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Julian Brandt (speaking to SAT.1): “The situation is rubbish. It’s crap to go into the break like this. It’s an unsatisfying end to an unsatisfactory first half of the season. We had the same problem in the first half as we did in Augsburg. We had a lot of chances, but we weren’t cool-headed enough. We came out in the second half and failed to do all the things we did well in the first. We were rushed in our build-up play, we gave Mainz too much space, conceded the ball too often and allowed them to create chances.”

Now 25-years-old, Dembélé has had a tumultuous career that has never quite lived up to the vast hype. Either way, Tuchel might want to try to “run it back” with one of his old players from Borussia Dortmund and help unlock that untapped potential:

Calculated using the UEFA club coefficient | RBL is in ninth place (97 points) | Successes in the Champions League and Europa League since 2019/2020

Despite Mario Götze’s opener, Eintracht went into the international break on the back of a disappointing 3-1 loss at Borussia Dortmund, while Union were celebrating the 2-1 win at home over Werder Bremen that lifted them up to 13th in the table.

First-half siege: Dortmund’s 14 shots at goal in the first half is a club record this season.

Demirović also wore the captain’s armband in the 3-0 defeat to England in the previous game. The 26-year-old played the full 90 minutes of the friendly against Italy, who will face Spain, Croatia and Albania in the group stage of the EUROs. In the end, Davide Frattesi’s 38th-minute strike was enough for the Azzurri to narrowly come out on top.

It’s do or die time for both teams as the Bundesliga race draws to a close. Three games remain, and one point separates the two teams. While BVB laid the smackdown on Niko Kovač’s Wolfsburg side, it’s one step at a time for Bayern. At least they are steady steps, for now.

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Edin Terzic (speaking at the press conference): “In this game, we showed the two faces that we see far too often from our team. We had a great first half, enjoyed a lot of possession and were very effective in our pressing. We had the chance to take a bigger lead. Although we then conceded an equaliser just before the break, we resolved to remain as active in these areas and continue to execute our game plan cleanly and effectively. Unfortunately, we didn’t manage to do that. We were very unsettled from the start, became very passive and had to defend a lot of counter-attacks. On top of that, we weren’t able to finish the game with eleven players due to Sébastien Haller’s injury. And yet we still came close to scoring the winning goal. We are heading into the winter break with this disappointment.”

The bus was unoccupied at the time, and while Tz notes that there was some damage, it was likely minimal. The bus managed to later carry the team from their hotel to Werder Bremen’s stadium without incident.