By Rich
Wolfsburg and visitors Augsburg played a scoreless 0:0 draw in a driving rain on Friday. Wolfsburg played most of the 2nd half with an extra man, after Augsburg midfielder Jan Moravek was sent off for a 2nd offense in the 54th minute. Both clubs sit in the bottom half of the table, with Wolfsburg just out of the relegation zone, although neither club has ever been relegated: Wolfsburg joined the 1. Bundesliga in 1997, and Augsburg in 2011. FC Bayern München, who clinched the league championship last weekend, will welcome a new coach on July 1st: Eintracht Frankfurt boss Niko Kovac will replace Jupp Heynckes on a 3-year deal. Kovac has overseen Eintracht since March 2016, where he saved them from relegation and led them to the DFB Cup final in his first full season. Kovac also meets Bayern’s criterion of having a native German speaker in charge: he was born in Berlin and played for Bayern as a midfielder from 2001 to 2003. The club has also made deals with wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, offering them 1-year contracts. Both stars were in the final months of their current contracts. Hamburg has acquired David Bates from the Rangers F.C., where he has made 21 appearances this season. Hamburg’s scouting director cited Bates’ height and speed in announcing the transfer, which is to occur this summer. Should Hamburg extend his record of not being relegated at the end of the season, Bates would become the 18th Brit to play in the 1. Bundesliga. The fastest man on the planet, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, has announced that he will return to Borussia Dortmund for 3 weeks of training at the club. Bolt spent 2 days training with Dortmund last month. On Saturday, Bayer Leverkusen player Kai Havertz is set to become the youngest player in Bundesliga history to make 50 appearances, when Leverkusen hosts Frankfurt. Havertz became Leverkusen’s youngest top-flight player and goalscorer at the age of 17, and on Saturday will be just 18 years and 307 days old. Looking ahead to Sunday, one of the league’s biggest rivalries will play out again, when Schalke hosts Dortmund: just 1 point separates the 2 clubs. The teams played to a 4:4 draw in the 1st half of the season, and that was the 1st time a team had come back from a 4-goal deficit to draw.
Wolfsburg and visitors Augsburg played a scoreless 0:0 draw in a driving rain on Friday. Wolfsburg played most of the 2nd half with an extra man, after Augsburg midfielder Jan Moravek was sent off for a 2nd offense in the 54th minute. Both clubs sit in the bottom half of the table, with Wolfsburg just out of the relegation zone, although neither club has ever been relegated: Wolfsburg joined the 1. Bundesliga in 1997, and Augsburg in 2011. FC Bayern München, who clinched the league championship last weekend, will welcome a new coach on July 1st: Eintracht Frankfurt boss Niko Kovac will replace Jupp Heynckes on a 3-year deal. Kovac has overseen Eintracht since March 2016, where he saved them from relegation and led them to the DFB Cup final in his first full season. Kovac also meets Bayern’s criterion of having a native German speaker in charge: he was born in Berlin and played for Bayern as a midfielder from 2001 to 2003. The club has also made deals with wingers Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, offering them 1-year contracts. Both stars were in the final months of their current contracts. Hamburg has acquired David Bates from the Rangers F.C., where he has made 21 appearances this season. Hamburg’s scouting director cited Bates’ height and speed in announcing the transfer, which is to occur this summer. Should Hamburg extend his record of not being relegated at the end of the season, Bates would become the 18th Brit to play in the 1. Bundesliga. The fastest man on the planet, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, has announced that he will return to Borussia Dortmund for 3 weeks of training at the club. Bolt spent 2 days training with Dortmund last month. On Saturday, Bayer Leverkusen player Kai Havertz is set to become the youngest player in Bundesliga history to make 50 appearances, when Leverkusen hosts Frankfurt. Havertz became Leverkusen’s youngest top-flight player and goalscorer at the age of 17, and on Saturday will be just 18 years and 307 days old. Looking ahead to Sunday, one of the league’s biggest rivalries will play out again, when Schalke hosts Dortmund: just 1 point separates the 2 clubs. The teams played to a 4:4 draw in the 1st half of the season, and that was the 1st time a team had come back from a 4-goal deficit to draw.
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