After the Champions League final with FC Bayern, the first international matches of the year will be played. The national coach speaks on Tuesday. And the soccer players at VfL Wolfsburg play their premier class semi-finals.
Berlin (dpa) - The national coach has a place in the squad. For the first international matches of the year, Joachim Löw does without two Leipzig and four Munich players. The 60-year-old announced his line-up on Tuesday.
On the same day, the footballers of VfL Wolfsburg play for a place in the final of the Champions League. The next day, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister discussed how to deal with the Corona crisis, football should be the topic. And: Jürgen Klopp has another chance for the title.
NATIONAL TEAM: The DFB team had a corona break of more than nine months. At the start of the Nations League, Germany will meet Spain on September 3 in Stuttgart. The second game against Switzerland follows three days later in Basel. Löw will give the Leipzigers Marcel Halstenberg and Lukas Klostermann, who are heavily burdened at the final tournament of the Champions League in Lisbon, as well as the Bayern professionals Manuel Neuer, Joshua Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Leon Goretzka a break. On the other hand, Munich's Niklas Süle and Leroy Sané, who have returned after torn cruciate ligaments, as well as Thilo Kehrer and Julian Draxler from Bayern's final opponent Paris Saint-Germain are there - they also need match practice after longer periods of injury.
WOMEN'S KING CLASS: VfL Wolfsburg is ready for the penultimate step on the way to winning the Champions League. But FC Barcelona are in the semi-finals on Tuesday (8 p.m. / Sport 1) a different caliber than the pitiful Glasgow City, against which VfL won 9-1 at the start of the final tournament in the Basque Country. In the second semi-final on Wednesday (8 p.m.), defending champion Olympique Lyon will face Paris Saint-Germain in a French duel.
MINISTER-PRESIDENTIAL SWITCH: The question of when the German fans will be allowed to return to the stadiums will again be an issue on Thursday at the conference of Chancellor Angela Merkel and the state ministers. But there will probably not be a solution for the near future. Merkel, the health ministers and some prime ministers had recently made very cautious statements due to the increasing number of cases. The season opener in professional football with the first round of the DFB-Pokal on the second weekend in September will most likely take place without spectators. It may even have to wait months for the stadium gates to open to fans.
TRAINING START RB LEIPZIG: Just one week after losing in the semi-finals of the Champions League, coach Julian Nagelsmann asks his players to prepare for the season. The loaned Angelino (Manchester City) and Patrik Schick (AS Roma), who were still with us in Lisbon because they had to return to their clubs, will be missing. Whether there is a way back to Leipzig is currently just as open as the question of replacing Timo Werner, who has switched to Chelsea.
TEST WEEK: The start of the season with the first round of the cup in mid-September is getting closer, so the Bundesliga clubs are using the time intensively for test matches, short tournaments and endurance tests. In three Bundesliga duels, 1. FC Köln against VfL Wolfsburg, 1899 Hoffenheim against Mainz 05 and the promoted VfB Stuttgart and Arminia Bielefeld check their form on Saturday. On the same day, a tournament with Werder Bremen, FC St. Pauli and Dutch FC Groningen with ex-Bayern professional Arjen Robben is scheduled in Lohne, Lower Saxony. Vice-champions Borussia Dortmund continue their preparation for the season on Friday with a double test against the second division clubs VfL Bochum and SC Paderborn.
TITEL CHANCE: The season ended just over a month ago for coach Jürgen Klopp and his Liverpool FC, and after winning the championship, the next chance for the title arises. The opponent in the Supercup is FA Cup winner Arsenal FC in front of empty stands in London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday (5.30 p.m.). For the Reds it is the next chance for a success in the Community Shield after the 4-5 on penalties against Manchester City last year. At Arsenal, the captain and ex-Dortmund-based Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang should be in focus, who, according to media reports, is about to extend his contract with the Londoners.
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