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Bad news for VfL Wolfsburg and Kevin Paredes, who is set for several weeks on the sidelines with a muscle strain. The 20-year-old American winger suffered the injury in a training session at VfL’s training camp in Seefeld, Austria, on Tuesday morning. Further examinations at a hospital in Innsbruck on Wednesday morning confirmed the extent of the injury.

The U23s are in action on a Monday evening for the third time this season – with all three games away from home. The two previous away matches at the beginning of the week have ended in a stalemate: 1-1 in Wiesbaden in the opening round and 0-0 in Halle in mid-October.

Kerry Hau from Sport1 (via @iMiaSanMia) reported that De Ligt’s mentality, will to win, and defensive leadership has endeared him to the people at the club. Not only that, he also regularly communicates with his fellow defenders in German instead of his native Dutch.

New signing from Liverpool presented to the media during the training camp

Holders of the control bracelets will be admitted to the stadium on match day at designated entrances without further 2G checks.

BVB will travel to Rhenish Hesse full of confidence. “We’re delighted that we’ve crowned an outstanding season by qualifying for the final. The lads should enjoy the game in front of a big crowd. But we will of course give everything we have once again to win the title. That would be the cherry on the cake,” assured head coach Mike Tullberg, who sees the fact that the opposition have been drawn at home as a “small advantage for Mainz”. He added confidently: “We know this situation and we can deal with it well, because it feels like we’ve only had knockout matches and are used to not being able to lose.”

SV Werder Bremen won 5-2 against Toulouse FC in the third friendly of pre-season on Saturday afternoon. A total of 1,600 spectators packed into the Parkstadion in Zell am Ziller for the match, with Mamady Bangré putting the French side ahead in the opening quarter of an hour (15’). Romano Schmid was able to equalise (36’), before Niclas Füllkrug put the Green-Whites ahead (50’). Ado Onaiwu levelled the scores once more (57’), before Füllkrug’s second of the day (73’) and a brace from Dawid Kownacki (62’, 82’) sealed a 5-2 win.

Now, the club has extended the center-back’s deal through 2025 per an announcement on the FCBayern.com website:

“The fact that my teammates voted for me is really special. It’s an honour to captain my favourite club,” said Christian Günter. “The team council is a dynamic group and we’re all pleased to take on this responsibility over the coming months.”