Cardona was born on 8th August and therefore shares a birthday with FCA, joins from French top-flight side Stade Brest. In 102 Ligue 1 games, the 25-year-old scored 18 goals and registered seven assists. Cardona has signed a four-and-a-half year contract until 30th June 2027.
The vultures are circling around Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala. Once the youngster referred to Real Madrid as a “mythical club” you just knew that somehow the Spanish media was going to start to run with it:
Mainz strong at home in the second half of the season
Head coach Sandro Schwarz made five changes to the starting line up following yesterday’s semi-final match against TSV 1860 Munich. Jonjoe Kenny, Agustín Rogel, Deyovaisio Zeefuik, Ivan Šunjić and Dodi Lukébakio started in place of Sonny Ziemer, Lucas Tousart, Vladimír Darida and Nader Jindaoui, who all dropped to the bench. Maximilian Mittelstädt was left out of the matchday squad with an adductor issue.
“Deep in the west where the sun collects dust, it’s better, much better than you would think,” sang Herbert Grönemeyer in his famous song about Bochum. And actually, the current situation at local club VfL is also better than their league position might suggest. They might be down in the relegation play-off place with the drop looming large – but staying in the league no longer seems beyond the realms of possibility.
Matchdays 26 to 30 confirmed | RBL play Mainz 05 on Saturday, 1st April at 15:30 CEST | Away at Leverkusen on Sunday, 23rd April at 17:30 CEST
After Mainz started a Bundesliga season with an away win for the first time ever last week by beating Bochum 2-1, they will be hoping to build on this with another victory this Sunday (15:30 CEST) against 1. FC Union Berlin. “Union are a very settled side and know what they’re doing. They test their opponents in a number of ways. We will need answers for all these challenges,” said head coach Bo Svensson at the pre-match press conference on Friday.
Bruno Labbadia previews the home game against VfL Wolfsburg on Saturday at 15:30 CET.
And now – after Max Kruse won the vote last summer – Union captain Christopher Trimmel has secured the longstanding and coveted title of Unioner of the Year for the second time.
VfL Wolfsburg host Premier League team Brentford at the AOK Stadion on Saturday 23 July (kick-off 16:00 CEST) as part of the club’s family fun day. There are even some parallels in the history of the two clubs. A look at the facts and figures on the Bees:
