One more chance to get the pulses racing, leave it all on the line, and finish on a high. The final game of the season, the Rhine-Main derby between 1. FSV Mainz 05 and Eintracht Frankfurt will see the Zerofivers bid farewell to the fans at the MEWA ARENA and go into the summer break off the back of a solid 2021/22 campaign.

Like last year’s tournament, Saturday’s round of games will be played at the home of FSV Lückenwalde at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Stadion. On Sunday, the players take to the field at the home of Union at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.

VfL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt rounded off Bundesliga Matchday 23 with a 2-2 draw on Sunday evening. In a turbulent first half, Omar Marmoush gave VfL an early lead after 10 minutes before goals from Randal Kolo Muani (22´) and Evan Ndicka (26´) put Eintracht´s noses in front. However, Yannick Gerhardt netted a deserved equaliser two minutes before half-time as the Wolves slipped to eighth in the table.

He struggled with an ankle knock following a few tough challenges from Forest’s Renan Lodi.

Edin Terzic: “We said before the game that there would be two options. We let ourselves be drawn into Schalke’s emotional and passionate game and then things get tight. Or we stay calm and try to win the game by playing football. We managed that in the first half. We had lots of good spells in which we controlled both the ball and the opposition. We were able to create lots of clear chances then. We stopped doing that in the second half and then things got wild – exactly the way Schalke wanted it. We ultimately let the victory slip out of our hands and will now head home with a draw.”

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There were mixed feelings among the Green-Whites after the 2-1 defeat against Bayern Munich. Although SV Werder put in a strong performance against the league leaders, the quality of the record champions proved superior in the end. “When you play against a big club with that quality, a top performance from us today isn’t enough,” said goal scorer Niklas Schmidt after the game.

Great cup evening, bitter ending. VfL Bochum 1848 and SC Freiburg had a great battle in the quarterfinals of the DFB-Pokal. Both teams had their chances, and the Blue and Whites were close to advancing. But in the last second, Freiburg’s Sallai let the blue-white cup dreams burst after a mistake by Leitsch.

Luis Campos, PSG’s football advisor, says that their club are prepared to take any team on and that are happy to be able to show the talent that the Parisians possess.

In the shape of Márton Dárdai, Prince Boateng, Marco Richter and Stevan Jovetić, Pál Dárdai welcomed four players back for the first team training session of the week ahead of the home game against VfB Stuttgart on Saturday (06.05.23, 15:30 CEST). Only Jessic Ngankam (illness), Tjark Ernst (individual training) and Kélian Nsona (light training) were absent from the 27-man training group which also included the two Bundesliga debutants from the weekend, Ibrahim Maza and Veit Stange.