Bundesliga

Torschusspanik before Lewandowski

The first leg between VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern München dominated Robert Lewandowski. Before the second leg afflict the VfL also great Verletzungssorgen. A view of the 23. Match day of the Bundesliga.

Already at quarter Time (the Supercup, DFB-Pokal and Bundesliga) meet in this season of the VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich top of each other. It is the duel of the Vizemeisters against the master. The reigning Cup winners receive the Champions and the Cup winners ‘ Cup. A big game is so! Top notch trumped in the first round at 22. September at a 5:1 victory of Bayern Robert Lewandowski. After his exchange on the stroke of half-time turned the striker the game single-handedly and made by the way of an entry in the Rekordbüchern the Bundesliga:
Five goals in nine minutes! The wolves Drama on this day was very clear the name Lewandowski.

At the game on Saturday (15:30 CET, in the DW-Liveticker) , it is assumed that coach Pep Guardiola ” the 27-Year-old the full 90 minutes for Toreschießen. Because, despite exhausting Champions League game in Turin and upcoming English week in the Bundesliga, can Guardiola on a Lewandowski in top form not do without. By the way will the Pole also his lead in the scoring charts (22 goals) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (21 goals) from Borussia Dortmund to continue to expand.

Wolves go on the gums

Robert Lewandowski with his third of five matches.

When VfL Wolfsburg makes a flu virus, the preparation for the home game against Bayern. Up to twelve professionals threaten the Wolfburgern to fail. “The staffing Situation is very tense,” said coach Dieter Hecking. The VfL Coach is hoping that especially goalkeeper Koen Casteels its infection up to day cured. Stammkeeper Diego Benaglio falls because of a Rückenblockade. The influenza virus has recently also newcomer Bruno Henrique and Nicklas Bendtner hits. André Schürrle (Oberschenkelzerrung) was able to ten days to properly train. On the injured Sebastian Jung (cruciate ligament rupture), the Trainer can in the long term will not fall back. Nevertheless, calls for Hecking for the duel against the Champions initiative. “We need to concentrate on our Strengths. We need Bayern to attack, not just respond,” said the Coach, but also a huge respect for the opponents showed: “This is in addition to Barcelona and Real Madrid are the best team. The best team, Bayern Munich has ever had.”

Stuttgart top – Hannover down in there

Filip Kostic in a duel with Leon Andreasen (r.)

With the VfB Stuttgart and Hannover 96 meet the best and the worst Rückrunden team in the League to each other. The VfB is now already for eight Bundesligapartien unbeaten. The bottom club Hannover other hand, there is the ninth defeat in a row. But just the sporting development of the Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, makes the lower Saxony is little hope of an end to the depressing series. In the preliminary round, were the Swabians for a long time in the relegation zone before the Team thanks to a winning streak into the midfield aufrückte. “The VfB is responsible for the fact that it is also time to rotate. The example shows that not subside, but it is not alone,” said 96-coach Thomas Schaaf. He hopes that his unsettled Team a surprise coup succeed, a turn could initiate. He must, in Stuttgart, however, to the locked professionals Ceyhun Gülselam and Hugo Almeida do without. Almeida was on Wednesday from the DFB sports court to a period of Ineligibility of three Meisterschaftsspielen condemned.

Two further meetings be held on the Saturday afternoon (15:30 CET): Hamburger SV will play against FC Ingolstadt and Werder Bremen receives the SV Darmstadt 98. Already on Friday evening hits the 1. FC Cologne Hertha Berlin. The eyes of around 50,000 spectators will be comfortable here, especially on a player rest: Mitchell Weiser. The professional Hertha BSC went through the youth teams of 1. FC Cologne and now as an opponent in his Stammklub, during which he is still the youngest Bundesliga Pro at all.

Novum on Sunday

On Sunday, it comes with the game, Eintracht Frankfurt, FC Schalke 04, then still a Premiere: never found a Bundesligapartie on a Sunday at 19:30 CET. The Europa League makes it possible. Also, the three other Bundesligateams, yet on Thursday in the Europa League were used, allowed on the Sunday of their games too. Here it gets the FC Augsburg, with Borussia Mönchengladbach, to do, Borussia Dortmund plays against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim and FSV Mainz 05 receives Bayer 04 Leverkusen. The Werkself for the first time at their coach Roger Schmidt do without.
Schmidt has been following the scandal in the game against Dortmund for three games locked.

tu/sn (dpa, sid)