Sebastian Kehl (in the mixed zone): “It was a real statement to secure progression in this group on the fifth matchday already. Not many expected that of us. We played a very good game and won another away match in the Champions League following a mature performance by the team. Gregor Kobel kept us in the game by saving the penalty, Marco Reus converted in ice-cold fashion at the other end. That put us on a very good footing in the game, we were very solid. We were very well set up tactically and made in-roads time and time again. The team is on the right track. The objective is to win the group.”

It’s almost time for Werder’s final away game of the season. SVW will travel to play RB Leipzig at the Red Bull Arena on Saturday, 11th May 2024 (15:30 CEST). Werder managed to hold the fourth-place side to a 1-1 draw in the first half of the season, and head coach Ole Werner wants his team to show “they have made progress” since then.

“We defended well for 60, 70 minutes and obviously you’re hoping for a late break. The team battled but then we conceded an avoidable goal, even though Bayern obviously had frequent chances. We have to be braver. I saw a team. Credit to them,” Hertha Berlin manager Pál Dárdai(as captured by FCBayern.com).

After six months at the Alte Försterei, the Ivorian has made a total of 17 appearances in the shirt of Union, scoring two goals and providing one assist. In his very first competitive match in the first round of the DFB Pokal at FC-Astoria Walldorf, he was awarded a penalty, which Robin Knoche converted to give his side the lead. Later in November, it was also Fofana who scored the equaliser in the UEFA Champions League match at SSC Napoli to secure the first long-awaited point after twelve games without one, and he also played a decisive role in the success in his last appearance in a Union shirt. In the home win against 1. FC Köln before the winter break, he scored after coming on as a substitute to make the final score 2-0.

The Frenchman has missed the vast majority of this season through injury and he will need to stay healthy over the next few weeks with United in the middle of a fierce battle to finish in the top four of the Premier League.

Their final opponents in Surakarta on Saturday (13:00 CET) will be France, who came back from 1-0 down to beat surprise package Mali by a 2-1 scoreline.

In addition, the internal announcement by the Croatian coach that Bayern’s substitutes would warm up too laxly was also made public. Kovac then took his players to his chest and warned everyone not to make internals public. And even that came out later!

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As part of the third edition of the official ‘Bundesliga Japan Tour’, VfB will be heading to Japan from 26 July to 1 August, where they will have a wide range of activities including two friendly matches.

Born in Witten near Bochum, Vogt took his first tentative steps towards a career in football at the age of three. First at VfB Langendreerholz, then at WSV Bochum and finally, from the summer of 2004, in the youth section of the VfL Bochum. The right-footed Vogt played successfully through all age groups there, making his debut in the Bundesliga at the tail end of the 2008/09 season as a 17-year-old. In the following 2009/10 season, Vogt shuttled back and forth between the U19s and Bochum’s second team as he continued to gain ever more vital match practice and experience. It was all that hard work that helped him a year later in the 2. Bundesliga, where he developed into an important pillar in Friedhelm Funkel’s team from the second half of the season.