Maybe it’s because my final MBBS exams start from next week, but the way Bayern Munich were set up to dispatch Paris Saint-Germain and secure progression to the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League reminded me of a perfectly functioning organism.

We couldn’t start pre-season with our full squad due to some players being on international duty. Players arrived at different times, which is why we called up quite a lot of lads from the U23s in order to be able to play 11-a-side games in training. We played against Wolfsburg with a mixed squad, so with quite a few from the U23s.

Racing Strasbourg played in the top flight without interruption up until the turn of the millennium and even became French champions in 1979. The Alsatian outfit won the Coupe de France for the last time in the 2000/01 campaign but were relegated from the top tier for the first time. Turbulent times followed, with the club even dropping as far down as the fifth division at times. But Strasbourg have fought their way back and are now heading into their seventh successive Ligue 1 season. “Racing are a big club. Strasbourg have a reputation for having a good team spirit” said TSG’s French player Stanley Nsoki.

New deal until 2025 | Best record of all RB Leipzig’s Bundesliga coaches

On Saturday 29 July, VfB will join Stuttgarter Junxx to take part in Christopher Street Day with a float for the first time.

Sanogo is eligible for the US setup as he was born in New York and holds American citizenship. He has the opportunity to play for Germany, the United States and Ivory Coast, the country of his father’s citizenship.

Arsenal still have their fate in their hands this season with Mikel Arteta’s men possessing a game in hand over City, while they have to travel to the Etihad to face their title rivals before the end of the campaign.

BVB started the match with a changed 4-4-2 formation. And the Black & Yellows did not need a long time to find their feet in the game. With only five minutes on the clock, Luisa Bergmann scored an early goal to make it 1-0. Anna Kurenbach doubled the lead to 2-0 a short while later (11).

Neuhaus: “I’m extremely proud to be a Borusse” After extending his contract at Borussia until 2027,...

Bayern is well poised to seal the deal against PSG, though this time the Ligue 1 giants will be with talisman Kylian Mbappe from the start and not just a second half substitute appearance like was the case for the first leg. Julian Nagelsmann had recently said the squad health was good enough to the point where he had the luxury to rest some players ahead of the all-important second leg, but we still saw a midfield pivot of Joshua Kimmich and Leon Goretzka despite Ryan Gravenberch being available and fully fit. What exactly does the young Dutch midfielder have to do to get more time for Bayern?