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Julian Nagelsmann will be eager to get out of this round after exiting here last year to Villarreal. That memory should serve as a cautionary tale — the ‘easier’ opponents may be anything but. In football’s most prestigious tournament, every side at this stage can be expected to be up to the task and amped for the challenge. Thomas Müller & co. can’t afford to go easy or rest on their laurels.

Starting on the bench: Philipp, Berisha, Bebou, Stach, Samassékou, Becker, Bülter, Tohumcu, Szalai

Line-ups Pellegrino Matarazzo made two changes to the starting eleven from the 3-1 defeat to Eintracht...

Sporting director Rouven Schröder, Christoph Baumgartner, Xavi and Janis Blaswich speak about our 3-1 win over SC Freiburg

“Every professional football player dreams of being able to play in the Bundesliga at some point, so I’m very happy to actually take this step now. Of course, I still know Union from our games together in the second division and I’m looking forward to playing regularly at Stadion An der Alten Försterei soon. I want to contribute with my performance to continue the great development of the club in recent years in the new season and can hardly wait to start preparing with the team,” added Behrens upon his arrival.

The German-American came through the ranks at FC Augsburg, FC Bayern Munich and FC Ingolstadt, and has made 55 appearances in the 3. Liga to date. The 1.88-metre-tall striker can be deployed in the wide positions as well as at centre-forward. “Justin is a fast player with an eye for goal who will certainly help us from next season onwards,” explained Ingo Preuß, the sporting director of the U23s. 

Borussia celebrate impressive 4-0 win over Wolfsburg The Foals kicked off the 11th Bundesliga Matchday with...

It’s now hard to imagine SV Werder’s central midfield without Jens Stage in it. The Dane has started nine out of ten league games in his second year as a Werder player. Only Mitchell Weiser has played more league minutes for the Green-Whites so far this season, racking up 35 more minutes than Stage. Stage has appeared in a new role as a defensive midfielder in the last three Bundesliga games. The 26-year-old played particularly well in his side’s 2-2 draw away at VfL Wolfsburg, revelling as a pillar of strength for Werder.

Well…there was always a chance that Bayern Munich was going to experience a letdown against Bayer Leverkusen — and it happened.

In Márton Dárdai and Jessic Ngankam, Hertha have two players called up to the Germany U21s provisional squad for the U21s EUROs. Antonio Di Salvo has called up an initial 26 players, including goalkeepers, on 14th June he will the have to slim the squad down by three players. “We have worked together towards this tournament with the players, coaching staff and backroom staff for two years, the anticipation is enormous,” said Di Salvo ahead of his first U21 EUROs as head coach. “Now it is about getting the team into as good condition as possible step by step and over lots of training sessions, which I am unbelievably looking forward to,” explained the 43-year-old.