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Now they’ve drawn Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the quarter finals, and have the benefit of having the second leg of the tie at the Allianz Arena. This is certainly a matchup worthy of this year’s final in Istanbul, but Real Madrid have also progressed to the quarter finals of the competition and are the current holders of the cup having beaten Liverpool last year in Paris.

Germany’s greatest ever footballer has passed away – Franz Beckenbauer died on Sunday at the age of 78. The name of the “Kaiser” is inextricably linked to Bayern Munich. “Franz Beckenbauer is the greatest personality Bayern have ever had. As a player, coach, president, human, he was unforgettable. No one will ever reach his level,” said Uli Hoeness. The Allianz Arena will be lit up in honour of Beckenbauer, and there will be a minute’s silence before kick-off.

Ansgar Knauff gives visitors the lead | RBL have plenty of chances to level things up | Trapp secures three points for Frankfurt

SG Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp – Buta, Tuta, Ndicka, Smolcic, Lenz (73. Max) – Sow, Götze (82. Aaronson), Kamada (82. Alidou) – Borré (67. Alario), Kolo Muani 

VfL Wolfsburg began the new year and ended the first half of the Bundesliga season with a 1-1 draw at 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday afternoon. Vaclav Cerny put the Wolves in front in the 12th minute at the Mewa Arena, but Silvan Widmer levelled for the hosts on 61 minutes. Niko Kovac’s side remain in 10th place in the table for the moment. VfL are back on their travels next Saturday, 20 January (kick-off 15:30 CET), beginning the second half of the campaign away to 1. FC Heidenheim.

Upon entering the pitch, glances were cast across the vast arena: the imposing and modern stadium was only opened in 2020 and has a capacity of 65,000 spectators at American football matches and 61,000 for soccer games. The Allegiant Stadium is the home venue of NFL team Las Vegas Raiders and the American football team of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Aside from Mads Pedersen, who was suspended after picking up five yellow cards, Jess Thorup was able to name his strongest XI. Just like in the 1-0 friendly win over TSG Hoffenheim, FCA’s coach went with a diamond in midfield. Iago, fit again after a thigh problem, started at left-back.

After the game, Müller told Sky (via Twitter account @iMiaSanMia) that he will remain tight-lipped on the subject regardless of whether he has an opinion on it or not. “Even if I had an opinion on it, I wouldn’t talk about it here,” Müller said. “The decision was made by the club; it was also justified. Whoever wants to understand it, understands, whoever doesn’t, doesn’t.”

The substitutes: Philipp, Bebou, Becker, Brooks, Akpoguma, Skov, Bischof, Tohumcu, Szalai.

RBL head coach Marco Rose, Christoph Baumgartner and Lukas Klostermann speak about RBL’s 1-0 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt