What is the story about?
The second round of the DFB-Pokal was concluded last night. There were few major upsets, with Holstein Kiel’s 1-0 victory over Wolfsburg perhaps the most notable. However, the biggest story from the midweek fixtures took place in a tie between two 2. Bundesliga teams. Sixth-placed Darmstadt gave top-of-the-table Schalke an absolute shellacking on their way to a 4-0 victory, exploiting some pretty clumsy defending on Schalke’s part to put the game to bed within an hour. The best part of the story is
that this comes less than a week after Schalke beat Darmstadt 1-0 in the league. Oops!
BVB News
- It has been revealed that Fabio Silva had an offer from AS Roma that would have paid him significantly more money, but he chose Dortmund because he felt it was a good opportunity to settle down.
- Karim Adeyemi wants a release clause and BVB have set a deadline of the spring for Nico Schlotterbeck to make his decision.
- Niklas Süle will leave Borussia Dortmund as a free agent at the end of this season, with the club deciding not to extend his contract.
Bundesliga News
- After some controversial decisions in the previous round, there are calls for VAR to be used in the second round of the DFB-Pokal in the future.
- Borussia Mönchengladbach plan a major clear out in the January transfer window.
- Johan Bakayoko has a release clause in his RB Leipzig contract worth €60m, though Leipzig have the opportunity to buy him out of that clause before the end of this season.
- With pressure mounting on Wolfsburg’s head coach Paul Simonis, Bruno Labbadia is the favorite to replace him.
Your Thoughts?
I have the day off tomorrow. I’m very much looking forward to a three-day weekend. Do you have any exciting plans for the weekend? Let us know in the comments.
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