The match against Blomberg was exciting at the beginning, and in the end it took a huge effort to get over the line. How do you look back on the match the day after?

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Senne Lynen appears to have settled in well in Bremen and at SV Werder. The 24-year-old delivered a strong performance in the recent home win against Köln, in which he set up the match-winning goal. In an interview with WERDER.DE, the former Belgium youth international spoke about how he’s feeling more and more settled in his new home. He also discussed his time in the Jupiler Pro League and what impresses him the most about the fans.

Coach Enrico Maaßen made two changes to the team that drew 2-2 against VfL Bochum last time out. Kevin Mbabu, who appeared for the first time in the 2-1 friendly win over Greuther Fürth, was handed his competitive debut for the club. Summer signing Patric Pfeiffer also played his first Bundesliga game after serving his suspension. FCA switched to a back-three/five for this matchday 4 clash.

In doing so, Flick opted to leave quite a few of his regular players, so be prepared when you see this list, you might need to freshen up on your knowledge on young German players:

The Freiburg coaching staff kept faith in the side that drew 0-0 against Eintracht Frankfurt, and the team once again set up with a back-three. Michael Gregoritsch was back in the squad to play his former club having overcome a calf problem. For Augsburg, captain Ermedin Demirovic was in the starting eleven, as was Tim Breithaupt, who was making his first start for the club following a summer move from Karlsruher SC.

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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Our head coach talks to the media ahead of the trip to SV Darmstadt 98

SV Darmstadt 98 are the visitors to the MHPArena on Friday night (kick-off 20:30 CEST). Here are the match facts on VfB’s first evening fixture of the Bundesliga season.