Shooting star Said El Mala, on the other hand, will face Greece with the German U21 national team in Jena on Friday before facing Northern Ireland in Belfast on Tuesday. Both parties are part of the U21 European Championship qualification.
Good news from Jan Thielmann: The attacker did not suffer any structural injuries against TSG Hoffenheim. The 23-year-old had to stay in the dressing room at half-time with a bad ankle after numerous fouls against him. However, an investigation at the weekend gave the all-clear. Although Thielmann only trained individually on Monday, the striker should be able to get back into action later in the week.
Marius Bülter, who became the father of a son at the weekend, was also missing at the start of the week. In addition, Marvin Schwäbe (load control) and the long-term injured Luca Kilian, Rav van den Berg and Youssoupha Niang had to miss. Maik Akumu, Mikolaj Marutzki, Yannick Mausehund, Luc Dabrowski and Etienne Borie from their own youth trained with the FC professionals. However, Lukas Kwasniok was unable to examine the quintet. The 44-year-old was at a coaching conference on Monday.
Bitter evening for the Bundesliga women of 1. FC Köln. Coach Britta Carlson’s team got off to a lightning start against Bayer 04 Leverkusen and scored 1-0 after just 26 seconds through Sandra Maria Jessen. As a result, Cologne were the better team against their Rhenish rivals before the game had to be interrupted and then abandoned in the 38th minute.
Because suddenly a floodlight mast in the Franz Kremer Stadium went on strike. Referee Annika Kost sent both teams to the dressing rooms while the lights flickered every now and then, but promptly went out again.