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Jeffrey Gouweleeuw: “This defeat hurts. Leipzig went ahead with their first chance of the game and that obviously isn’t good for your confidence. It was extremely difficult after that. The fact that I missed a penalty with the score at 2-0 was obviously disappointing and frustrating for me, but that’s football. We have to analyse this game, but one thing is for sure: it’s not down to the formation because we’ve conceded lots of goals with both a back-three and a back-four. We need to improve and put this game behind us. Next week we have to play to our best and show that we’re ready.”

Phillip Tietz: “Today was simply a bad game. It didn’t go as we’d hoped it would. We conceded four goals and made far too many basic errors – you can’t take many positives from a game like this. We failed to threaten in attack and made too many mistakes. People keep talking about a rebuild and the number of new players in our squad, but that definitely wasn’t the reason for today’s performance because players that have been here for a while also made mistakes. We all need to play to our best again together. We’ve got the chance against Gladbach next Friday to show a different side of ourselves.”

Henri Koudossou: “We all came here to get something from the game, which we didn’t manage to do today. Things are only going to be even more difficult when you’re 2-0 down after 15 minutes in Leipzig. Even though we were 4-0 behind when I came on, I’m excited about every minute I can play in the Bundesliga – that’s good for my personal development. I believe that the team can play better next week, everyone is desperate to and we have the potential to do so as well.”

No internal transfer target yet

The match started with the hosts having the majority of the ball. The promoted side, who had picked up just one point from their first four matches ahead of the game, sat deep and tried to close off any space for SC to attack. Neither goalkeeper had much to do in the early stages. However, Noah Atubolu was left with no chance when St. Pauli threatened SCF’s goal for the first time. Freiburg were unable to clear a long ball into the penalty area, and Elias Saad pounced to give the visitors the lead. The opener came from nowhere, and SC suddenly found themselves falling behind for the third home game in a row.

Back in 1899, nobody in Hoffenheim would have dreamed that 125 years after its foundation, TSG Hoffenheim would not only be known throughout Germany, but would also be playing in European competition. The club have now launched a special collection to honour that success and the anniversary season. Whether you’re after hoodies, T-shirts, badges or a retro ball, there is plenty of fan merchandise on offer to give the anniversary celebrations a fitting look and feel. Take a look around the fan shop now!

Reaction from Sebastian Hoeneß, Alexander Nübel and Deniz Undav following the battling 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg.

VfL Wolfsburg had to share the points for the first time this season, drawing 2-2 at home to last season’s runners-up VfB Stuttgart at home. Jonas Wind (20’) and Mohammed Amoura (68’) twice gave Ralph Hasenhüttl’s side the lead in front of 27,135 spectators at the Volkswagen Arena, but the visitors responded twice, with the second equaliser coming in the seventh minute of stoppage time. VfL remain in 13th place in the table for now. Their next assignment sees them travel to VfL Bochum on Saturday 5 October (kick-off 15:30 CEST) in the third away match of the season.

There was only one change to the team that lost 3-2 at home to Mainz 05 last Friday: Phillip Tietz replaced the suspended Samuel Essende in attack.

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