The medical check is complete, the contracts signed. Maximilian Philipp has joined Werder Bremen on loan from VfL Wolfsburg. On his first day in Bremen, “Mili” chatted to us and discussed his first impressions of Bremen, the move and his aims at the club.
In youth football, things are going from strength to strength. No sooner is one season over than preparations are underway for the next. The U16s of VfL Bochum 1848 were runners-up in the B-Junior Westfalenliga. At the end of the season, Simon Schuchert’s boys put together a brilliant run of five wins in a row, including a 6-0 victory over FC Schalke 04. “Through concentrated performances, we started a race to catch up. In the end, we were rewarded for this with second place,” summed up the coach.
Matija Nastasic still gets goose bumps when he thinks back to the derby from last season. The defender spoke about that game, his experiences of derby games in England, and the biggest derby in Serbia in an interview with schalke04.de.
The 22-year-old attacker, who can play as a centre forward or out wide, previously impressed with a spell at SK Sturm Graz. The Italy U21 international (four appearances) was involved in 30 goals in 45 competitive games for the Austrians (20 goals, 10 assists).
Lewandowski is still prolific as ever — banging in goals left, right, and center for the Catalans. Bayern coach Julian Nagelsmann is aware of this and hinted that a striker isn’t of utmost importance at the moment despite the aforementioned rough patch that saw Bayern slip down the Bundesliga table (via @iMiaSanMia).
There was just one change to the team that had given the Italian record champions a run for their money on Thursday, with Vincenzo Grifo coming into the starting line-up in place of Lucas Höler.
In the second semi-final of the Wörthersee Cups in Klagenfurt, Sandro Schwarz started with the experienced Philip Sprint between the posts, with both Oliver Christensen and Tjark Ernst away on international duty. In defence was Sonny Ziemer, who also plays for the U23s, alongside Filip Uremović, Lucas Tousart and Maximilian Mittelstädt. Vladimír Darida and Suat Serdar sat in front of the back four. Nader Jindaoui, captain Prince and Chidera Ejuke began in attacking midfield, with Wilfried Kanga the lone striker in a 4-2-3-1 formation.
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Marco Rose, Emil Forsberg, Janis Blaswich and Kevin Kampl gave their thoughts on the 2-1 defeat away at Borussia Dortmund.
