Guests of Honor
Yesterday, 1. FC Magdebug played the second of their test matches during their training camp in Poland. This second match was the reason the club spent a week in Poland at all. Polish club Hutnik Kraków celebrates its 60-year anniversary this year and had wanted a match against attractive opposition. When other clubs go to [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2010-11, Friendly, Poland
Home premiere
After two more test matches in Schönebeck (6–0) and in Brandenburg (3–1), the new team was presented to the home fans on Friday. Opponent was Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg, but to be honest, it might have been better to play an opposition who actually had any intention of putting up a fight. In front of [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2010-11, Friendly, Magdeburg, Preview, VfL Wolfsburg
Season prep hazards
What are the biggest hazards and dangers in the weeks leading up to a new season? Injuries, transfers gone wrong, players you planned with leaving suddenly. Yes, yes, and yes. But there is a new hazard: Security concerns. Indeed there seems to be a new trend emerging, more and more friendly matches are being cancelled [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2009-10, Aue, Friendly, Hansa Rostock, Magdeburg, Police, VfB Lübeck
And we’re off again…
Season preparation has restarted on Friday. After last year’s disapointment with a 4th place finish, the club has had to cut the budget by about 250,000 Euros and has opted to let some players go, the most prominent of which are the team captain, Daniel Rosin, and the second-best goal scorer, Najeh Braham. As both [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2009-10, Friendly, Reimann, Transfer news, Victory
Cold Turkey
Since the beginning of the dreaded winterbreak I had not seen a full football match, neither on TV nor in a stadium. As I’m generally not that interested in indoor football, soccer addict’s methadone, there hasn’t been much to alleviate the withdrawal. But yesterday, finally, there was a friendly scheduled between 1. FC Magdeburg reserves [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2008-09, Friendly, Me, VfB Oldenburg, Winterbreak
Meaningless friendly™
On Saturday, Magdeburg suffered a 2-4 defeat at the hands of what can be called an A2-Team of Hertha BSC. Overall, it was an even match, only at the end did Magdeburg not pay enough attention in defense, and thus Hertha scored 2 goals in the last 5 minutes of the match. An audience of [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2008-09, Friendly, Hertha BSC, Quick update
Can’t hardly wait
Well, two weeks have passed by since the semi-triumphant 1-all draw against Schalke 04. In the meantime, two other players have left Magdeburg. Dennis “I want my mama” Tornieporth went back where he came from, to Kickers Emden. His stay at Magdeburg was overshadowed by complaints, he just didn’t fit in with the rest of [...]
In: FCM · Tagged with: 2007-08, Friendly, Transfer news