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Reflective, focused and always going at things with 100% commitment: Leandro Barreiro sometimes seems wise beyond his 22 years. The Mainz academy product has collected plenty of experience in his young career, both in the Bundesliga and for the Luxembourg national team. He’s been helped not just by his sporting ability but also by the progress he has made in terms of his mentality. Barreiro has been working with sports psychologists since he was 17. “Mental training does me the world of good. Every day I get to know myself a bit better and I understand why I feel the way I do in certain situations. I can also change things so that I can deal with certain things better. It’s a never-ending process.”

VfB travel to Nürnberg in the DFB Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday evening (kick-off 18:00 CEST). Here are the match facts.

All three clubs supply consistently very successful youth teams: Hertha BSC as the current Youngster Cup winners and Under 17 Bundesliga Nord/Nordost champions as well as Benfica Lisbon, whose Under 19 team won the UEFA Youth League last year. Bayern Munich is the five-time german Under 17 Bundesliga champion, who also won the championship in the Süd/Südost Bundesliga 2021/22.

1. FC Union Berlin and VfL both hit the ground running after the long winter break. However, while ‘Die Eisernen’ were able to record their third win of the new year in the Berlin derby on Saturday, the Wolves lost 2-1 at Werder Bremen in their first defeat in 10 league matches. The two teams go head to head in the last 16 of the DFB Cup on Tuesday 31 January (kick-off 20:45 CET).

Friday 3 March (20:30 CET): BVB vs. Rasenballsport Leipzig
BVB will begin March with a home game, with the Black & Yellows set to kick off Bundesliga Matchday 23 against Leipzig in front of a sold-out stadium on Friday evening. Borussia have a score to settle from the reverse fixture, which they lost by a 3-0 scoreline in September. And the two teams will meet for the third time this season shortly afterwards, with a place in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals to be determined in Leipzig on 5 April.

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SV Werder will start the training week ahead of the home game against Bayer Leverkusen with some players missing. Captain Marco Friedl, Romano Schmid and Christian Groß will not be out there with the team due to illness. Milos Veljkovic and Dikeni Salifou will return to training, however, and Niklas Stark will take part only partially in the team training after recovering from his illness.

Our place in the league is secured, the miracle became a reality. It is still hard to believe what VfL have achieved this season. This Friday night (kick-off at 20.30 CET), VfL Bochum 1848 welcome Arminia Bielefeld at the Vonovia Ruhrstadion. For the team from East Westphalia, there is still a lot at stake as they are currently 17^th in the table. In the run-up to the last home match of the season, head coach Thomas Reis answered the journalists’ question at the press conference.

After the game away at TSG Hoffenheim, FC Augsburg had their third home game of the season. There were emotional scenes before the match, as the club said goodbye to long-serving player Jan Morávek. FCA would have to wait further for a first home win of the season though, falling to a 2-0 defeat against Hertha.

While the Spanish press tittered over this apparent disrespect, Bayern went out and dominated the group — going a perfect 5-0-0 and clinching first place with one Matchday to spare. That has delighted the team and fans alike.