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Sunday’s match will be the first game for both teams following their joint eliminations from European competition. While Union lost their Europa League last 16 second leg against Royale Union Saint-Gilloise in Anderlecht, Belgium, 3-0 on Thursday, the Frankfurt side also lost 3-0, at SSC Napoli on Wednesday. This is a match for both sides to re-train their focus.

The Black & Yellows lined up in a 4-1-4-1 formation for their second pre-season friendly against Regionalliga outfit Alemannia Aachen at the Tivoli in Aachen. The home team showed their footballing ability from the beginning and made the game difficult for the BVB women. Jasmin Steffens opened the scoring at 1-0 for the home side in the fifth minute. Mandy Reinhardt almost managed to level the scores in the 10th minute but was unsuccessful. Instead, it was Aachen who extended their lead to 2-0 through Narjiss Ahamad (24) and continued to cause the Black & Yellows difficulties. A shot at goal from Ann-Kathrin Lau then landed in the hands of the Aachen goalie (27), and so the BVB women went in at the interval 2-0 down.

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Okugawa will be reunited with his former head coach Tim Walter, with whom he worked closely during the midfielder’s time at Holstein Kiel. The 27-year-old has already made 49 appearances in the 2. Bundesliga in total throughout his spells with Kiel and Bielefeld, with ten goals and eleven assists to date. Okugawa joined FC Augsburg in July on a free transfer from Arminia Bielefeld (46 Bundesliga appearances, nine goals), but only made two appearances this season off the bench against VfL Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen due to injury.

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.