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FFC Wacker München: Anton (46. Stadler) – Schramm (46. Kolb), Schuster (46. Hesselbach), Ulreich (46. Schomber), Flötzner (77. Neubauer), Frech (46. Chuang), Schwennicke, Richter, Gkasimpagiazova, Lulaj, Schmidpeter (46. Gibson).

“For me, that is Champions League,” said sporting director Sebastian Kehl following the draw, before promising: “We will do everything in our power to go through and have the capabilities required to do so. I think that all the other teams also did not want Borussia Dortmund as an opponent.”

Sadio Mane will remain a Bayern Munich player, for now (via Kerry Hau). Whether that changes in the summer remains to be seen. A sanction for the player — at least a major fine — is still pending. Per Sky, both players apologized to the squad for their actions and have now rejoined full team training. Coach Thomas Tuchel should have both players available for the upcoming games.

Pafos, who emerged from predecessor clubs AEK Kouklia and AE Paphos in 2014, will be the third club from the Mediterranean island to have played Union, after Anorthosis Famagusta and Salmina Larnaca. Currently coached by Spaniard Juan Carlos Carcedo, Pafos FC have gone from strength to strength nationally in recent seasons, climbing steadily in the final tables from 10th to the aforementioned 4th place.

“Niclas has proved his goal threat for years and was the top scorer in the league last season. Thanks to his strong performances, he has quite rightly become an important pillar in the centre of the national team’s attack. Niclas is an attacking play-maker, very strong in the air and has a great physical presence. He is impressive in one-on-one situations and is nightmare for his opponents in duels. With all these skills, he perfectly embodies the profile we were looking for,” said BVB sporting director Sebastian Kehl, adding: “Niclas can’t wait to take on the challenge at Borussia Dortmund. We look forward to welcoming this positive guy who will run through fire for our club. BVB have ambitious goals in all three competitions, and we are convinced that Niclas will make us even stronger.”

When he was not ripping out push-ups on television or dishing out hot takes on the tube on Tuesday, he was blasting Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano on Twitter.

With the sun finally shining on them, under the guidance of athletics coach Martin Krüger and co-trainer Sebastian Bönig, the outfield players went to the side pitch after their pre-training prevention session and started with initial running, passing and heading exercises. After a few minutes, they moved across to the main pitch, where they continued to work on combinations, sequences, and interplay in front of the fans present. Head coach Urs Fischer, who is often in the middle of the players during the individual exercises, instead gave loud instructions and targeted pointers. 

Deutsche Bahn is renovating 2.2 kilometres of rails, sleepers and ballast on the stretch of track up until 8 October. In addition to the home match against Heidenheim, the games against VfL Wolfsburg (13/9) and Union Berlin (7/10) will also take place during the period of closure.

Netz returns as Foals begin new week of training Luca Netz returned after illness as the...

The Athletic reports that after just 23 games for the Greek outfit, the Colombian’s contract was terminated; he last played in February and is currently out due to injury. The club and the player both thanked each other for the time spent together (almost every club does this).