We bring to your attention the announcement of the starting round of the championship of Germany.
On Friday, August 24, the match between Bavaria and Hoffenheim kicked off the new Bundesliga season. We suggest that you familiarize yourself with the other matches of the first round.
Borussia M - Bayer Saturday, 19:30, Borussia Park (Monchengladbach, Germany). The referee of the meeting is Christian Dingert.
Return to the European Cup is the main goal of Gladbach this season. In the offseason, Ditter Hecking changed the club's tactics from 4-4-2 to more challenging 4-3-3. This summer, for the tactical transition, the club invested 24 million euros in the new striker Alassane Plea. In the first match of the season, Monchengladbahn Borussia set a record, defeating an opponent in the German Cup, representing the fifth division, with a difference of 10 goals. Yes, a match with Hasted can not be projected onto matches of the top division. But at the same time, the new tactical approach was noticeable, and the Gladbach team already shows excellent game chemistry within the team.
In the summer of 2018 the Leverkuseners tried to unite their young and talented team. Julian Brandt and Leon Bailey reaffirmed their commitment to Bayer. Keeping the core of the team and adding players like the Brazilian talent of Paulinho, Leverkusen becomes one of the most dangerous teams in this season.
The main problem of "pharmacists" - defensive midfielders. This week, Arangis, Lars Bender and Julian Baumgartlinger fought with injuries.
"Such as Baumgartlinger, it is always difficult to replace, because he is an important player when he is in great shape," explained head coach Heiko Herrlich on Thursday. Instead, it is expected this weekend will be released at the start of Dominik Kor, but Bayer continues to look for a player in this position. This player is likely to be financed by the sale of Benjamin Henriks, who is most likely to join Monaco. The transfer amount is about 20 million euros. These funds should be enough to enable Bayer to sign one or two players.
Approximate composition Borussia M: Sommer - Beyer, Hinter, Wendt, Janczke - Hoffman, Kramer, Neuhaus - Plea, Raffael, Azar Bayer: Ozjan - Dragovic, Wendell, Ta, Weiser - Cor, Havertz, Bellarabi, Brandt - Bailey, Alari 2: 2 Wolfsburg - Schalke Saturday, 16:30, Volkswagen Arena (Wolfsburg, Germany). The referee of the meeting is Patrick Ittrich.
Schalke achieved last season good results and in the new everyone will expect further progress of the team Tedesco. Schalke starts in the Bundesliga a difficult match on the road with the "wolves". As well as Wolfsburg, the "cobalt" went to the next round of the cup, defeating Schweinfurth. "Miners" during the pre-season training held six sparring. In one of the friendly matches, Tedesco's team even managed to beat Fiorentina 3-0.
In August, Schalke left Tilo Kerer (transfer to PSG - 35 million euros), and the "miners" spent on new players 32.5 million. Euro.
Note that the midfielder Schalke Eugene Konoplyanka miss the debut match of the new season in the Bundesliga.
Wolfsburg - one of the richest clubs in Germany, but for several years floundering at the bottom of the standings. Last season, the wards of Labbadia managed to keep a residence permit, thanks to the simply disgusting game of Cologne and Hamburg.
"Wolves" showed themselves well in pre-season matches, where they won victories over Napoli and Ajax. And in the first official game, Elfsberg was defeated in the cup.
Approximate composition of Wolfsburg: Castels - William, Brooks, Roussillon, Knohe, Gerhardt - Gilavogi, Brekalo, Arnold, Steffen - Hinchek Schalke: Ferman - Baba, Nastasic, Naldo, San - Harit, Makkini, Kalijiri, Bentalaleb - Burgstaller, : 2 Borussia D - Leipzig Sunday, 19:00, Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Deniz Aitekin.
Borussia has made some very interesting personnel acquisitions in the offseason, but the main transfer of "bumblebees" can safely be considered the arrival of one of the best anti-crisis managers - Lucien Favre. Under his leadership, Borussia has already managed to play a decent number of friendly matches in the International Champions Cup. In all the sparring in the summer off-season "bumblebees" won four victories, twice tied and lost once.
Note that Borussia also scored a difficult victory over Groiter in the German Cup, beating him 2: 1.
In the offseason Ralph Rangnik returned to the post of head coach, having replaced Ralph Hazenhuttle. Leipzig has already spent a decent amount of official matches, having played two rounds of qualification of the League of Europe and a match in the Cup of Germany. All these matches ended in the victory of the "bulls".
Of course, the "bulls" will be one of the contenders for the championship and for the place in the Champions League, but, like last season, "the main enemy" of Leipzig will be the game on three fronts and the ability of the new coach to find reserves for the rotation.
In Leipzig adhere to the already become a traditional transfer policy - to buy promising with the possibility of a subsequent expensive transfer. Leizig in the summer sold one of his main stars Nabi Keith in Liverpool for 60 million euros. But the team was able to intensify by such players as Mukiyele, Cunya and Sarakki.
Approximate composition of Borussia D: Birki - Pishchek, Diallo, Akanji, Shmeltser - Witsel, Sancho - Pulisic, Dilaney, Philippe - Royce Leipzig: Gulachi - Orban, Upamekano, Klostermann, Saracchi - Demme, Stirling, Forsberg - Broome, Kunha, Poulsen forecast 2: 0 Fortuna Dusseldorf - Augsburg Saturday, 16:30, ESPRIT arena (Dusseldorf, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Markus Schmidt.
Approximate composition of Fortune: Wolf - Hoffman, Zimmer, Ayhan, Gisselmann - Luckbakio, Stoger, Zobottka - Raman, Duksh, Hennings Augsburg: Hyfer - Gauleu, Hinteregger, Max - Bayer, Schmid, Khedira, Khan - Richter, Gregorich, Chi Don Von forecast 1: 1 Freiburg - Eintracht Saturday, 16:30, Black Forest Stadion (Freiburg, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Manuel Grefe.
Approximate composition Freiburg: Shvolov - Heinz, Gunther, Gulde, Stenzel - Gondorf, Franz, Hefler - Waldshmidt, Petersen, Niederlehner Eintracht: Rennow - Abraham, da Costa, Willems, Salcedo de Guzman, Torro, Hasebe, Gacinovic - Jovic, Alle forecast 0: 1 Bremen - Hannover Saturday, 16:30, Weserstadion (Bremen, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Felix Brykh.
Werder: Pavlenca - Augustinesson, Moisander, Selassi - Klaassen, Eggstein, Veljkovic, Bargfrede, Kainz - Kruze, Osaka Hannover: Esser - Anton, Wimmer, Ostrzhollek, Sorg Fossum, Schwegler, Wallace Bebo, Fulkrug, Asano forecast 2 : 1 Hertha - Nuremberg Saturday, 16:30, Olympic Stadium (Berlin, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Tobias Welz.
Approximate composition of Hertha: Jarstein - Torunariga, Rekik, Plattenhardt, Stark - Mayer, Lazaro, Gruich, Duda, Kalu - Ibishevich Nuremberg: Bradlow - Magrayter, Mul, Laybold, Valentini - Fuchs, Petrak, Berens - Zreljak, Isaac, Sally forecast 3 : 0 Mainz - Stuttgart Sunday, 16:
30, Opel (Mainz, Germany). The arbitrator of the meeting is Daniel Siebert.
Approximate composition of Mainz: Muller - Karikol, Brozinski, Niakate, Bell - Maxim, Baku, Holtman, Gbamen - Matea, de Blasis Stuttgart: Tsiler - Maffeo, Baumgartl, Badstuber, Insua - Castro, Didavi, Gentner, Ascasibara, Tommi - Gomez forecast 1: 1 Would you like to learn the main football news first? Subscribe to our channel in Telegram! You can also follow our website in Viber and Twitter.