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Leipzig and Leverkusen have to release top players for the Africa Cup. But who is weakened more by the failures? Leverkusen will have to do without defense chief Tapsoba and midfield talent Ibrahim Maza, among others, and RB Leipzig will have to replace top striker Yan Diomande.
The Africa Cup failures are not the only outstanding personnel issues for both teams. Altogether there are 23 actors who are at least questionable. However, the Africa Cup, for which some players have already left, means that real key players are missing.
Ole Werner or Kasper Hjulmand: who needs to improvise more?
Both clubs have to do without their shooting stars. In the Bundesliga Update, Sportschau’s football podcast, podcast host Jens Walbrodt estimates that Bayer is suffering more from the failures and Leipzig can absorb it better. Of course, he also discusses all the other games from the weekend with Tobi Schäfer.
Can Mainz turn things around against St. Pauli?
The focus is also on the relegation battle and the thriller duel on Sunday evening – Mainz against St. Pauli. The game is particularly important for Mainz 05: the FSV absolutely needs a win in order not to let the gap between the bottom of the table and the rest become too big. How will the new Mainz coach Urs Fischer approach the game and what are the concrete signs? The Bundesliga Update Podcast team discusses this and everything else that is important in the Bundesliga in the current episode.
The Bundesliga update – every Thursday and Monday
The Bundesliga update is available in the ARD audio library, wherever podcasts are available and on the Sportschau football channel on YouTube. New episodes appear on Thursday afternoons and Monday mornings.