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When SV Werder travel to 1. FSV Mainz 05 on Saturday (08/4, 15:30 CEST), the Green-Whites will have a score to settle. On the one hand, they want to make up for the 2-0 defeat in the reverse fixture and get important points to cement their place in the league. On the other hand, the lessons learned from the last game against Hoffenheim will be applied. “There is a period coming that we should look forward to,” said head coach Ole Werner, who was optimistic at the press conference on Thursday as he looked ahead to the upcoming match against the Zerofivers. “We can now reap the rewards for the work we have put in so far this season.”

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Germany hosted an international friendly against Peru in Mainz, and for just the fifth time ever, an FCA player was named in the squad. Mergim Berisha’s recent performances in the Bundesliga (8 goals, 4 assists) mean he has more than warranted the call-up. His big moment came in the 75th minute when the attacker came on to replace Niclas Füllkrug, and he would go on to play centre-forward for the final quarter of an hour. Germany prevailed comfortable 2-0 winners and have a further friendly against Belgium coming up on Tuesday, 28th March.

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The anticipation built up after the longest winter break in Bundesliga history makes Hertha’s 3-1 defeat to Bochum all the more disappointing. The bottom line after matchday 16 of the 2022/23 season was a feeling of pure frustration. “We will have to analyse the game with no holds barred and pull our socks up, run, compete and show a different side of us. Here, it was completely dreadful,” said a disappointed Marco Richter.Maximilian Mittelstädt didn’t want to blame the defeat on the disallowed goal. “In my opinion, the Bochum player controlled the ball so it was another phase of play and the goal should have stood. It is frustrating but we have to take a look at ourselves.” herthabsc.com has summarised all the reaction to the game.

Two home games in a week represent two opportunities with the supporters behind them for Hertha to add to their points tally. In the first of two clashes this week awaits an opponent in good form in the shape of Wolfsburg on Tuesday (24.01.23, 20:30 CET), but it is a game that Hertha nevertheless want to approach with confidence. “Wolfsburg are defined by their togetherness, willingness to run and self-belief. We have to show the qualities on the pitch that we’ve already shown in the past and that define our game especially with regards to intensity. We have to call upon these qualities to beat Wolfsburg,” explained Sandro Schwarz. This trust in his team’s abilities was also shown by Fredi Bobic. “We are clear-headed, haven’t minced our words and know that we are fighting to stay in the division. Now we have to give the team strength. The boys have shown already that they can do it – and they will show this again,” underlined Hertha’s director for sports and communications. herthabsc.com have summarised all of Schwarz’s and Bobic’s key comments on…

The representatives of the fan clubs were each presented with a jersey with the name of the fan club, the number ten and the signatures of all the players by managing director Prof. Dr. Jan Meyer and fan representative Philipp Krauss.

Interview following release of first ever RBL Sustainability Report | Hear from Evelyn Holderbach, Director Sustainability and International Development

On Friday, the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) published the schedule for the 2022/23 Bundesliga season. Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern München will open the season on Friday, 5th August (20:30 CEST). Mainz’s first match will be away against VfL Bochum, who count former Zerofivers Gerrit Holtmann, Sebastian Polter and Kevin Stöger to their ranks, on either 6th or 7th August. 

VfB Stuttgart recovered from an early setback to draw away to FC Augsburg.