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Shortly before the start of the training session at Schenckendorffplatz, the boys picked up unusual equipment for the first session: A yellow pole! The players used these to stretch, to the left, to the right. After that, the squad ran some laps of the pitch at a high tempo, with the fresh breeze at the Olympiapark spurring them on. The message was clear, that despite the defeat in Dortmund they were running with the wind behind them, rather than directly into the wind. “Obviously, the result was annoying for us but we there are also some positives from the game that we can take with us – and that’s exactly what we will build on now as we prepare for Augsburg,” said Marco Richter, sketching out the direction for the next week.

Sandro Schwarz has contested a total of twelve games against FC Augsburg as a coach and a player – Frankfurt are the only team that he has also taken on this many times. But, the head coach isn’t just looking to this wealth of experience for the 13th clash; instead, the 44-year-old and his coaching team are fully focussed on the here and now. The Blue-Whites want to show determination and put in a convincing performance to pick up a crucial three points at home on Saturday (25.02.23, 15:30 CET). “We should set ourselves up for a competitive game against a well-organised and aggressive opponent. To do that, we will have to find simple solutions, play forward directly and defend aggressively ourselves,” explained Schwarz in his press conference before the game and was pleased about the support from Hertha fans. “Recently, the fans kept spurring us on sensationally. We need this atmosphere and we want to give something back to the fans for it,” underlined the head coach. herthabsc.com have summaried the key points from the head coach on…

Let’s stay up together – the TSG players need your support for the final stretch of the season: secure your tickets for the important home games against FC Schalke 04 (Matchday 27) and 1. FC Cologne (Matchday 29) now. Tickets have been on sale to members since 7 March (14:00 CET).

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Moussa Niakhaté has left 1. FSV Mainz 05 to sign for Nottingham Forest. Both clubs came to an agreement on the transfer on Wednesday. The French centre-back joined FSV in 2018 and went on to play 135 times in all competitions for the club, scoring nine goals. The clubs have agreed to not disclose the transfer fee.

VfB Stuttgart won 3-2 at VfL Bochum on Matchday 27.

To start the week, the players took part in a morning session with a focus on tactics. Urs Fischer tested his players out in both a back-three and back-four formation in a 11-v-11 format. The remaining players took part in a Football Tennis game on the smaller adjacent pitches.

Based on recent form and the 6-0 drubbing of Freiburg, Wolfsburg are the favourites going into this evening’s game away to Hertha, who slipped to 17th in the table at the weekend after a 3-1 defeat at Bochum. VfL have also had the upper hand in the recent meetings between the two teams.

After breaking the attendance record in the European League, the BVB women’s handballers are preparing for their next international highlight in March. Having contested the first leg a week earlier, Henk Groener’s team will then take on Neptunes de Nantes at the Westpress-Arena in Hamm at 16:00 CET on Sunday 26/03, with a place in the Final Four up for grabs. Tickets are available via BVB’s official ticket shop from Thursday. 

Preparations begin for Wolfsburg on the weekend The Foals began preparations of Sunday’s home game (15:30...