Olivier Deman made his Bundesliga debut on Sunday 17th September against 1. FC Heidenheim, where he provided his first assist with a perfectly-weighted cross for Mitchell Weiser, who headed home the equaliser for the Green-Whites. However, his happiness was short-lived, as Werder let the game slip away from them after their comeback and conceded two more goals. “We didn’t get any points out of it in the end,” said Deman in light of the 4-2 defeat. “I’m really proud to have made my debut for the team, but feel frustrated that we fought so hard and still came home empty handed.”Nevertheless, the Belgian brought a breath of fresh air into the game, which will make the Werder fans excited to see what he’s capable of in future games.

Elvis Rexhbecaj: “Honestly, we started the game well, but then conceded two disappointing goals. We knew that we could come back, we have already shown that again and again in the past. A set-piece situation then helped us get back in the game and after that we were very clinical in front of goal. Hats off to the team that we put in a performance like that here in Heidenheim, stayed calm and got our just rewards.”

Seeing that we have all eight teams in the pot, we will now detail who we want to get in the QFs and who we want to avoid. Let’s see who they are:

In Márton Dárdai and Jessic Ngankam, Hertha have two players called up to the Germany U21s provisional squad for the U21s EUROs. Antonio Di Salvo has called up an initial 26 players, including goalkeepers, on 14th June he will the have to slim the squad down by three players. “We have worked together towards this tournament with the players, coaching staff and backroom staff for two years, the anticipation is enormous,” said Di Salvo ahead of his first U21 EUROs as head coach. “Now it is about getting the team into as good condition as possible step by step and over lots of training sessions, which I am unbelievably looking forward to,” explained the 43-year-old.

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Sebastian Hoeneß gives his thoughts ahead of the Bundesliga Matchday 9 clash against TSG Hoffenheim on Saturday. Kick-off is at 15:30 CEST at the sold-out MHPArena.

OGC Nice: Benitez; Dante (Smith 45), Kamara (Parsemain 72), Todibo, Atal (Amraoui 72), Thuram (Wade 72), Boudaoui (Daniulic 45), Gouiri, Ndoye, Da Cunha (Trouillet 72), Stengs

VfL Wolfsburg’s DFB Cup journey continues! The Wolves earned a narrow 1-0 win over defending champions RB Leipzig to knock them out of the competition in the second round thanks to Vaclav Cerny’s first goal for VfL.

The soon-to-be the last man standing of Liverpool’s famed front three Salah then provided a timely reminder of the standards that pair have to meet with two goals of his own – either side of a Nunez header – to go past Robbie Fowler as the club’s record Premier League scorer with his 128th and 129th goals.

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