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The German top flight saved all the fireworks for the last Matchday, and the decisive games did not disappoint. Borussia Dortmund, Meisterschale in their hands, conceded twice in the first half to Mainz to throw the race wide open again, and Bayern Munich — who pounced with an early goal on Köln — looked good for their eleventh straight championship.

VfB Stuttgart lost the Supercup at Bayer Leverkusen 4-3 on penalties, following a 2-2 draw after 90 minutes.

The Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1 all kicked off their campaigns on Saturday. In Germany, the Bundesliga season is a week away, but we were still treated to the Super Cup and DFB-Pokal.

After a great run of performances in the second half of the Bundesliga campaign earned him the Werder Player of the Season award, followed by a European Championship in which he made his mark, Romano Schmid finds himself in undoubtedly the best form of his young career. With weeks of hard work in pre-season under his belt, the Austrian is raring to go for the competitive campaign. It all starts in the DFB-Pokal at Energie Cottbus, opponents against whom he holds fond memories.

– Sky as captured by Twitter account @iMiaSanMia

A new arrival featured from the start for Freiburg. Patrick Osterhage began alongside Maximilian Eggestein in the middle of the park. In the back four, Bruno Ogbus was handed a start. Both players were experiencing the backing of the travelling SC fans for the first time. A sold-out away end housed the 1,500 fans who had made the trip with the team. On top of the players who had missed the Fiorentina game, Merlin Röhl (muscular problems) and Kiliann Sildillia (minor foot injury) were also absent.

“Adam is a young, hungry player who already has a great deal of international experience – both at club level and in the Czech national team – despite being only 22 years of age. Last season, for example, he made a high number of appearances for reigning German champions and cup winners Bayer Leverkusen,” said Frank Kramer, the interim Head of Sport in Hoffenheim, who went on to add: “Adam is really strong in footballing terms, a highly agile striker who possesses both the necessary physicality as well as the technical abilities and the tactical understanding in order to be able to help our team immediately. There’s also the fact that he absolutely wanted to move to Hoffenheim, because Adam sees TSG as the ideal place to take the next step in his career. These are excellent prerequisites that speak for themselves. In terms of his character, Adam is a super boy and we’re all totally convinced that we will have a great deal of joy with him in the coming years.”

Benjamin Sesko, Xavi and Marco Rose spoke after the Rot-Weiss Essen win

The press conference ahead of the DFB-Pokal clash at FC Energie Cottbus signalled the start of business as usual for head coach Ole Werner. Before the Green-Whites travel to Lausitz on Monday, 19.08.2024, the 36-year-old responded to questions from journalists, ahead of the competitive season.

This, however, is not going to help Hasan Salihamidzic and Oliver Kahn. Both have reportedly been sacked, according to Maximillian Koch of AZ. Uli Hoeness and Karl-Heinz Rummenigge are back in the driver’s seats. The new era of FC Bayern is looking a lot like the old one.