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96 defeat Leverkusen
By: Helmut |After last weeks difficult loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach, 96 responded in perfect fashion with a 1-0 victory over Leverkusen at AWD-Arena.
Hannover’s intense play characterized the day, taking Dieter Hecking’s words of “showing no fear” to hear and never let the Leverkusen swirling attack get moving. Late addition Steven Cherundolo and Jan Schlaudraff were part [...]
96 will show NO FEAR
By: Helmut |Following last weeks loss to Borussia Mönchengladbach, 96 face Leverkusen at AWD-Arena in need of a win. Only two points above the drop zone, Dieter Hecking is taking the task saying, “we are showing no fear.” He will be without Mike Hanke, Altin Lala and Chavdar Yankov for the match while Leverkusen will miss Tomasz [...]
96 fall short at Borussia-Park
By: Helmut |As noted in the match preview, Borussia Mönchengladbach has been one of the tougher clubs since the start of the Rückrunde and the proved it today as the avenged their early 5-1 loss to 96 by winning today 3-2 in front of their vocal supporters in Borussia-Park. Following the opening week victory of the new [...]
96 to end streak at Borussia-Park
By: Helmut |A preview of a match is a unique thing. For myself I find them a bit over-blown at times and I generally prefer to deal strictly to hard-line facts. Tangible data regarding injuries, recent play and how the clubs match-up is all that is needed in most cases and everything else is mostly a “writer” [...]
96 holds Schwaben to draw
By: Helmut |After last weeks difficult loss to Energie Cottbus, 96 responded with a strong performance against Stuttgart ending in a 3-3 draw.
Due to injuries Dieter Hecking went with a 4-2-3-1 formation using Mike Hanke as the lone striker and brought in great veteran Michael Tarnat to the starting eleven. The match did not started favourably for [...]
Die Schwaben at AWD-Arena
By: Helmut |The great start of the Rückrunde, with a 1-0 defeat of Schalke 04 was offset with last weeks loss to Energie Cottbus, sending Hannover 96 to thirteenth in the table and only four points about relegation. At this stage, longer-term goals of finishing in the top eight need to be put aside as points [...]
96 drop 3-1 to Energie Cottbus
By: Helmut |If not a better example of the competitiveness and parity in the Bundesliga, only two matches into the Rückrunde and clubs at the bottom of the table are continuously threatening to upset the upper tier ones. This past weekend Borussia Mönchengladbach, at the bottom of the table came within minutes of defeating first place Hoffenheim [...]
Jacek Krzynówek looks forward to Energie Cottbus this weekend
By: Helmut |After two seasons in Wolfsburg Jacek Krzynówek is enjoying life for 96, calling it a a “liberation.” This Saturday the Polish international is likely to feature heavily in Hannover’s attack.
He said of his new club:
“I spoke with my advisor, who informed me that Hannover were interested in me. Then I thought about it for three [...]
96 sends Königsblau home in tears
By: Helmut |Hannover started the Rückrunde right as they sent Schalke home in tears with a 1-0 victory. In front of a large crowd, 96 looked shakey at the start with Jefferson Farfán’s coming close to scoring after a few minutes and Fred Rutten’s club continuing to pour on the pressure. However after eight minutes 96 took [...]






