Thomas Reis:

The month began with a welcome decision from the Bavarian state government, as they announced the lifting of various Covid-19 restrictions, including the mask mandate inside stadiums.

Starting with a controversial penalty call near the end of the first half — Ulreich came out and batted a looping corner away from Mainz’s Jonathan Burkardt at the far post, but clattered into him on his way down.

Hertha celebrated the home win against FC Augsburg in thick snow. It is unlikely that there will be many more games this season in similarly wintery conditions. The season is heading towards the final stretch, which means that spring is just around the corner! And it has a lot to offer. After the first international break of the year, there will be five fixtures in April. Four of them, matchdays 26 to 29 have been scheduled by the German Football League (DFL).

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Sebastian Hoeneß looks ahead to the match at VfL Bochum on Easter Sunday, 17:30 CEST.

“Michael has familiarised himself very well over the past two years and has shown that he can transfer and contribute his valuable experience as a long-time player at Union to other areas as well. I’m delighted to have his support and am sure that our already proven cooperation will become much more intensive in the future,” said Oliver Ruhnert, 1. FC Union Berlin’s Managing Director of Professional Football.

Two teams in contrasting form go head to head when VfL Wolfsburg travel to Werder Bremen on Saturday 28 January (kick-off 15:30 CET). Werder, who have lost their last four games and have yet to register a point since the turn of the year, host a goal-hungry Wolves side currently on a six-match winning run. VfL have scored 22 goals and conceded just once in those half-dozen games, but head coach Niko Kovac is refusing to get carried away ahead of the meeting with a Bremen outfit who are “difficult to play against”. At Friday’s pre-match press conference, the Wolves boss also spoke about…