The VfB squad were back in training on Wednesday, including Thomas Kastanaras, who is gradually battling back after his metatarsal fracture in May.

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Football Insider are now reporting that Ratcliffe and Sheikh Jassim have ‘ignored demands’ from the Raine Group who wanted to ‘keep certain details of the process closely contained’.

The scenario: 
Borussia, who occupied third spot in the Bundesliga, had claimed an away victory against HSG Bad Wildungen in their previous league match.

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For SV Werder, it was a special 4-0 home win against 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday afternoon. The Green-Whites weren’t just celebrating their first goals and their first win of the season, but a selection of debuts and firsts were also celebrated. Jens Stage netted his first goal at the wohninvest WESERSTADION, as did Justin Njinmah in what was his first Bundesliga appearance for SVW, a feat which was most recently achieved some 17 years ago by Diego.

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Now, Bayern is joined by SL Benfica, Chelsea, Manchester City, Inter Milan, AC Milan, SSC Napoli and Real Madrid in the next round of the competition, where there are several possibilities of mouth-watering ties to be drawn. Bayern has played all of the remaining teams at different times throughout their history in the competition, but on paper, Bayern would surely want to avoid certain clubs that are left.

Then, it was the turn of the remaining first and second division sides. SC will have a home game, having been pulled out of the hat by 2014 World Cup winner Mustafi first. This is the second time in a row that the team have played at home in the second round, having gone through against FC St. Pauli at this stage last season. This time, SC’s opponents at the Europa-Park Stadium will be Zweitliga side Paderborn, who registered a dominant 7-0 win against Energie Cottbus in the previous round. They are currently in tenth place in the 2. Bundesliga.