When probing the situation, coach Pal Dardai identified the following needs for the training week: “The focus was on doubling up, securing, settling down, standing compactly, talking, coaching.”
The opponent adjusts to the fact that Hertha has learned their lesson. Freiburg coach Christian Streich said: “One thing is clear: on Saturday Berlin will do everything possible to prevent us from playing football. We can adjust to that, anything else would be naive.”
RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum (Saturday, 6.30 p.m.)
Sorting instead of probing is the order of the day at RB Leipzig. The 1: 2 against Club Bruges in the Champions League should have shaken the Saxons. The 6-0 win against Hertha BSC was extremely devalued. “I was surprised we played so badly. We didn’t give everything when we conceded. We didn’t stick to the tactical plan“said coach Jesse Marsch after losing to Bruges.
Bochum’s coach Thomas Reis does not want to be irritated by the fluctuations in the table runner-up last season. “We’re up against a top team, so everything has to be right for us. We have to put everything into the balance again and look for our chances in the game of transition.”
1. FSV Mainz 05 – 1. FC Union Berlin (Sunday, 3.30 p.m.)
Probing, planning, deciding – it shouldn’t have looked like that for so many hours when the Union coach Urs Fischer stayed to prepare for the away game in Mainz. On Thursday (September 30th, 2021) the Berliners were still active in the Conference League and won 3-0 against Maccabi Haifa. Since then, it has been important to develop a coherent offensive concept, because the Mainz team have not conceded a goal in their three home games so far.
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