While 100,000 fans joined the professionals in Gelsenkirchen in gearing up for the Bundesliga comeback, Schalke’s second team produced an astonishing performance in the Regionalliga West in Bocholt.
Dante had definitely imagined his start as coach of Bayern Munich's second team differently: on Friday evening, the FCB youngsters suffered their second defeat in their second game of the season.
With FC Bayern, Dante won the treble and became a cult hero; in Nice, he eventually earned the nickname "The Father". Now the 42-year-old Brazilian is returning to Munich as a coach.
Rot-Weiß Erfurt was briefly abuzz after a sudden, unexpected deposit appeared in the club's bank account, but it quickly emerged that the mysterious crypto post from Raphael Assibey-Mensah was linked to a cyber-attack and an extortion attempt.
Last season, Borussia Dortmund’s second team were relegated from the 3. Liga. The unspoken goal was: immediate promotion! But the reality for BVB II is quite different.
