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Union, Cologne, Mainz, Bochum – the relegation battle within the ticker
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With a degree win in opposition to Freiburg, Union averted direct relegation
What: REUTERS
Drama within the desk cellar – the final matchday of the Bundesliga is dominated by the relegation battle. With Cologne, Union, Bochum and Mainz, 4 groups can nonetheless get caught that need to make the bitter journey to the second division. The thirty fourth matchday within the stay ticker.
AOn the final matchday of the 2023/24 Bundesliga season, the struggle for the European Cup locations and, above all, staying within the league can be thrilling once more. In the desk cellar, VfL Bochum at Werder Bremen and FSV Mainz 05 at VfL Wolfsburg have the most effective playing cards to avoid wasting themselves within the season finale on Saturday (3:30 p.m.). Union Berlin, at the moment in sixteenth place, has to win its dwelling recreation in opposition to SC Freiburg and hope for assist. In the occasion of a defeat, there’s even a danger of direct relegation if the penultimate 1. FC Köln wins at 1. FC Heidenheim and catches up with Union's purpose distinction, which is three targets worse.
Union captain Christopher Trimmel continues to imagine that his crew will keep within the league. “We definitely stay positive, don’t get nervous or throw away our nerves,” mentioned the 37-year-old. “It’s important that we have a clear plan and that the whole club is behind us.”
Eintracht Frankfurt can safe sixth place with only one level in opposition to RB Leipzig, which is sufficient for at the least the Europa League. If Borussia Dortmund wins the Champions League on June 1st, the Bundesliga sixth place will even obtain the appropriate to begin within the premier class. SC Freiburg additionally has an opportunity of seventh place, which will definitely qualify for the playoffs of the Conference League and, if Bayer Leverkusen wins the DFB Cup, even the beginning of the Europa League, within the final recreation underneath coach Christian Streich at Union Berlin.
Three-way battle for eighth place
Eighth place can be achieved by 1. FC Heidenheim (in opposition to Cologne), FC Augsburg (in Leverkusen) and Werder Bremen (in opposition to Bochum). This can be sufficient for the Conference League playoffs if Leverkusen wins the DFB Cup ultimate in opposition to second division crew 1. FC Kaiserslautern on May twenty fifth.
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