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Berlin (dpa) - After a four-month break, the German national soccer team starts the EM year.
The corona turmoil in the World Cup qualification is being discussed across Europe.
The U21 juniors are already in tournament mode this week.
For the soccer players of VfL Wolfsburg and FC Bayern Munich, the Champions League continues in the round of 16.
NATIONAL TEAM: Starting Monday, Joachim Löw will prepare the German national team in Düsseldorf for the international match in 2021.
The national coach, who will leave after the EM in the summer, has clearly formulated the sporting goal for the three World Cup elimination games on Thursday in Duisburg against Iceland, then in Romania and again in Duisburg against North Macedonia: “Our aim and goal is to win one with three wins to create a good starting position in qualifying for the World Cup. "
But Löw is already talking about the EM.
Each of the 26 invited players should recommend themselves in the training units and in the competition for a personal tournament ticket.
And of course the fans expect a reaction to the most recent embarrassing 6-0 in Spain.
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CORONA WORRIES: Hopefully everyone will come back healthy.
The worries of the Bundesliga coaches could hardly be less during this international break.
The corona pandemic remains the great danger for the professionals who fly all over Europe for the games in World Cup qualification.
Compromises had to be found for several games - by relocating to another location or by foregoing professionals who would have to be quarantined when returning to their clubs.
There had already been numerous corona cases in the Bundesliga at the international matches last year.
The infections of Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramaric and Kasim Adams, Leipzig's Amadou Haidara and Hee-chan Hwang, Leverkusen's Edmond Tapsoba and Wolfsburg's Marin Pongracic were directly linked to international trips in October and November
U21 EM: After less than two days of preparation for the tournament, U21 coach Stefan Kuntz and his selection will get serious on Wednesday: The German team will start the preliminary round of the U21 EM against hosts Hungary (9 p.m. / ProSieben).
Further opponents are the Netherlands on Saturday (9 p.m. / ProSieben) and, at the end of the group stage, Romania on March 30 (6 p.m. / ProSieben).
The two best teams in the group make it to the quarter-finals - the declared goal of Kuntz and his team.
The knockout round of the tournament, which is divided into two parts due to the corona pandemic, will not take place until the summer: From May 31 to June 6, Hungary and Slovenia will again be the hosts.
ROYAL CLASS: The Bayern women against Sweden's champions FC Rosengard, VfL Wolfsburg in Hungary against FC Chelsea: In the women's Champions League, the hot phase begins with the quarter-finals.
After Munich had struggled to a 2-1 win over TSG 1899 Hoffenheim in the cup at the weekend, a better performance against Rosengard is necessary on Wednesday (7 p.m. / Sport1) in order to get a good starting position for the second leg on April 1st procure.
The Wolfsburg team shot their way into the semi-finals against Bayern with a safe 7-0 win over Werder Bremen and gained the necessary momentum for the Chelsea game on Wednesday (5 p.m. / Sport1).
Against Chelsea there is a reunion with Pernille Harder, who moved from VfL to England before the season.
If both Bundesliga clubs advance, there will not only be direct clashes in the semi-finals in the DFB Cup, but also in the Champions League.
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