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Hoffenheim: Games against Barcelona "also enjoy"

2021-11-08T04:31:38.748Z


For the footballers of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the two Champions League matches against FC Barcelona are two highlights in the club's history. "I'm happy that we can play against such an opponent, that's a gift," said Nicole Billa of the German press agency. The Austrian was the top scorer in the Bundesliga last season and is Germany's “Footballer of the Year”.


For the footballers of TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the two Champions League matches against FC Barcelona are two highlights in the club's history.

"I'm happy that we can play against such an opponent, that's a gift," said Nicole Billa of the German press agency.

The Austrian was the top scorer in the Bundesliga last season and is Germany's “Footballer of the Year”.

St. Leon-Rot - TSG demands the defending champion on Wednesday in Barcelona and exactly one week later (6.45 p.m. / DAZN) at home.

The Hoffenheim team had won 5-0 against HB Køge's Danes at the start of the group games, but then conceded a 4-0 at Arsenal Women FC.

“The goal is to reach the knockout phase, we are still in the race.

We still have Arsenal at home.

We won't hide from anyone and we won't hoist the white flag, ”said coach Gabor Gallai.

For Ralf Zwanziger, head of the women's and girls' soccer performance center in St. Leon-Rot and son of the former DFB President Theo Zwanziger, the team has already achieved its actual goal by jumping into the group phase, which was held for the first time.

“But of course we want more now, even if it will be brutally difficult.

And you should just enjoy the whole thing, ”said the 48-year-old.

Hoffenheim took third place in the Bundesliga last season and continues to produce national players.

“But our path should be to shorten the distance to the clubs that are still ahead of us.

This enables us to show the girls the best possible alternatives - and also that they don't necessarily have to move to Wolfsburg or FC Bayern, ”said Gallai.

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The soccer women of FC Bayern Munich start the new season of the Champions League today (9 p.m.).

The opponent is then the team from Benfica Lisbon away.

"A good start in the group stage is always important," said Julian Nagelsmann, Bayern men's coach.

He wished the Bayern women “a good start as we did in Barcelona”.

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Hainer on the women's premier class: New era

Bayern President Herbert Hainer hopes the Champions League reform in women's football will provide further impetus.

“A new era begins in women's football.

The reformed Champions League means the next step towards more professional structures, ”said Hainer in the Bayern member magazine“ 51 ”.

"I see this reformed Champions League as a sign from UEFA to the DFB that there is urgent and lasting movement in the industry and that new structures are essential."

Hainer on the women's premier class: New era

That brings the week: international games and premier class women

Football is traveling again.

The national teams fight for the World Cup tickets, the Nations League is about the title.

And the women play in the Champions League.

That brings the week: international games and premier class women

In the home game against Barcelona in the Dietmar Hopp Stadium, Sebastian Hoeneß, the coach of the Hoffenheim Bundesliga men, could follow the women's team for the first time.

“It may well be that I'll watch the game against FC Barcelona.

I have been observing the development of the team for a long time and am always enthusiastic about the professionalism and ambition, ”said Hoeneß.

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Source: merkur

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