The German women’s national team and the USWNT have two friendlies scheduled this month — Thursday,...

Pál Dárdai set his team up in a 4-2-3-1 formation and made four changes from the team that started against Bayern Munich. Marc Kempf returned after suspension, while Márton Dárdai, Marco Richter and Stevan Jovetić also came into the side. While Hertha’s number 20 took up his normal position at centre-back, Dárdai lined up alongside Lucas Tousart in defensive midfield. Jovetić played as a ten, with Richter to his left and Dodi Lukébakio on the right; Florian Niederlechner played upfront. Prince Boateng, who also missed out last weekend, was on the bench alongside Agustín Rogel, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Jean-Paul Boëtius, Tjark Ernst, Suat Serdar, Ibrahim Maza and Chidera Ejuke. For Sebastian Hoeneß’s side, Atakan Karazor was suspended due to a tenth yellow card, while Konstantinos Mavropanos missed out through injury. Former Hertha player Genki Haraguchi started for Stuttgart.

Additional buses will run to the PreZero Arena on Sunday. A shuttle service will take visitors from Sinsheim/Elsenz railway station to the stadium and back again. There will also be a shuttle service on various routes. The buses will be available at the bus terminal (P9) for the return journey. More information on departure times and bus stops can be found here (SWEG) and here (Palatina Bus).

Timo Werner, Kevin Kampl and Lukas Klostermann on the 1-0 win over SC Freiburg

Silvan Widmer has undoubtedly been one of Mainz’s signings of the season. The 29-year-old Switzerland international, who shone at last year’s European Championship, has made a great impression in the Bundesliga this season. Widmer, who signed from FC Basel last summer, set high standards from the get go and has been one of Bo Svensson’s key players this campaign.

The squad will start preparations at a training camp in Bad Saarow up until June 26.

VfL Wolfsburg bring the curtain down on Matchday 24 when they welcome Union Berlin to the Volkswagen Arena on Sunday 12 March (kick-off 19:30 CET). The teams face each other for the third time this season – Union won 2-0 on Matchday 7 before knocking the Wolves out of the DFB Cup in January. VfL boss Niko Kovac faced the media at his pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon, answering questions on…

Ozil made an immediate impact at the Emirates as Arsenal mounted a title challenge before falling away towards the end of the season.

The theoretical chance of benefiting from a Bielefeld slip-up quickly slipped away. On the one hand because Arminia surged into an early 2-0 lead against Preußen Münster; on the other because Leverkusen levelled at 1-1 through Naba Mensah (35th minute). Kjell Wätjen, who had converted a penalty to make it 1-0 in the sixth minute, initially kept the hopes alive.

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