But how is a booming Bundesliga affecting German football further down the feeding chain?

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Under the deal, BT will get ESPN and ESPN America channels, plus ESPN's live sports rights portfolio, which includes the English Football Association Challenge Cup, better known locally as the FA Cup, the Scottish football Premier League, and Germany's top football league, known as the Bundesliga.

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Paolo Guerrero - who was banned for five Bundesliga games on Thursday by the German Football Association for throwing a bottle at a fan at the end of his side's 0-0 draw with Hannover on Sunday - rounded off the scoring in injury time with a finish which went in off the post.

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In EPL , La Liga and Bundesliga the media has turned playing defensive into anti football, but in Italy playing defensive is just part of tactics.

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The "50 plus one" rule -- a revered model of football governance whereby fans are the majority stakeholder -- applies to all clubs participating in the Bundesliga, with the exception of Bayer Leverkusen and Wolfsburg.

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