Bundesliga preview: unity and justice and undav

Who plays against whom and when?

Which game should you definitely not miss?

Stuttgart against Leverkusen. In previous years, as a neutral fan you had to really pull yourself together to watch this duel. This year, the hottest teams in the league will meet each other. Things don’t get much more attractive in the Bundesliga. The league leaders from Leverkusen are still unbeaten, but are worried about their exceptional footballer Florian Wirtz, who was kicked on the heel in the cup against Paderborn. VfB is so successful that winning could soon be added to the current Swabian triathlon of create-clean-save. However: After the game against Leverkusen we go to FC Bayern.

Which game can you safely miss?

Dortmund against Leipzig. Actually a top game, but BVB could boycott it. Last weekend he helped himself to a draw in Leverkusen, which Edin Terzić sold as a success. Then BVB took a backseat in the cup game in Stuttgart, as if they were a born underdog and not the club with the second-highest budget in the league. Even the third division team Saarbrücken played more courageously against Frankfurt than the bunker BVB in Stuttgart. Some people are already talking about Mourinho’s football for the poor because Dortmund are behind but still can’t defend. BVB got away quite well with the two goals conceded in Stuttgart. The direct duel against Leipzig is for fourth place in the Champions League, and both teams will probably fight for it until the end of the season. But does BVB dare to cross the halfway line against RB?

Who is in the spotlight?

Deniz Undav, who may soon be the new national striker for Julian Nagelsmann. Undav scored eight goals in ten Bundesliga games for VfB Stuttgart. This makes him the most successful German striker to date. That’s enough to get a call from the national coach. Undav hasn’t made any international appearances yet; he could play for Germany or Turkey. So he had to think about whether he would be confident of getting a place in the squad for a nation with title chances – or whether he would prefer to play for Germany. After the cup game against BVB there was the national team reveal party in the Sky interview. The moderator asked Undav if he had decided yet. He squirmed, thought about it and then revealed what he had said to Nagelsmann on the phone: “Unity, justice and freedom. That’s what I told him.” Now Nagelsmann just has to nominate him very quickly and let him play at the next international break.