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Gerd Pieper has been a club member for 40 years. In November 2003, he was appointed to the supervisory board of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, and five years later, the general assembly appointed him as deputy to the president. In autumn 2021, he had to resign from both offices for health reasons. “When we look at Borussia Dortmund’s successes over the past 15 years and the fact that BVB has always remained free of scandals, it is in large part thanks to Gerd Pieper,” said the current honorary president, Dr. Reinhard Rauball, about his long-time colleague.

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Great start for ZTE – Union misses big chances

Dayot Upamecano failed to cover his man on a Manchester City attack on the first half, trying to head the ball, even though he was nowhere near it. This led to one of City’s most clear opportunities in the 33th minute, with Yan Sommer just barely sending the ball to a corner kick with his left foot.

The former VfB assistant coach has died at the age of 63.

(Actually, the kick off to the season had actually been signalled by the players’ medicals, carried out last week). But now, at last, they were on the pitch.

Sebastian Kehl on the match and on the result:
“It was a deserved draw. Bochum were very effective in the first period and deserved the lead. We did better in the second period and deserved to equalise too. We saw that when we switched the sides quickly, the opportunities were there. But we did that too little. We have to accept the blame for that. If you sleep through one half, you don’t deserve more than a point in the end. We need to improve. Otherwise it will be difficult.”

Per Altschäffl, the Bayern Munich bosses, who unceremoniously sacked Julian Nagelsmann over fears the team would not be ready for the heightened setting of the Champions League, will not really evaluate Thomas Tuchel until next season:

SC missed several good chances to score in the first leg last week, something everyone in Freiburg will be hoping won’t be the case this time around. “We have to be clinical tomorrow,” said Grifo. Both teams defended well in Lens, however each will have to make changes for the second leg. Lens are without former Augsburg man Kevin Danso after his yellow card, but Facundo Medina, who missed the first leg after picking up three bookings in the Champions League group stage, is available again.

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