Overview – That brings the week: Cup in Berlin, relegation battle in league

Berlin (dpa) – The champion has already been determined with FC Bayern Munich, and the DFB Cup winner is now also being sought.

In the final on Ascension Day, like last time in the Bundesliga, RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund will meet.

So that no more corona cases cause confusion in the tight season schedule, all first and second division teams go to the quarantine training camp. Hertha BSC has to rework one game after its corona isolation. In Hamburg, Munich and London, the focus is on exciting personalities.

QUARANTINE FINAL: Nothing should go wrong now. In order to prevent further positive cases and team quarantines, the 36 professional clubs from the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 will go to the mandatory quarantine training camp this week until the end of the season. DFB doctor Tim Meyer told “Welt am Sonntag”: “If there are no external contacts, nothing can be brought into the shielded area with the team, coaches and supervisors.” Most recently, Hertha BSC and several second division clubs had to go into quarantine after cases.

HRUBESCH DEBUT: Horst Hrubesch will return to the coaching bench by the end of the season of the 2nd Bundesliga. The long-time professional from Hamburger SV will sit on the HSV bench for the first time on Monday evening against 1. FC Nürnberg as Daniel Thioune’s successor. The 70-year-old former national player should get his ex-club back on track and lead HSV to promotion to the Bundesliga.

CUP FINALS: It will definitely be a title premiere. Neither Julian Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig nor Edin Terzic from Borussia Dortmund have won a major trophy in their coaching careers so far. Without a title, Nagelsmann does not want to leave Leipzig for Bayern Munich. And neither should it. Board boss Oliver Mintzlaff has called for the DFB Cup as a season goal. However, Terzic could have the momentum on his side before he will move back into the second tier after the season. The 3-2 on Saturday in the Bundesliga game showed how to defeat RB.

GOAL RECORD HUNT: One goal to a tie, two to the sole record. In Freiburg, everyone will be looking at Robert Lewandowski on Saturday. After his three-pack in a 6-0 win against Gladbach, the Pole scored 39 goals this season. The 40-goal record by Gerd Müller from 1972 wobbles worryingly. “Stay calm” and not cramp up, is the approach of the world footballer. And Lewandowski has helpful allies. The team is fully behind “the story with Lewy”. She wants to give him the missing goals, preferably already in Freiburg – and otherwise against Augsburg.

RELEASE FIGHT: In the struggle to stay in class, Hertha BSC sees itself at an advantage. On Wednesday, the Berliners will play the third catch-up game after the forced Corona break at the relegated FC Schalke 04. With a win in the “bonus game”, so coach Pal Dardai, Hertha (14th) would distance the currently equal opponents Arminia Bielefeld (16th) and SV Werder Bremen (15th) by three points before the last two match days. At the weekend, Hertha will host 1. FC Köln (17th), Bremen will be a guest at FC Augsburg (13th), which has also not yet been saved. Bielefeld plays against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. In the home game against Borussia Dortmund, one point is enough for FSV Mainz 05 to stay in class.

TUCHEL-CHANCE: In the Premier League, coach Thomas Tuchel is third with Chelsea. In the Champions League, his blues are in the final against Manchester City. It’s going well for Thomas Tuchel. The 47-year-old could win his first title in England on Saturday. Then Chelsea will play Leicester City in the FA Cup final. The Chelsea team with the German professionals Timo Werner, Kai Havertz and Antonio Rüdiger can even hope for the support of the fans. In London’s Wembley Stadium, 21,000 spectators with a negative corona test can attend. Without any fans, Chelsea will receive Arsenal FC in the league on Wednesday.

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