VfB Stuttgart continued their impressive form this season, earning a 2-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt to consolidate third place in the standings.

All Union fans are therefore requested to use the footpath along the Wuhle to Hämmerlingstraße via Bahnhofstraße to get to the stadium.

It has been a very disappointing season at Anfield, which is surprising considering the fact Klopp’s side were pursuing a historic quadruple this time last year.

We’re sitting on the bus that is transporting us back to Bad Ragaz. Borussia Dortmund have just played the first friendly fixture of their 2022 pre-season training camp, which they lost 3-1 to Valencia. A text message comes through: “Please stand by for communication. It will be about Haller, neutral subject, no laughing.” A sense of unease immediately sets in. What can have happened? Something must have happened.

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After the 3-0 defeat against Bayer 04 Leverkusen, the Green-Whites agreed that a stroke of luck was needed to get a goal back against the league leaders. After the game, the players and staff explained in the mixed zone how SVW struggled to get into the game in the first-half. WERDER.DE have summarised the reaction to the match.

Niklas Dorsch: “It was a chaotic game, but that’s effectively what the coach told us it would be. We controlled possession a lot in the first half and deserved to take the lead. However, unlike in recent weeks, we didn’t start the second half well, which we’ll need to analyse. Nevertheless, we kept them at bay for a long time and we’ve become a team known for being tough to play against. We want to keep proving that we are in our upcoming matches.”

According to a report from Abendzeitung journo Maximilian Koch (via @iMiaSanMia), Bayern’s medical team is going full steam ahead to get Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who will miss Cameroon’s games, game ready for Borussia Dortmund. Given that Bayern rely on the striker a lot (Exhibit A: the Bayer Leverkusen game), the plan is to roll Thomas Müller and Leroy Sané as the CAMs/pseudo wingers.

With the tall Austrian upfront, SC played lots of long balls in the first few minutes, with Gregoritsch having a shot from the edge of the box blocked after 6 minutes. SC controlled the game and obviously it was a set piece – Freiburg and Darmstadt are among the best teams from set pieces in the league – which led to the next opportunity (12’). Vincenzo Grifo’s central freekick from distance crept narrowly wide of the left-hand post.

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