“Michael brings a wealth of experience to the club having spent 12 years as a player at Manchester United before coaching and caretaker managing the Old Trafford club.”

The scenario: The two teams occupy second and fourth place respectively, exactly as they did ahead of their meeting last year. The Westphalians currently have a four-point lead over the men from Saxony. The six previous meetings in Dortmund have produced three victories for BVB, one draw and two triumphs for Leipzig.

Derby against Köln ends goalless Borussia Mönchengladbach played out a 0-0 draw away to 1. FC...

After a hard-fought match against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, SV Werder had to accept a 3-2 defeat. Even though the Green-Whites were “just ahead” in many periods of the game, according to Ole Werner, being clinical in the penalty area made the difference between victory and defeat. Here are the reactions after the game.

Once again VfL Bochum will hold their summer training camp in the holiday region Kronplatz in South Tyrol. As at their first time in the previous year the pre-season for the 2022/23 campaign is also going to kick-off in the Windschar Hotel in Gais. The summer training camp will take place from 10th to 17th July.

There was already cause for celebration ahead of the final away game of the season in Leipzig, with VfB Stuttgart’s draw in Munich meaning FCA were guaranteed to stay up. As a result, despite a 4-0 defeat against RB Leipzig, FCA would play in the Bundesliga for the 12th season in a row. There was also cause for celebration for Lasse Günther, who celebrated his debut in the FCA starting eleven.

Julian Nagelsmann is pushing all of the right buttons and the boys are responding, so there is plenty to talk about with that subject alone…but we’ve got even more! This is what we have on tap for this episode:

The team are travelling to North Rhine-Westphalia for a Bundesliga matchday for the third time already this year, and for the second time on a Sunday (05.03.23, 15:30 CET). On matchday 23, Bayer 04 Leverkusen play host to the ‘Old Lady’. It will be a difficult task against the Europa League participants, with Sandro Schwarz expecting to face “a very good team with a high tempo and a lot of quality on the pitch. Out of possession and in transition, we will have to play well. At the end of the day, it’s down to us to drag the game our way,” suggested the 44-year-old in his pre-match press conference. He was joined at the podium by Benjamin Weber, who also emphasised a focus on the here and now, also with regards to questions surrounding the squad. “Of course, we are building a picture, leading open-ended talks and pushing ahead with our planning. For us now, first thing’s first is competing successfully for the rest of the season. We still have twelve games ahead of us and total confidence in the whole squad,” underlined Hertha’s sporting director. herthabsc.com has summarised all of their comments. Schwarz and Weber spoke about…

There are unlikely to be many concerns about a possible relegation in the capital of Rhineland-Palatinate at present. 1. FSV Mainz 05 will head into Matchday 23 with a 13-point cushion over TSG Hoffenheim, who occupy the relegation play-off place. If seventh spot is to be enough to qualify for the UEFA Conference League, then the men from Mainz are only one point from Europe.

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