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Berlin (dpa) - The Bundesliga starts the last ten game days of this season overshadowed by the corona pandemic.

In the title race, RB Leipzig wants to keep up with FC Bayern, in the relegation battle only Schalke is beaten.

There are also still exciting personal details.

LÖW-FAREWELL: Now it is clear: Joachim Löw will end his era as national coach with the EM in the summer.

Jürgen Klopp has not only excluded himself as a possible successor with a view to his job in Liverpool, the national coaching office is not yet an issue for Leipzig's coach Julian Nagelsmann.

The former RB maker Ralf Rangnick, on the other hand, can imagine anything.

What about the former Löw assistant and current Bayern coach Hansi Flick?

He should be asked about this at a press conference this Friday.

Löw said on Thursday about Flick: “We have worked together for many years, everyone knows the quality of Hansi.

But it's not my job to talk about successors. "

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TITELDUELL: In the short term, triple trainer Flick and the record champions from Munich are about to defend the top of the Bundesliga against Leipzig.

The record champions with two points will be challenged on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky) against former title rivals Werder Bremen before they will make it to the quarter-finals in the Champions League against Lazio Rome.

Nagelsmann has to tick off in the premier class against Liverpool until the home game on Sunday (3.30 p.m. / Sky) against Eintracht Frankfurt.

BOBIC: In addition to the difficult sporting task in Leipzig, the Frankfurter continues to deal with the future of sports director Fredi Bobic.

The 49-year-old had made his wish to terminate the contract, which ran until 2023, public via television.

The supervisory board rejected this on Wednesday evening.

If there was any interest on the part of another club, there would be negotiations.

The topic should accompany Eintracht for a while.

HAALAND-TORE: Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, has long since resolved the coaching question for the coming season and wants to go back to a Champions League place.

The outstanding Erling Haaland should help again on Saturday (6.30 p.m. / Sky) against Hertha BSC, most recently at 2: 4 in Munich and 2: 2 against FC Sevilla, scorer of all BVB goals.

Against the Berliners, the Norwegian scored four times in the 5-2 in the first leg.

Moving into the quarter-finals of the Champions League is intended to give Dortmund, who are in the sixth place in the Bundesliga and DFB Cup semi-finalists, a further boost.

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RELEASE FIGHT: Before the 25th matchday, 1. FC Köln in 14th place and FSV Mainz 05 in 17th place are separated by four points.

Mainz will play at home against SC Freiburg on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky), could displace Arminia Bielefeld from relegation rank and on points to table 15.

Hertha unlock before their game in Dortmund.

Under new coach Frank Kramer, Arminia only scored one point in two games so far and remained without a goal, on Sunday (1.30 p.m. / DAZN) it goes to Bayer Leverkusen.

The tattered bottom group Schalke 04 will play on Saturday at third place in the table VfL Wolfsburg (3.30 p.m. / Sky), while Cologne also want to score points at 1. FC Union Berlin.

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