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“Stand up to” Köln on an emotional level

Pascal Stenzel takes a break from the treadmill to give VfB-TV an insight into pre-season.

1. FC Union Berlin moved temporarily into the top four in the Bundesliga with a 2-1 win over RB Leipzig on Friday night. Taiwo Awoniyi bundled home a knockdown from Timo Baumgartl who would cap off a fine evening with the winning goal in the second half. Christopher Nkunku’s long-range effort brought Leipzig level after 13 minutes. Meanwhile, in the UEFA Europa Conference League, Union travelled to Maccabi Haifa on matchday five knowing a win was required to keep the prospect of qualification alive. Julian Ryerson’s header on 66 minutes secured the points, a first away win, to give the Köpenick club a fighting chance.

Spanish outlet Marca are reporting that Chelsea have taken to Felix as they ‘want to keep’ him beyond this campaign.

Gregor Kobel (to Sky): “We dropped off enormously and were poor defensively. It cannot be possible that we play with a man extra and allow Stuttgart to create major chances. That won’t do. It feels like a missed opportunity. But: we move on. There are still six games left.”

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FC Managing Director, Christian Keller said: “In his time at FC, Timo have developed well and in the past 18 months he has been a key figure as well as a stabilising factor and important communicator in our defence. We are certain that Timo will be able to bring his best performances even more consistently in the future. We are putting are trust in him and, at the same time, expect him to take on more responsibility on and off the pitch.”

FCA will kick off their campaign at home to Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday, 19th August, 15:30 CEST. They will then face FC Bayern on Sunday, 27th August, 17:30 CEST. The other Sunday matches will take place against Freiburg (A) on matchday 6 (1st October) and Heidenheim (A) on matchday 8 (22nd October).

Bayern Munich kept calm and saw out a nervy ending against a motivated Stuttgart side to...