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    Hoffenheim suffer the curse of Meyer

    By Uli Hesse-Lichtenberger

    Monday, February 9, 2009

    I suppose you have never heard of Peter Meyer. This, however, is not a particularly embarrassing knowledge gap, as even most German football fans are not too familiar with the strange and sad story of this player from the 1960s. Although his name has cropped up a few times of late, particularly in connection with the injury to Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic. Meyer first made a brief comeback of sorts in the public awareness (or rather, the awareness of a small part of the public) in the su ...

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