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Wolfsburg show their Mr Hyde side as Tuchel inspires Mainz magic | Raphael Honigstein
guardian.co.uk Aug 30 2010 06:26
Even a 3-0 lead at home is sometimes not enough to avoid defeat, as Steve McClaren found out to his costIt has taken a mere eight months or so, but hey: Bundesliga professionals are able to play with the new ball. The Torfabrik (goal factory), as the repainted Jabulani is now called, was true to its name on Match Day 2: 37 goals in nine games were no mean feat, even by the "can`t defend, won`t defend" standards of Germanic club Fußball in the early Tennies.An alternative view, no doubt subscribed to by the league`s goalkeeper fraternity, is that the cursed plastic thingy is about as predictable as Saturday night`s Spiel 77 lotto numbers but actual bloopers were thin on the ground amid the general madness. Seven away wins underlined the DFL`s central brand message ("it`s a l