FCA head coach Enrico Maaßen named the same XI who beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 in midweek. It was their first time playing at the Europa-Park Stadion after the home side made the move from the old Dreisamstadion at the beginning of last season.

When else will we ever be able to give Robert Lewandowski an award again? Sadly, this won’t be the time to do it, either. Lewy made some flashy plays but couldn’t pull the attack together on his own, and faded into anonymity for large swathes of the action. He would eventually be substituted in the 80th minute in a waving of the white flag from coach Xavi Hernández.

An overview of SC’s newly announced fixtures:

Matchday 26, SC Freiburg – Hertha BSC, Saturday, 1st April, 15:30 CEST

Matchday 27, SC Freiburg – FC Bayern München, Saturday, 8th April, 15:30 CEST

Matchday 28, SV Werder Bremen – SC Freiburg, Sunday, 16th April, 15:30 CEST

Matchday 29, SC Freiburg – FC Schalke 04, Sunday, 23rd April, 15:30 CEST

Matchday 30, 1. FC Köln – SC Freiburg, Saturday, 29th April, 15:30 CEST 

Vladimír Darida, whose contract at Hertha was due to expire next summer, has moved to Aris FC in Greece after a seven and a half year spell in Berlin. Both clubs agreed the transfer on Wednesday (14/12/22). “Vladi came to us and said that he’d like to move abroad for a new challenge. He’s shown that he bleeds blue and white over his long seven-year stint here, and so he deserved this opportunity,” stated Fredi Bobic.

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Head coach Marco Rose, Timo Werner, Emil Forsberg and Janis Blaswich on the win over Eintracht Frankfurt

Merveille Papela has extended his contract with Mainz 05 until the summer of 2024. The 21-year-old will, however, be loaned to SV Sandhausen for the rest of the 2022/23 season, in order to gain more experience.

The German Football League (DFL) confirmed the dates and kick-off times of Bundesliga Matchdays 26 to 29 on Friday. VfB play one home game in that period – against Borussia Dortmund at the Mercedes-Benz Arena on Saturday 15 April (kick-off 15:30 CET).

Have you ever fancied taking on your fellow Wolves? Well, now you can do just that via the VfL Wolfsburg app. The new prediction competition, running throughout the 2022/23 season and presented by VfL partner Chillybets, will see VfL fans putting their know-how as football experts to the test with predictions for Bundesliga results – both for the men’s and the women’s matches. This year, fans will once again get a chance to face off against a celebrity opponent, with Wölfi himself stepping up to the plate. In “Wölfi’s bets – can you beat the mascot?”, you will have the chance to out-predict one of our very own.

“I know we need a process to go step by step to become a really, really strong team and to become title contenders,” he said.