Berlin (AP) – It could be a very special day for Julian Nagelsmann. With FC Bayern, the coach can win the championship against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (6.30 p.m. / Sky) in the Bundesliga – for the first time in his career.
There is more excitement in the fight to stay in the league. However, a first relegation could already be certain this weekend.
Bayern want titles in the top game:
With a nine-point lead over BVB, the fight for the title is actually decided in favor of Bayern. And yet the summit of both teams is also explosive this time. After all, a win against the Revierclub could give the archrival from Munich their tenth championship in a row. “We want to try to prevent that,” said coach Marco Rose. His opposite number, Julian Nagelsmann, is just as ambitious: “We want to be champions at home.” The Bayern coach would have nothing against a beer shower in the event of his first title win in professional football: “I once read that a beer cure is supposed to be good for your hair.”
Final swing:
Three days after the passionate cup semi-final, RB Leipzig has to face Union Berlin again. And again, a win is a must, after all, the opponents in the cup final, Freiburg, are putting pressure on them from behind in the fight for a place in the Champions League. “It’s going to be a real board again,” said RB coach Domenico Tedesco, who will still rotate as usual. Freiburg coach Christian Streich expects an opponent with “anger in his stomach” against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday. After all, Borussia just lost the derby against Cologne 3-1 – and the first leg against Freiburg 6-0. “Of course they want to make this day forgotten,” said Streich, who may switch for reasons of stress.
First relegated:
SpVgg Greuther Fürth knows what to expect – relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga. But is it already this weekend? Probably. The bottom of the table from Franconia will be relegated early if he does not win his home game against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturday (3.30 p.m. / Sky). The mortgage of only one point from the first 14 games was simply too difficult over the course of the season. So the time of the “Kleeblatt” after 2012/13 is running out a second time after only one season in the upper house.
Arminia after the change of coach:
New head coach, new hope – like last season, a change in the coaching bench should bring the Bielefeld team to stay in the class. After the separation from last year’s rescuer Frank Kramer, a team led by the previous goalkeeping coach Marco Kostmann took over the direction of the penultimate table in the remaining four games of the season. The dry spell with just one point from seven games should come to an end on Saturday in Cologne. A week later, the key game is at home against the current table 15. Hertha BSC.
Final weeks before the end of the season:
Four days before the end of the season, the wheat can be separated from the chaff in the cellar. In the duel of the table neighbors, a defeat of the table 16 threatens. VfB Stuttgart with the one point and one rank better placed Berlin Hertha the relegation place as the highest goal of the feelings. The team of Hertha trainer Felix Magath has moved into pole position in the relegation triathlon with Stuttgart and Arminia Bielefeld thanks to the 1-0 win at FC Augsburg and can extend this lead towards the rescue a week later – in the table 17 from Bielefeld.
Crisis Duel:
The Europa League aces from Frankfurt are struggling in the league, as is their next opponent, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. Frankfurt have been without a win for four games, Hoffenheim for five. Eintracht is even further away from the international places than the Kraichgauer, who have slipped to eighth place.