Eight players from Borussia Dortmund have been selected by Joachim Löw for Germany’s Euro 2016 Qualifiers in Leichtenstein and Denmark early next month, while seven other senior players received nods, as did ten members of the BVB academy.
In the German squad for the games on 05 and 09 June are Andreas Beck, Lars Bender, Mario Götze, Mats Hummels, Marco Reus, Julian Schieber, Marcel Schmelzer, and André Schürrle. Sven Bender misses out with a broken collarbone.
Jos Verniers has received his first senior international call-up as he joins Dennis Praet in the Belgian squad for their qualifiers in Scotland and Malta. Praet won his first call-up for the senior side back in November, but didn’t feature in their friendly against Turkey.
Heinz Lindner will win his seventh cap if he starts in goal for Austria in either of their games in Hungary or Albania, Ivan Perisic is in the Croatian squad, Viktor Fischer has been selected by Denmark (who play Germany), Neven Subotic has been called-up by Serbia, and Stevan Jovetic will join the Montenegro squad next week.
THU 04 JUNE, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES (YOUTH)
* Benjamin BELLA Germany U21 H v Croatia
* Samy BOURARD Belgium U21 H v Montenegro
* Wout DEVRIENDT Belgium U21 H v Montenegro
* Jeremy DUDZIAK Tunisia U20 A v Benin
* Koray GÜNTER Turkey U21 A v Iceland
* Ogün GÜMÜSTAS Turkey U21 A v Iceland
* Ledian JUSUFI Albania U21 H v Greece
* Emiliano MANCINELLI Italy U21 H v Australia
* Herve MATTHYS Belgium U19 H v Bulgaria
* Ivan SHAPOVALOV Ukraine U21 H v Andorra
FRI 05 JUNE, UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 QUALIFIERS
* Andreas BECK Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Lars BENDER Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Viktor FISCHER Denmark H v Lithuania
* Mario GÖTZE Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Mats HUMMELS Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Heinz LINDNER Austria A v Hungary
* Ivan PERISIC Croatia H v Belarus
* Dennis PRAET Belgium A v Scotland
* Neven SUBOTIC Serbia H v Kazakhstan
* Marco REUS Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Julian SCHIEBER Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Marcel SCHMELZER Germany A v Liechtenstein
* André SCHÜRRLE Germany A v Liechtenstein
* Jos VERNIERS Belgium A v Scotland
FRI 05 JUNE, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY (SENIOR)
* Stevan JOVETIC Montenegro A v Slovenia
MON 08 JUNE, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES (YOUTH)
* Benjamin BELLA Germany U21 H v South Korea
* Samy BOURARD Belgium U21 H v Switzerland
* Wout DEVRIENDT Belgium U21 H v Switzerland
* Jeremy DUDZIAK Tunisia U20 H v Mexico
* Koray GÜNTER Turkey U21 A v Cyprus
* Ogün GÜMÜSTAS Turkey U21 A v Cyprus
* Ledian JUSUFI Albania U21 A v Romania
* Herve MATTHYS Belgium U19 A v Denmark
* Ivan SHAPOVALOV Ukraine U21 A v Israel
TUE 09 JUNE, UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 2016 QUALIFIERS
* Andreas BECK Germany A v Denmark
* Lars BENDER Germany A v Denmark
* Viktor FISCHER Denmark H v Germany
* Mario GÖTZE Germany A v Denmark
* Mats HUMMELS Germany A v Denmark
* Stevan JOVETIC Montenegro H v Lithuania
* Heinz LINDNER Austria A v Armenia
* Ivan PERISIC Croatia A v Serbia
* Dennis PRAET Belgium A v Malta
* Marco REUS Germany A v Denmark
* Julian SCHIEBER Germany A v Denmark
* Marcel SCHMELZER Germany A v Denmark
* André SCHÜRRLE Germany A v Denmark
* Neven SUBOTIC Serbia H v Croatia
* Jos VERNIERS Belgium A v Malta
BVB ensured that their Champions League destiny is in their own hands with a hard-fought point at the imposing Mestalla with a 1-1 draw against a Valencia side who finished the game with ten men.
Changing to a diamond in midfield behind two strikers to combat the Spaniards’ flat 4-4-2 formation, Surman made three changes in bringing in Andreas Beck and Robert Lewandowski, with Dennis Praet replacing the suspended Lars Bender.
The initial game-plan was thrown into disarray early-on when Sven Bender was injured inside the opening five minutes, having his knee turned sharply by a strong challenge, needing to be replaced by Kevin Großkreutz in only his second appearance of the season.
Save for a spell of three cautions in as many minutes from the French referee midway through the half, the first period was passing without much incident until Neven Subotic was harshly adjudged to have tripped Victor Ruiz at a Valencia corner. Up stepped Andreas Granqvist, to be denied by Roman Weidenfeller from the spot.
Parity at the break lasted at twenty seconds after it when Andrés Guardado, on as a substitute at the interval, turned home at the far post from a Pereira cross. Valencia’s ill-discipline kicked back-in afterwards as Dortmund counter-attacks were stopped by any means necessary. Mohamed Sissoko paid the ultimate price for it, picking up two cautions in quick succession.
Within five minutes of the dismissal, Großkreutz squared a ball from the right after a great run into the box. Any one of three Dortmund men could have tucked it home, but it was top-scorer Stevan Jovetic who got the touch at the far post to stroke it past Diego Alves.
Dennis Praet came close with a pair of free-kicks, and with Mats Hummels in brilliant form at the other end, the points were shared. In Liège, Standard beat Legia 3-0 which means that Valencia have all but wrapped-up top spot. A draw in Dortmund next week between BVB and Standard will see the holders through, with Standard going through instead with an away win.
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: GROUP STAGE (5/6)
E Arsenal 4-0 Twente
E Young Boys BSC 1-1 Olympiakos
F Manchester United 5-2 Sporting Clube
F Paris Saint-Germain 5-0 Shamrock Rovers
G Standard Liege 3-0 Legia Warsaw
G Valencia 1-1 Borussia Dortmund
H Barcelona 5-0 Monaco
H Juventus 6-0 Rubin Kazan
Welcome to the magnificent Mestalla Stadium in eastern Spain, where the top two sides in Group G meet again after their 1-1 draw back in Dortmund ten weeks ago.
Three changes for the visitors who have gone for a diamond in midfield behind two strikers. In comes Andreas Beck at right-back, with Dennis Praet replacing the suspended Lars Bender in the centre of the park, and Robert Lewandowski joins Jovetic up front.
[00] Dortmund get us underway!
[02] Timo Costa bundles Dennis Praet off the ball 25 yards from goal, dead central. Praet will take the free-kick himself. He whips it up and over the wall, Diego Alves is rooted to the spot but it drops a yard wide.
[03] Sergio Canales has flown into a challenge on Sven Bender, and the Dortmund man has stayed down in agony. Physios rush on as the ball is knocked out of play.
[04] Enforced change for the visitors: Kevin Großkreutz replaces Bender, who’s clutching his knee in some distress.
[08] Dortmund win the first corner as Victor Ruiz heads behind a ball aimed towards Jovetic. Praet has two attempts to whip a cross in, but Mathieu clears both with a strong header and then a strong challenge. The hosts not holding back in the tackle today.
[13] Marcel Schmelzer gets a talking to from the French referee after he clatters through Feghouli.
[17] Corner for Valencia as a Dortmund attack is countered. Costa does the legwork, but Hummels gets back to make a challenge and deflect it behind. Hummels clears the header befoer Großkreutz blocks Canales’ follow-up.
[17] BVB break with Großkreutz and win a corner at the other end, but it comes to nothing.
[21] Timo Costa heads over the top from 15 yards out.
[21] End-to-end stuff here! Diego Alves comes to meet Jovetic in a one-on-one, managing to tip the ball away from goal, and Robert Lewandowski stretches to poke the loose ball towards goal but Granqvist is on hand to hack it off the line.
[22] Dennis Praet skims the bar with a 22-yard free-kick after another foul from Costa.
[25] First caution of the match is for Jérémy Mathieu as he holds back Andreas Beck after the Dortmund defender wins the ball from him.
[26] Tino Costa promptly joins him in the book as he barges Praet off the ball, not for the first time tonight.
[29] Third yellow card in four minutes, this one is for Andreas Beck who is strong in a challenge on Kadlec.
[30] Réginal Goreux has put Standard in front at home to Legia. Here in Spain, Dortmund win a corner on a counter attack as Lewandowski crosses. Alves claims from Praet’s delivery before a wild effort from Jovetic sails wide.
[34] Brilliant near post save from Roman Weidenfeller as Roberto Soldado ghosts in between the Dortmund centre-backs and collects Pereira’s ball into the box before unleashing a half-volley at goal.
[40] Another corner for Valencia as Schmelzer challenges Pereira. Game just starting to calm down a little. There have been a couple of long distance effort from both sides, but nothing to report on.
[41] PENALTY! The French referee has pointed to the spot as Costa sends the corner deep to the back post. Neven Subotic and Victor Ruiz come together and the Dortmund defender is adjudged to have tripped his man. That seems harsh.
[42] SAVED! Andreas Granqvist steps up but Roman Weidenfeller guesses left, and guesses right, pushing it away right by the post.
[43] Soldado is behind the back four and smashes an effort underneath the diving Weidenfeller that clips the outside of the woodwork, but the flag’s up.
[45] Two additional minutes.
HALF-TIME: Valencia CF 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (UCL Group G)
[HT] Change at the break for Valencia as Andrés Guardado replaces Sergio Canales.
[46] VALENCIA 1-0 DORTMUND: There’s just twenty seconds between Valencia kicking-off the second half and substitute Andrés Guardado turning home Pereira’s cross at the far post. Kadlec had a delivery blocked by Hummels but Pereira’s ball back in is slotted home.
[50] Corner to the hosts who have come out flying. A long through into the box is put behinjd by Hummels. Elsewhere in the group, Standard have doubled their lead against Legia Warsaw through Mikhail Sivakov.
[52] Schmelzer intercepts a Sissoko ball and BVB are on the counter. Lewandowski finds Götze who slips it behind the back four for Jovetic, but he takes a shot early going for the top corner but it drops over the top.
[53] Corner for Dortmund as Alves denies Jovetic from distance.
[58] Andreas Granqvist is booked after a cynical trip on Großkreutz with Dortmund on the counter. Valencia get the go-ahead to make their second change, and it’s Granqvist (6.9) who is replaced with Adil Rami.
[61] Feghouli wins a corner off Schmelzer, but Dortmund clear it away and try the break, but Sissoko stops Lewandowski in his tracks.
[63] Yellow card for Mohamed Sissoko after two challenges fly in on Götze by Pereira before Sissoko leaves Praet on the deck. Alves saves from Praet’s free-kick.
[64] Sissoko could be in big trouble here as he has a tug at Lewandowski’s shirt with the striker breaking over halfway. Stéphane Lennoy reaches for his pocket and shows a second yellow card to Mohamed Sissoko and Valencia are reduced to ten men.
[65] Lewandowski tries to lob Alves from 30 yards but gets it all wrong. Alves way off his line as he came to intercept a through-ball for Jovetic.
[68] VALENCIA 1-1 DORTMUND: The visitors make the man advantage count within five minutes of the sending-off. Andreas Beck plays it up the right for Kevin Großkreutz who beats his man before sending a perfect ball across goal for Stevan Jovetic to slot home from eight yards out.
[68] Final change for Valencia as Matias Schelotto comes on for Feghouli (6.9).
[71] Rami has gone into the book after a hard challenge on Jovetic, earning Valencia a UEFA fine for having five players cautioned in the same match.
[72] Standard have wrapped-up the win at gome to the Polish champions with Danie Opare scoring their third goal against Legia Warsaw. Standard will move to seven points. Dortmund currently in line to finish the evening with eight meaning a draw next week against Standard will see them through.
[81] Mats Hummels makes what could be a match-saving challenge on Soldado inside the six-yard box. Great work down the right by Pereira to get the ball across goal, which Weidenfeller lets slip through his grasp before Hummels robs SOldado of a tap-in.
[85] Efforts at both ends, with Costa, Soldado, Lewandowski, Jovetic all firing wide from outside the area in the last five minutes.
FULL-TIME: Valencia CF 1-1 Borussia Dortmund (UCL Group G) [PKM]
Hard-fought and well-won point at the group leaders keeps Dortmund’s destiny in their own hands. By avoiding defeat at home to Standard next Wednesday, they’ll be safely through to the last sixteen though it will take a collapse by Valencia in Poland to turn around the goal difference to progress as Group G winners.
Next up for the treble-winners is the visit of Bayern Munich on Saturday, the second of six matches in seventeen days. Sven Bender looks unlikely to be available for the rest of the calendar year, with initial scans showing ligament damage to his knee after the strong challenge early-on tonight. BVB’s medical staff estimate he’ll be sidelined for 6-7 weeks. Andreas Beck is also a doubt for the weekend after suffering a dead leg late-on.
29.11: Bundesliga Borussia Dortmund v. Bayern Munich (Signal Iduna Park)
03.12: Champions League #6 Dortmund v. Standard Liège (Signal Iduna Park)
06. 12: Bundesliga FSV Mainz v. Borussia Dortmund (Coface Arena)
10.12: Bundesliga Augsburg v. Borussia Dortmund (SGL Arena)
Two dozen BVB players have been selected by their countries for next week’s midweek international friendlies. Nine of those have been chosen by Joachim Löw for Germany’s visit of Colombia in Hamburg on Wednesday 19th.
Seven other players have received senior call-ups, including a début senior cap for Dennis Praet(left) for Belgium’s trip to Turkey. Eight youth players are also set to be in action next week including a first call-up for Jeremy Dudziak for Tunisia U20 after representing Germany at U19 level.
Samy Bourard and Bernd Kandziora have also received their first nods at any international level having been included in the Belgium U19 and Austria U19 (formerly managed by Gray Surman) set-ups respectively.
While the international midweek is regarded by most club managers as an unnecessary distraction at this time of year, Dortmund management have not requested any restrictions on playing time for any of their players, as per Surman’s player policy.
Germany v. Colombia (Friendly) Hamburg, 19 November
* Andreas BECK * Lars BENDER * Sven BENDER
* Mario GÖTZE * Mats HUMMELS * Marco REUS
* Julian SCHIEBER * Marcel SCHMELZER * André SCHÜRRLE
TUE 18 NOVEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES (YOUTH)
* Mustafa AMINI Australia U21 A v Liechtenstein
* Benjamin BELLA Germany U19 H v Wales
* Leo BITTENCOURT Germany U21 H v Iran
* Samy BOURARD Belgium U19 H v New Zealand
* Emiliano MANCINELLI Italy U21 H v South Korea
* Hervé MATTHYS Belgium U19 H v New Zealand
* Jeremy DUDZIAK Tunisia U20 A v Colombia
* Bernd KANDZIORA Austria U19 H v Bosnia
WED 19 NOVEMBER, INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES (SENIOR)
* Andreas BECK Germany H v Colombia
* Lars BENDER Germany H v Colombia
* Sven BENDER Germany H v Colombia
* Viktor FISCHER Denmark A v Slovakia
* Mario GÖTZE Germany H v Colombia
* Mats HUMMELS Germany H v Colombia
* Stevan JOVETIC Montenegro H v Andorra
* Robert LEWANDOWSKI Poland H v Greece
* Heinz LINDNER Austria H v Peru
* Ivan PERISIC Croatia H v Argentina
* Dennis PRAET Belgium A v Turkey
* Marco REUS Germany H v Colombia
* Julian SCHIEBER Germany H v Colombia
* Marcel SCHMELZER Germany H v Colombia
* André SCHÜRRLE Germany H v Colombia
* Neven SUBOTIC Serbia H v Egypt
Twenty-three players have been selected for international duty next week, including nine senior players in Joachim Löw’s German squad to play world champions Brazil in a friendly in Dortmund, before opening their Euro 2016 Qualifying campaign at home to Denmark.
In Löw’s squad are Lars and Sven Bender, Andreas Beck, Mats Hummels, Marcel Schmelzer, Mario Götze, Marco Reus, Julian Schieber, and André Schürrle. The only surprise is Ilkay Gündogan’s inclusion ahead of an in-form Sami Khedira, despite the Manchester United midfielder not enjoying the best of spells at his new club.
Viktor Fischer(left), Stevan Jovetic, Robert Lewandowski, Heinz Lindner, Ivan Perisic, and Neven Subotic have been called-up by their respective countries for the senior squad(s), all of whom are in action on both Friday 5th and Tuesday 9th September.
Dennis Praet and Hervé Matthys have been selected for Belgium U21 and u19 respectively. Mustafa Amini (on loan at Sandhausen) and Koray Günter (at St. Pauli) have received nods for Australia and Turkey U21s respectively. Amongst the club’s youth team, Ibro Beslija (Bosnia) and Emiliano Mancinelli (Italy) are set for U21 action.
04/09: U19 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Luxembourg v. BELGIUM
05/09: SENIOR INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
Belarus v. DENMARK
CROATIA v. Qatar
GERMANY v. Brazil
Hungary v. POLAND
MONTENEGRO v. AUSTRIA
SERBIA v. Argentina
05/09: UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
France v. BELGIUM
GERMANY v. Northern Ireland
Hungary v. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Israel v. ITALY
Ukraine v. TURKEY
08/09: UEFA U21 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
Andorra v. GERMANY
BELGIUM v. United Arab Emirates
BOSNIA v. South Korea
ITALY v. Spain
TURKEY v. Liechtenstein
08/09: U21 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
England v. AUSTRALIA
08/09: U19 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY
GERMANY v. Australia
Spain v. BELGIUM
09/09: UEFA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING
AUSTRIA v. Armenia
CROATIA v. SERBIA
GERMANY v. DENMARK
Lithuania v. MONTENEGRO
Netherlands v. POLAND
Erik Durm and Florian Hübner both played for their loan club Eintracht Braunschweig last night in their 0-1 defeat at Fürth in the German second-tier. Hübner (7.7) had a very good game in the back four, while Durm (6.1) came on as an early substitute but wasn’t able to make his mark on the game.
UEFA have paid the club £2.6m for the Super Cup win yesterday.
Belgian top-flight side Sporting Lokeren are on the verge of a takeover, writes their local media, with local businessman Dimitri Goossens set to make a bid for the club’s chairman position, wiping out the club’s debts in the process.
BVB are represented by four players in the weekend’s Bundesliga Dream Team after the 3-0 win over Werder Bremen on Friday night, with both goalscorers – Mario Götze and Marco Reus – selected, alongside full-backs Andreas Beck and Marcel Schmelzer.
Player of the Week went to TSG Hoffenheim defender Timothy Derijck who captained his side to an opening day win over Nürnberg, with the late match-winner Stephan Fürstner also making the XI.
The XI is completed by Manuel Neuer and Thomas Müller from Bayern Munich, Augsburg’s two-goal hero Edu, Freiburg striker Sebastian Freis, and Mainz defender Jan Kirchoff.
Mario Götze picked up the man-of-the-match yesterday for his two-goal performance in the opening day 3-0 win over Werder Bremen, with the visiting manager Leo Beenhakker commenting in his post-match interview that he “was really impressive, it has to be said.”
Beenhakker also said that he could “only wish for players of the quality of Andreas Beck,” after the Dortmund right-back also put in an impressive performance yesterday, creating the second goal.
Dortmund scouts were watching Marc Hornschuh and Mustafa Amini yesterday, both of whom played for BVB’s feeder club SV Sandhausen in their 3-1 3.Fußball-Liga win over FSV Frankfurt last night which lifts them to second in the table.
Hornschuh (7.1) played well in the back four for Sandhausen, not being at fault for the goal and winning the majority of challenges on the ground and in the air. Amini (6.8) was useful in the midfield, but picked up a caution before being substituted in the 72nd minute.
Thomas Meißner (5.6) came on for the last 35 minutes for Aachen in their 1-3 2.Bundesliga defeat at Kaiserslautern today and had a torrid time, being beaten in the air and for pace by his man. He wasn’t responsible for any of the goals conceded though, with the score already at 3-1 when he came on.
Marcel Deelen will remain at Dortmund for the time being after VfL Oberhausen were forced to pull-out of their proposed loan move for the 20 year-old left-back after being unable to free-up the initial monthly payment. BVB will continue to seek first-team football for Deelen this season.
Bayern Munich got their campaign off to a winning start with a 3-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen today, with a début goal for Olivier Giroud putting them back in front late-on after Stefan Kießbling cancelled out a Toni Kroos equaliser. Thomas Müller drove home a third goal deep into stoppage time.
A full Bundesliga report will be published tomorrow after the Mainz-BMG, and Düsseldorf-Schalke matches. The day’s results are published on the RTFM Vidiprinter.
Léonard Kweuke continues his nomadic journey around Europe, with a move to CSKA Moscow being his fourth club in four seasons, moving from Juventus in a £7.75m deal. Kewuke spent a season at The Old Lady, scoring 5 in 16 after his £5m move from Arsenal in the summer of 2013.
The previous two seasons saw the 27 year-old Cameroon international score 11 in 26 for Sparta Prague before a £3.2m move to Arsenal where he scored 9 in 20.
Seven other players have received senior call-ups, including a début senior cap for 
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