saw from TV that Hoffenheim is a small town with about 3000 people. Would love to visit there someday though. :)