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Berlin (dpa) - It starts with a basement duel that is already the final for one team.
But FC Schalke 04 is hoping for a coaching effect again.
It continues with the German Clásico in the Bundesliga: Bayern against BVB.
And otherwise?
How is Eintracht Frankfurt coping with Fredi Bobic's announcement of his departure, what is Bielefeld doing under the new coach Frank Kramer?
DESCENT DUEL ON SCHALKE: Last against penultimate.
The duel with the eight-point better FSV Mainz will be a relegation final, especially for FC Schalke.
If there is no victory again, relegation with a current nine point deficit from the saving 15th place could hardly be avoided.
Dimitrios Grammozis, who was introduced this week as the fifth coach of this season, is supposed to create a small football miracle.
"I feel a kind of initial spark from the change of coach," said the major successor before his explosive entry into the troubled Revierclub.
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GERMAN CLÁSICO: It's not a duel at peak level this time.
Nevertheless, "is and remains" the game of the fifth from Dortmund in the first from Munich, according to the assessment of Bayern President Herbert Hainer, "a top game".
After the last six Bundesliga defeats in a row in Munich with a goal difference of 3:26, BVB wants to avoid another lesson this time.
But sporting director Michael Zorc suspects that the Munich team will once again work hard against BVB: “I always have the feeling that it always clicks particularly well at Bayern.
It's a slightly different constellation than in previous years, but both teams need every point in order to achieve their goals. "
CRISIS DUAL ON THE RHINE: In the past two years Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach fought each other for the Champions League until the last matchday.
Two years ago, Bayer took fourth place from Borussia in the end, and last year it was the other way around.
Before the direct duel on Saturday, the two must acutely tremble for the Europa League after the recent crisis.
Leverkusen are sixth, Gladbach ninth, four points behind.
In view of the worsening crisis, it should be even more uncomfortable for the loser's coach.
BOBIC IN FOCUS: With his announcement to leave Eintracht Frankfurt at the end of the season, sports director Fredi Bobic caused a huge stir on the Main at the beginning of the week.
Whether this is accompanied by general uncertainty will be shown in the home game of Hessen against VfB Stuttgart.
After all, the 49-year-old is considered to be the builder of the current Frankfurt success.
However, coach Adi Hütter sees no cause for concern.
The Austrian reassured that the team was professional enough to deal with this situation.
The focus is exclusively on the historic opportunity to reach the Champions League for the first time.
That would be a fitting farewell present for Bobic.
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KRAMER DEBUT: Whether it is a grateful entry or a dangerous one remains to be seen.
In any case, Arminia Bielefeld's new coach Frank Kramer starts with two home games within four days.
On Sunday the Ostwestfalen will receive Kramers Union Berlin for their debut, on Wednesday Werder Bremen will play the catch-up game.
The home double will be important for Kramer's standing as the successor to promotion coach Uwe Neuhaus, whose leave of absence caused outrage among many fans.
But also for the atmosphere in the entire club, which has had an unusually heated week.
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