Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all who are celebrating. To those who aren’t but have a day off, enjoy your day off. Sorry that all the shops are closed. To everyone else? I dunno, just have a good day I guess? I hope your emails bring joy. If you are celebrating, I hope you […]
about 1 month ago | 0 reads
We’re two days out from Christmas. Have you got all your presents? Have you done all the grocery shopping? I bet you forgot something. You should double-check. I’m about to head to the supermarket to pick up everything for Christmas Day. I’m gonna get some really fancy meat. Maybe a duck. Anyway, here’s what is […]
about 1 month ago | 2 reads
Good morning, Fear the Wall. Happy Holidays! We have reached the end of the hinrunde, and the Bundesliga’s biggest stars will be celebrating their time off to rest and recharge before the winter training camps start in a couple weeks. That is, unless they’re African, in which case they have likely already shipped off for […]
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Borussia Dortmund head into the winterpause in second place, having claimed all three points in a 2-0 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach on Friday night. Julian Brandt opened the scoring with a brilliant volley from a perfectly placed cross from Niklas Süle, and Maximilian Beier topped it off with a late goal to secure victory for […]
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
Borussia Dortmund finished the year on a high note, coming away with all three points in a cagey affair against Borussia Mönchengladbach. BVB won 2-0 thanks to goals from Julian Brandt and Maximilian Beier, but it wasn’t an easy night’s work. Die Fohlen didn’t present a great deal of threat, but Dortmund also didn’t feel […]
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
When: 2:30 PM EST Where: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany How: ESPN “Select” (US), BBC iPlayer (UK), Sat. 1 & Sky Sport Bundesliga 1 (Germany). Everywhere else here. Here are the rules:
about 2 months ago | 0 reads
It’s the final weekend of Bundesliga action in 2025! BVB might be kicking the weekend off, but there are some fun games across the schedule. On Saturday the highlight is surely RB Leipzig vs Bayer Leverkusen in the late game, but the game I’m most interested in this weekend has to be Mainz vs St. […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
Borussia Dortmund will look to close out the year on a much-needed high, with Borussia Mönchengladbach coming to town tonight. While BVB started the season strong but have sputtered of late, Gladbach have had the opposite fortunes, having recently turned things round and gone on a bit of a run. Die Fohlen have won three, […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
We haven’t even made it to Christmas and Bayern Munich are already almost 10 points clear of everyone else, with a whopping goal difference of +40. Absurd. As a result, these Bundesliga roundups have been a little more intermittent. There just isn’t enough to talk about! However, the good news is that the relegation race […]
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Today is my last day at work until the new year. Bliss. I have nothing else to say. I’ve run out of ideas for intros because all I can think about is the delicious, juicy bevvy I’m gonna have later on. Oh and Mainz are playing in the Conference League later on. I forgot they […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
Apparently there is just one game left before the winter break? This crept up on me. I only noticed when I went to put myself down for some of the match coverage in the coming weeks and realised we have just one more game before the Bundesliga takes a month-long break. I guess we better […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
Good evening, Fear the Wall. Apologies for the timing on today’s Bee, I was rather busy yesterday evening and didn’t have a chance to get my writing done. Shame on me. Dortmund’s tie draw in Freiburg is definitely hanging heavily in the air, with some sour commentary coming out of the dressing room and the […]
about 2 months ago | 1 read
It’s never easy traveling to Freiburg. The small town in Baden-Württemberg has evolved into a Bundesliga stable over the last decade, and many teams struggle when visiting Europa-Park Stadion. Dortmund had to pick themselves up against a very frustrating draw against Bodø/Glimt in the midweek and prove that they can still be somewhat consistent in […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
When: 9:30 AM pm EST Where: Europa-Park Stadium, Freiburg im Breisgau , Germany How: ESPN “Select” (US), Amazon Prime Video (UK) DAZN2 and DAZN Germany (Germany). Everywhere else here. Here are the rules:
about 2 months ago | 7 reads
After dismissing Hoffenheim with a very grown-up 2-nil shift last Sunday, Dortmund followed it up with a bad (not just bitter) 2-all slip-up versus Bodø/Glimt in the Champions League. Assuming Die Schwarzgelben carry on with their unrhythmic ways, we should be due for another positive result this Sunday, no? In the penultimate game before the […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Happy Friday folks! I have four days left of work until I’m done for Christmas. Exciting right? Yes. Very exciting. I will be watching tonight’s Bundesliga Friday Night Football over many dank, chewy DIPAs at my favourite taproom. What a splendid way to watch some football. What are y’all’s plans for the weekend? Here is […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
As you can tell by the type of content we put out on Fear the Wall, we tend not to look too much into the quotes that players give to the media, but something that Bundesliga.com picked up from Nico Schlotterbeck actually seems quite interesting to me: “We could have moved onto 13 points today. […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
What a waste. Dortmund had a pretty simple opportunity to make knockout round qualification for the Champions League much easier, but that opportunity has been wasted. You almost could have called it. Two goals and significant control of the game, as well as some stand-out performances from players that haven’t always been on the field […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
There will be plenty of angry reactions to tonight’s game. Borussia Dortmund took the lead against Bodø/Glimt twice, only to give it up twice to soft goals and lousy, disinterested play. Julian Brandt scored both of BVB’s goals, finishing off some really well-worked collective offense driven by the likes of Fabio Silva and Yan Couto. […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
When: 3:00 pm EST Where: Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany How: Paramount+ (US), discovery+ and TNT Sports 7 (UK) DAZN1 and DAZN Germany (Germany). Everywhere else here. Here are the rules:
about 2 months ago | 2 reads
Fresh off a Sunday afternoon win, Borussia Dortmund are right back at it tomorrow in a Champions League match against Bodø/Glimt, a Norwegian side that has struggled mightily in their European Campaign so far. There’s no excuse for BVB not to walk away with a win, with the race in the Champions League league phase […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
Borussia Dortmund are only a couple weeks out from the January Transfer Window and the rumors have already begun to churn. Amidst every club on planet earth being linked to Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi, the real transfers are beginning to come to light. The two nuggets of truth are Cole Campbell’s predicted departure and […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
Good afternoon, Fear the Wall. Happy Monday. BVB got back to winning ways this weekend, which was a nice change. I was not able to devotedly watch the game, but I caught both goals. Hoffenheim are no slouch of a side this year, so it’s a good result. Kovac rotated pretty heavily as well, which […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
After Borussia Dortmund crashed out of the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday, I was really curious how the coach, the squad, and the fans would react. The Pokal was the most likely route to a trophy for Die Schwarzgelben this season, so I was slightly nervous that the defeat could spark a downward spiral in the league […]
about 2 months ago | 3 reads
With Dortmund crashing out of the DFB Pokal earlier this week and dropping a couple of draws the last couple of games, I think many fans had question marks over how Niko Kovac’s team would fare against a high flying visitor in TSG Hoffenheim. Christian Ilzer’s side came into the match with 10 points from […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads