That brings the football week: DFB Cup, title fight, derby
Created: 04/18/2022, 04:32
Coach Tommy Stroot meets FC Barcelona with the VfL Wolfsburg soccer team in the Champions League semifinals.
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The season is coming to an end, in the Bundesliga the championship decision can be made.
In the DFB Cup, the finalists will be played out, with the women's premier class on the program.
Berlin - FC Bayern is still a step away from the tenth championship title in a row, four other clubs have the chance to make it into the DFB Cup final in Berlin.
DFB Cup I
As the only remaining second division team in the competition, Hamburger SV wants to complete the surprise.
Bundesliga club and Champions League contender SC Freiburg is the favorite in the semifinals on Tuesday (8.45 p.m. / ARD and Sky), but HSV has a sold-out stadium with 57,000 spectators behind it for the first time in more than two years.
"It's going to be a nice fight," promised HSV coach Tim Walter.
Hamburg were in the semi-finals three years ago.
At that time it was the end of the line against RB Leipzig.
DFB Cup II
RB Leipzig can reach the cup final for the third time in four years.
For this, however, an opponent must be thrown out of the competition in Union Berlin, against which the Saxons have not done easily in the recent past.
Kick-off is on Wednesday (8.45 p.m. / Sky and ARD).
A record is certain even before the game starts.
The Leipzig stadium will be sold out for the first time since the renovation with more than 47,000 spectators - there have never been so many at an RB Leipzig home game.
Bundesliga
Time for decisions!
With a win in the top game on Saturday evening (6.30 p.m. / Sky) against Borussia Dortmund, FC Bayern can become German champions for the tenth time in a row.
At the bottom of the table, the situation comes to a head - SpVgg Greuther Fürth can be the first to be relegated after the 31st matchday.
women soccer
Bayer Leverkusen and 1. FC Turbine Potsdam will determine VfL Wolfsburg's final opponent in the DFB Cup final on Monday (6.30 p.m. / Sky).
The highlight of the week, however, is on Friday (6.45 p.m. / DAZN) in the Champions League: VfL Wolfsburg will play their semi-final first leg at defending champions FC Barcelona in front of an estimated 90,000 spectators.
In the quarter-finals, Tommy Stroot's team knocked out Arsenal.
The legendary Camp Nou last saw a record in women's football when 91,553 fans watched the quarter-finals against Real Madrid there.
Milan derby
AC and Inter Milan are the two dominant teams in Italy and, as leaders and runners-up in Serie A, are the first contenders for the title.
Before the decision about the championship is made, the direct duel is first about who will make it into the final of the cup.
The semi-final first leg ended 0-0, so everything is open in the decisive duel on Tuesday (9 p.m.).
Inter has been in better form lately, and the black and blues are also formally hosts in the packed Meazza Stadium.
The second cup finalist will be determined on Wednesday when Juventus welcome Fiorentina (first leg 1-0).
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