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In Group E of the UEFA Europa Conference League, Union suffered a first home defeat against Feyenoord. An agonising winning goal from Cyril Dessers on 73 minutes came about due to the slippery conditions after heavy rainfall in Berlin over the previous 24 hours. Conditions were tough and the Dutch side managed to come out on top. Luis Sinisterra put the visitors ahead after 15 minutes, but captain Christopher Trimmel fired in a stunning equaliser — just rewards for an excellent reaction on the part of Union. The Köpenick side looked in control for most of the second half, but Andreas Luthe got his side out of a hole on more than one occasion. Unfortunately, the Union goalkeeper lost his footing under a little bit of pressure and Dessers put the away side into the lead. Urs Fischer’s side went down to nine men in the closing minutes with dismissals for Trimmel and Cedric Teuchert.

The Wolves are heading to Donaueschingen on Monday 31 July for their second training camp of pre-season. The club have confirmed another friendly for Wednesday 2 August, when they will take on Spezia Calcio at the MS Technologie-Arena in Villingen-Schwenningen at 17:00 CEST.

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The stadium certainly played a major role in the win on Saturday. Mainz levelling at 1-1 against Bayern Munich 95 minutes before kick-off in this match was met with quiet celebrations by the fans who were already in their seats, while the goal for 2-1 eight minutes later sent a murmur through the crowd – “will Bayern actually drop points today?” – and the goal for 3-1 was celebrated frenetically.

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SV Werder’s training camp in Zillertal finished with two draws against RB Leipzig (0-0) and Ipswich Town (1-1). Schmid (22’) and Gruev (44’) came closest to scoring against Leipzig, while Dawid Kownacki scored his fifth goal in four pre-season games (12’) against the English opposition. The ‘Tractor Boys’ equalised in the 37th minute.

Head coach Enrico Maaßen named five summer signings in his starting XI for the second friendly of the day: Finn Dahmen, Patric Pfeiffer Tim Breithaupt, Sven Michel and Phillip Tietz. FCA had won 3-2 in their first friendly against SSV Jahn Regensburg earlier in the day. 

The visitors started brightly, but FCA came closest to scoring the opener after the first quarter of an hour. Michel was through on goal after a good pass from David Čolina, but the 32-year-old saw his shot blocked at the last minute by an Ajax defender (17’). Tietz then had a shot saved by Ajax goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli. He was able to celebrate just before the end of the half, as a cross from Ruben Vargas sailed through Rulli’s hands and dropped to Tietz, who only needed to poke it over the line (42’).