TSG Hoffenheim Haberleri

Pens and calendars out, 4 December can be marked. That’s when TSG Hoffenheim will be away to VfL Wolfsburg in the DFB-Pokal round of 16, according to the precise schedule released by the German Football Association (DFB). TSG will kick off in Wolfsburg at 18:00 CEST and will be hoping to reach the quarter-finals of the cup for the first time in 10 years.

Olympique Lyon are regarded as an outstanding breeding ground for talent. The club from south-east France last year made around €75 million from the sales of the two 20-year-olds: Bradley Barcola (to Paris Saint-Germain) and Castello Lukeba (to RB Leipzig). Other expensive departures such as Tanguy Ndombele, Alexandre Lacazette, Ferland Mendy or, more recently, Michael Essien and Karim Benzema, vindicate Lyon’s talent factory. However, the transfer strategy this summer has deviated remarkably from the norm: While Lyon have generated a transfer surplus almost every year in the past, the club spent more money than it made this year and invested around €150 million in the squad according to media reports. One only young player was signed for a lot of money, Ernest Nuamah (20), while the other multi-million transfers such as Moussa Niakhate (28), Orel Mangala (26), EURO top scorer Georges Mikautadze (23) and Said Benrahma (28) are in the much vaunted prime of their careers.

Due to the expected number of spectators at the stadium and the high volume of traffic, TSG Hoffenheim recommend travelling early and using public transport. Additional buses will be running to the PreZero Arena on Sunday. A shuttle service, which will run every 15 minutes, will take visitors from Sinsheim/Elsenz railway station (from the bus stop on the side facing the railway tracks) to the stadium (Sinsheim-Süd industrial estate, opposite AVR) and back again. A shuttle service has also been organised on various routes to take visitors directly to the stadium from towns in the surrounding area.

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An away game in Wolfsburg: TSG Hoffenheim will face VfL Wolfsburg in the Round of 16 of the DFB Pokal. Following the 2-1 win over second-tier club 1. FC Nürnberg, coach Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team will now face a league rival at the beginning of December.

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