“We’ve trained really well this week and I could feel a great energy,” said Bo Svensson at his pre-match presser on Thursday, ahead of the Zerofivers’ meeting with Hertha BSC on Saturday evening (18:30 CEST), Mainz’s penultimate match of 2021/22. Following their brilliant performance and victory at home to FC Bayern München last weekend, it’s now a case of bringing a similar performance level to this weekend’s match in the capital. Our upcoming opponents need points to keep up their survival fight and have done that well in recent weeks, picking up ten points from their previous six matches. “That’s a decent recent recordy,” warned the Zerofivers head coach.

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VfL Wolfsburg claimed a hugely important 1-0 win away to VfB Stuttgart on Saturday afternoon, reigniting their bid for a European place. In a scrappy, hard-fought game, e-Stuttgarter Omar Marmoush scored the only goal in the 56th minute of the match. The three points move the Wolves back up to seventh in the table – although Mainz, who they overtook, don’t play until Sunday (against Freiburg).

Klopp left Mainz when he failed to get them promoted for a second time to the Bundesliga in 2008, while he departed Dortmund with the club in seventh position after previously winning two Bundesliga titles at the club.

The victory over Neckarsulm has been followed by a European League game, two Bundesliga losses and an international break. With the teams directly below them diligently picking up points, the cushion over fourth place in the table has narrowed to four points after the two defeats at home to HSG Bensheim/Auerbach and away to VfL Oldenburg.

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Thomas Reis (head coach VfL Bochum 1848):

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The Italian club is having a fantastic season with Osimhen leading its attack, but per Lowy, Napoli is expecting to get a minimum of €125 million for the Nigerian star. That figure could make selling the forward a no-brainer: