This was a direct play-off for fourth place in the Bundesliga – Freiburg dominated, but Schalke were more dangerous in the final third.
Freiburg had left-winger Daniel Caligiuri suspended, so Christian Streich handed a debut to 19-year-old Sebastian Kerk.
Jens Keller brought back Julian Draxler on the left in place of Michel Bastos, and also recalled...
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Galatasaray recorded a surprise win and progressed 4-3 on aggregate.
Jens Keller was without Klaas-Jan Huntelaar following the injury he sustained against Dortmund, so Teemu Pukki played alone upfront. Otherwise, Schalke were unchanged.
Fatih Terim made one change from the first leg – Emmanuel Eboue replaced Sabri Sarioglu at right-back.
This was an even contest, and would...
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Schalke won the Revierderby with an excellent first-half display.
Atsuto Uchida came back into Jens Keller’s side, with Marco Hoger moving forward into midfield in place of Jermaine Jones.
Jurgen Klopp recalled Mats Hummels – although he didn’t seem 100% fit and only lasted half the game. Klopp left out Marco Reus, presumably because of rotation...
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Leverkusen comfortably won a very simple game of football.
Sami Hyypia selected a 4-1-4-1 / 4-3-3 shape with roughly his first-choice XI this season, although left-back Michal Kadlec is out injured, so versatile Japanese international Hajime Hosogai filled in.
Huub Stevens was without Ibrahim Afellay, so Julian Draxler started on the left of midfield. Otherwise, they...
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Dortmund surprisingly started in a 3-5-2 formation – despite not trying it in training beforehand – and produced a terrible performance.
Jurgen Klopp was without four regulars – Mario Gotze, Ilkay Gundogan, Marcel Schmelzer and Jakub Blaszczykowski – which was one of the reasons for his unusual formation choice.
Huub Stevens had Kyriakos Papadopoulos unavailable at...
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