18:30
In addition to Tesche, the home side have four other newcomers in the starting XI in young defender Maxwell Gyamfi, former Cottbuser and Rostocker Erik Engelhardt, former loser Leandro Putaro and Türkgücü signing Paterson Chato. New faces at MSV are goalkeeper Vincent Müller, long-time Dresdner Sebastian Mai, Hoffenheim II access Niklas Kölle and former Lauterer Marvin Senger.
18:24
But of course there are a lot of new faces to see at the start of the season. The king transfer at VfL is the long-standing Bundesliga player and England legionnaire Robert Tesche. “MSV certainly did worse in the table last season than one could have expected. The team has good quality players, but we have the ambition to win the opening game,” said the 35-year-old a few days ago on record.
18:17
This time Covid has struck again, the two VfL defenders Maurice Trapp and Yigit Karademir have tested positive and are in isolation. Timo Beermann will also miss the start of the season after breaking his ankle, Davide Itter is out with glandular fever. Rolf Feltscher (internal ligament injury), Leroy Kwadwo (hip) as well as Julian Hettwer and Phillip König (both in advanced training) are not on the Duisburg side.
18:10
A year ago, both teams should have opened the past season. At that time, however, the corona virus threw a spanner in the works for the zebras. The game had to be postponed by three and a half weeks, then MSV won 1-0.
18:01
Have a nice evening and welcome to the start of the new third division season! VfL Osnabrück and MSV Duisburg meet at the Bremen Bridge. At 7 pm it starts!