The 21-year-old joined Freiburg’s academy in 2017 from FC Emmendingen. He made his debut for the U23s in 2020 and has gone on to play 55 times in the Regionalliga and the 3. Liga. Schmidt is also a current Germany U21s international.

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Setting things straight

In a break in training on day two of VfB’s stay in Neukirchen, Borna Sosa spoke to VfB-TV about personal preparations in Croatia, the current training camp and his excitement ahead of the new season.

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Arsenal started well, Eddie Nketiah seeing a shot blocked after Granit Xhaka – without his usual midfield partner Thomas Partey due to a muscular injury – intercepted a pass to set the forward in behind.

It was a cold Sunday afternoon in late-February. Some 35 girls between the ages of 12 and 16 are shaking ahead of the start of the training session used to recruit players for the team, and not only because of the cold – some of the players are visibly nervous. Split into two groups, they have just 90 minutes to demonstrate their skills and potential. They are vying to secure a place in the new Borussia Dortmund U17s team – the first girls’ team in the legendary Black and Yellow. The coaches help the girls shake off any initial shyness and are later impressed by what they have seen.

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While Müller now seems indispensable once more, Manchester City loanee João Cancelo found himself a healthy scratch against VfB Stuttgart. The world-class fullback had a fast start to life in Bavaria, but sat all ninety minutes on the bench as Kingsley Coman, Josip Stanišić, and even Serge Gnabry found their way into the game sheet ahead of him.

Thursday Training camp friendly against Racing Strasbourg The first friendly opponent of the training camp (15-22...