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Steve McClaren, the story behind the crazy number of coaching changes at German Bundesliga, English and German soccer management models compared and what can be learned for successful team work from all this.

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Mario Balotelli is 19 years old and arguably one of the biggest young talents in European soccer for years. He is discriminated for the color of his skin and his style of behavior.
Key learnings: Discrimination kills diversity and young talents must be protected.

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Last Sunday: Third to last match day in the Italian soccer league, Serie A. At S.S. Lazio Rome’s home match against Inter Milan, Lazio fans started shouting “If you win we’ll beat you up”. The interesting thing about it: They were shouting at their own team! What was going on? To understand the Lazio fans […]

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On May 22, Bayern Munich from Germany will meet Inter Milan from Italy in the UEFA Champions League Final, probably the biggest match in club soccer world wide. Flashback. Just half a year ago, in late November 2009, Bayern was only placed seventh in the domestic Bundesliga, six points behind the league leaders, and third […]

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