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Exciting football week: premier class and Europa League

2020-08-10T03:10:27.991Z


High tension before the final tournament of the Champions League in Lisbon, showdown of the Europa League in four German cities: like midsummer, football is really picking up speed again. Both Bayern and Saxony from RB Leipzig want the C (o) up.


High tension before the final tournament of the Champions League in Lisbon, showdown of the Europa League in four German cities: like midsummer, football is really picking up speed again. Both Bayern and Saxony from RB Leipzig want the C (o) up.

Berlin (dpa) - Three German clubs are in the two European weeks, Bayer Leverkusen is the beginning: In the quarter-finals against Italy's runner-up Inter Milan, the Werkself will start the final tournament of Europe this Monday (9 p.m. / RTL and DAZN) in Düsseldorf League.

For FC Bayern Munich, the triple mission begins on Friday in Lisbon with the Champions League quarter-finals against FC Barcelona around superstar Lionel Messi. RB Leipzig wants to take the first step to the longed-for premier class final on August 23 in a duel with Atlético Madrid on Thursday.

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

FC BAYERN: Coach Hansi Flick wants to fine-tune his team in the Algarve for the final tournament in Lisbon. On Sunday evening, the Bayern team moved into the five-star resort "Cascade" in Portugal. The hotel complex on the cliffs above the Atlantic is a popular camp for soccer teams, and RB Leipzig has already been there in its winter training camp. There is a place on the site where Flick can practice in isolation. The Bavarians will stay in Lagos, 300 kilometers from Lisbon, until Thursday. "We only have Barcelona in our head," said striker Robert Lewandowski with a view to the quarter-finals next Friday.

LEIPZIG: Leipzig has been on the Atlantic coast since Saturday. Around 25 kilometers west of Lisbon, the Saxons are preparing for the quarter-finals against Atlético Madrid on Thursday. The team lives in the Palacio Estoril Golf & Spa Hotel and trains in the stadium a few kilometers away from second division GD Estoril. Coach Julian Nagelsmann has already decided on a tactic and wants to focus on regeneration and freshness in the days leading up to the biggest game in club history.

EUROPE LEAGUE IN NRW

LEVERKUSEN: It will be serious for Bayer on Monday at the start of the final tournament in the Europa League. In the evening (9 p.m. / RTL and DAZN) in Düsseldorf Inter Milan is the opponent for the semi-finals. Inter had prevailed against Getafe FC, Bayer easily against Glasgow Rangers. But against the top Italian club, who finished second in the national championship behind Juventus Turin, it will be more difficult. Former world champion Andreas Brehme considers Milan to be the favorite. Nonetheless, the team of coach Peter Bosz goes into the game with self-confidence: If Bayer progresses, they would face Shakhtar Donetsk or FC Basel in the semifinals on August 17.

THE REST: Because of the corona pandemic, the Europa League will be decided this year in a final tournament in four stadiums in Gelsenkirchen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne. There will be two quarter-finals each on Monday and Tuesday. The final will take place on August 21 in the cathedral city. From the quarter-finals onwards, all games will be decided in just one duel (excluding the second leg). In addition to Leverkusen and Inter, Manchester United and FC Copenhagen will meet in Cologne on Monday (9 p.m.). Two games are on the program on Tuesday: The Ukrainian top club from Donetsk will play in Gelsenkirchen against Basel, FC Sevilla and Wolverhampton Wanderers will meet in Duisburg.

BORUSSIA DORTMUND: BVB will start their training camp in Switzerland on Monday. In Bad Ragaz, Dortmund is preparing for the start of the season for the eighth time in a row. Until the return trip on August 17th, two test games for the team of coach Lucien Favre are on the program in Altach. On Wednesday (5 p.m.) host SCR Altach will be waiting, on Sunday (4 p.m.) it will be against the Austrians from Austria Wien.

WHAT'S THE POLITICS: In the midst of the debate about the pros and cons of an early return of fans to the Bundesliga stadiums, the federal and state health ministers are discussing the issue. At the switching conference on Monday afternoon, the department heads wanted to exchange ideas about the concept of the German Football League. "But we do not intend to take a decision on the DFL's hygiene concept," said the Berlin health senator Dilek Kalayci (SPD) of the "Berliner Morgenpost" (Monday). In their opinion, professional football is not at the top of the health ministers' priority list.

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 200809-99-104101 / 2

Source: merkur

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