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Berlin (AP) - Werder Bremen against RB Leipzig on Friday, Borussia Dortmund against Bayern conqueror Holstein Kiel on Saturday: The two semi-finals of the DFB Cup are due next weekend.
Without a German club participation, the Champions League will enter the decisive phase. Coach Thomas Tuchel or national players Timo Werner, Antonio Rüdiger and Kai Havertz (all Chelsea FC), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) or Thilo Kehrer and Julian Draxler (Paris Saint-Germain) are there. In the second division, the table should be straightened out.
DFB CUP SEMI-FINAL 1: Hard to believe, but true: Werder Bremen can win another title this season and thus qualify for the European Cup.
But nobody really believes in that on the Weser.
After seven defeats in the league in a row, the green-whites are on the ground, coach Florian Kohfeldt is facing the end.
The conditions for a surprise against Leipzig are therefore very bad.
At 1: 4 in the league two weeks ago, Bremen had no chance.
The Saxons also gained additional self-confidence with the 2-0 win against Stuttgart on Sunday and want to go back to the final in Berlin like in 2019.
Two years ago, Leipzig lost 3-0 to Bayern Munich there.
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DFB CUP SEMI-FINAL 2: After the last four wins in a row, BVB can hope for the Champions League again. This high-altitude flight should continue in the cup semifinals against Kiel. For the first time since winning the title in 2017, the Bundesliga fifth could move back into the final. "We really want to go to Berlin, this is a huge opportunity for us," said licensed player boss Sebastian Kehl. However, caution is advised. After all, the ambitious second division team threw defending champion and record winner FC Bayern out of the competition. In addition, the "storks" presented themselves in surprisingly good shape despite the long corona quarantine and short preparation at the 3-1 in Osnabrück.
TRAINER QUESTIONS: Until the ninth title in a row, FC Bayern Munich will have to wait at least until the next game against Borussia Mönchengladbach on May 8th. The club officials use the league break to move forward on the coach question. On the one hand, the termination of the contract is being negotiated with Hansi Flick, who is willing to emigrate; Top candidate: Julian Nagelsmann from RB Leipzig. According to matching media reports, the people of Munich are said to have already addressed the Saxons. The Leipzigers should therefore only want to give their 33-year-old coach star for a double-digit million sum.
SUPER LEAGUE: The plans for the Super League are passé for the time being, but the possible consequences of the failed project are not (yet). UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced further debates this week over possible punishments for the remaining co-founders. The clubs (Real Madrid, FC Barcelona, Juventus Turin, AC Milan) would have to decide whether they were "in the Super League or a European club". "If they are in the Super League, then of course they cannot be in the Champions League," Ceferin told the AP news agency. Lawyers are still examining, but the fronts seem to have hardened further. For Real President Florentino Pérez, Ceferin's threat to exclude all clubs from future European Cup competitions that adhere to the Super League clearly violates the rules of free competition.
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: After the Super League whirlwind, three of the four founding members involved will meet in the semi-finals of the Champions League.
On Tuesday (9 p.m.), Chelsea FC, with German coach Thomas Tuchel and national players Timo Werner, Antonio Rüdiger and Kai Havertz, welcomed the Spanish record champions Real Madrid, who beat the ailing DFB selection player in the 0-0 on Saturday against Real Betis Sevilla Toni Kroos had to do without.
A day later there is a duel between Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City with the former Bayern coach Pep Guardiola.
Chelsea and Man City had withdrawn their plans to participate in the Super League, while Real have not yet announced any intentions to leave.
PSG didn't want to be there from the start.
2. BUNDESLIGA: The picture in the table of the 2. Bundesliga will be straightened out somewhat in the coming days.
Due to numerous quarantine measures at several clubs, some games recently had to be postponed, now four games will be rescheduled in the coming week alone.
There is a catch-up game every day from Monday to Thursday.
Karlsruher SC, who are still three games behind, have to play twice this week.
The Holstein Kiel team, which is four games behind due to corona cases, only plays once in the league - but the Kiel team will contest the DFB Cup semi-final against BVB on Saturday.
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