The scenario: Leading up to game, new U23s head coach Jan Zimmermann had lost his second game in a row last week, falling to a 2-0 defeat at Rot-Weiss Essen, leaving the Black and Yellows on just 21 points after 23 league games, so BVB headed into the match lying 16th in the league. Mannheim, meanwhile, still had hopes of promotion and headed to Oberhausen, where the Drittliga duel was taking place due to the ongoing construction work in the Rote Erde stadium, in fifth place.

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Marvin Ducksch spoke to the media from the mixed zone at the wohninvest WESERSTADION on Wednesday afternoon, taking questions on his direct free-kick goal against VfL Bochum last weekend and the upcoming game against Augsburg. “It will not be a great spectacle, but we also play a part in that,” said Ducksch.

Thomas Reis (Head Coach VfL Bochum 1848):

“For me, it was a huge career highlight to take part in the World Cup. Especially because I got a lot of minutes,” says Vargas, who has also already been part of the 2021 European Championship squad. At the World Cup, Switzerland qualified for the last 16 after wins against Cameroon (1-0) and Serbia (3-2) and a narrow defeat against Brazil (0-1). However, the side suffered a bitter 6-1 defeat against Portugal.

Amid rumors that Bayern Munich and Lucas Hernandez are closing in on a deal, Atlético Madrid — Hernandez’s old club — is ramping up interest in the Frenchman:

After “two dropped points against Mainz”, Streich wants to get back to winning ways against the ‘Old Lady’. “This game is really important for us, especially when you look at the table. It will be an even game. We will have to give our all to beat Hertha.”

The disappointment was written across the faces of the Hertha players after the 3-1 defeat to TSG Hoffenheim. “It is obviously annoying, all in all we didn’t deliver a good performance as a team,” explained Martin Plattenhardt and underlined, “We will have to address our errors. We gave the ball away too much and weren’t always there in duels. There are still a few games to go and we all know that we can’t let something like what happened in this game happen to us again,” made the captain absolutely clear. herthabsc.com has all the immediate reaction to the game in Sinsheim.

The substitutes: Philipp, Bičakčić, Dabbur, Stiller, Delaney, Dolberg, Becker, Brooks, Asllani

The scenario: TSG went into the match in 15th place in the table and without a...