Hertha soundly defeated Gladbach on Friday, 3:0. The win bumps Hertha back up into 3rd place going into Saturday’s matches, with all 3 goals coming from Salomon Kalou. Gladbach has not won a game since Matchday 5, and the loss of Christoph Kramer for picking up a 2nd yellow card in the first half didn’t help. Also on Friday, the DFB unanimously re-elected Reinhard Grindel as its president, and Grindel said that one of his priorities was to have Germany selected as the host for Euro 2024. Grindel replaced Wolfgang Niersbach back in April, after Niersbach was banned for 1 year from all football-related activities for bribery connected with the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Borussia Dortmund travels to Hamburg on Saturday, and the BVB will be looking to get back on track after a disappointing October. The club tied Schalke in last weekend’s Revierderby, tied Ingolstadt and Hertha the 2 prior weeks, and lost to Leverkusen at the beginning of October. Hamburg, meanwhile, is dead last in the league, having lost 7 of 9 matches with a 16-goal differential. Dortmund’s last win on Hamburg’s turf, however, was all the way back in 2012, and Saturday’s match will take place on the 80th birthday of Hamburg icon Uwe Seeler, who scored 404 goals for the club between 1953 and 1972. Dortmund will have Aubameyang back following his 1-game suspension by the club for a side trip to Italy, but will have to do without Marcel Schmelzer, Nuri Sahin, Andre Schurrle, and possibly Raphael Guerreiro, while Hamburg could be without all 3 of their first-league goalkeepers due to injuries, and Bobby Wood, who was suspended for an elbow against Cologne last weekend. Also on Saturday, the Bundesliga’s oldest and youngest coaches will face off, when Carlo Ancelotti’s (57) Bayern hosts Julian Nagelsmann’s (29) Hoffenheim. While Bayern has the most-expensive team in the league and Hoffenheim fields a team of mid-level pros and promising talents, only 4 points separate the 2 clubs. Bayern tried back in 2015 to sign Nagelsmann to coach their under-17 roster.
by Rich Murray
Hertha soundly defeated Gladbach on Friday, 3:0. The win bumps Hertha back up into 3rd place going into Saturday’s matches, with all 3 goals coming from Salomon Kalou. Gladbach has not won a game since Matchday 5, and the loss of Christoph Kramer for picking up a 2nd yellow card in the first half didn’t help. Also on Friday, the DFB unanimously re-elected Reinhard Grindel as its president, and Grindel said that one of his priorities was to have Germany selected as the host for Euro 2024. Grindel replaced Wolfgang Niersbach back in April, after Niersbach was banned for 1 year from all football-related activities for bribery connected with the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Borussia Dortmund travels to Hamburg on Saturday, and the BVB will be looking to get back on track after a disappointing October. The club tied Schalke in last weekend’s Revierderby, tied Ingolstadt and Hertha the 2 prior weeks, and lost to Leverkusen at the beginning of October. Hamburg, meanwhile, is dead last in the league, having lost 7 of 9 matches with a 16-goal differential. Dortmund’s last win on Hamburg’s turf, however, was all the way back in 2012, and Saturday’s match will take place on the 80th birthday of Hamburg icon Uwe Seeler, who scored 404 goals for the club between 1953 and 1972. Dortmund will have Aubameyang back following his 1-game suspension by the club for a side trip to Italy, but will have to do without Marcel Schmelzer, Nuri Sahin, Andre Schurrle, and possibly Raphael Guerreiro, while Hamburg could be without all 3 of their first-league goalkeepers due to injuries, and Bobby Wood, who was suspended for an elbow against Cologne last weekend. Also on Saturday, the Bundesliga’s oldest and youngest coaches will face off, when Carlo Ancelotti’s (57) Bayern hosts Julian Nagelsmann’s (29) Hoffenheim. While Bayern has the most-expensive team in the league and Hoffenheim fields a team of mid-level pros and promising talents, only 4 points separate the 2 clubs. Bayern tried back in 2015 to sign Nagelsmann to coach their under-17 roster.
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Julian Weigl is a 21-year-old midfielder for Borussia Dortmund and the German national team. Weigl was born in 1995 in Bad Aibling, Germany and began playing football at the age of 6 for SV Ostermünchen. From 2006 to 2010, he played for 1860 Rosenheim, and then transferred to 1860 München. His 2nd Bundesliga debut followed on February 14, 2014, in a match against Ingolstadt, when he replaced Yannick Stark at the 66th minute in a 2:0 defeat. After appearing in 14 matches that season, he became the youngest captain in 1860’s history for the 2014-15 season. His captaincy was short-lived, however, when he and several teammates were out late at night drinking and overhead making negative comments about the club. He was then transferred at the end of the season to Borussia Dortmund for a contract that runs through 2019. In 2016, he was named the Facebook FA Bundesliga Newcomer of the Year. |
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