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Woods-Manning triumph in star-studded match, raise $20mn for charity PAGE 12 TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2020 No home rule: Bayern out to show Dortmund who’s boss AFP groin strain while centre-back BERLIN Jerome Boateng picked up a leg Today’s Fixtures knock on Saturday. BAYERN Munich aim to con- Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Having beaten Bayern 2-0 tinue the Bundesliga’s current Munchen (7.30pm Qatar time), at home in the pre-season Su- trend of teams winning on the per Cup match last August and road behind closed doors when Bayer Leverkusen v VfL Wolfs- 3-2 in the league in November they face Borussia Dortmund burg, Eintracht (9.30pm), 2018, Dortmund are eager to in a potential title decider on Frankfurt v Freiburg (9.30pm), again send the Bavarians home Tuesday. disappointed. Leaders Bayern arrive at Werder Bremen v Bor. Moe- “I hope we can get the next second-placed Dortmund four nchengladbach (9.30pm) victory,” said Dortmund’s Swiss points clear and on course for centre-back Manuel Akanji. an eighth straight title. “Since I’ve been here, we’ve “For us this is a very deci- among only three clubs -- the empty on Tuesday. always lost to Bayern away, but sive week,” insisted Bayern for- other being Hertha Berlin who “It will still be a hard day’s won at home. I want to keep ward Thomas Mueller. thrashed neighbours FC Union work,” Mueller added. this series going.” “We’ve clearly set ourselves 4-0 on Friday -- to have won at “We’re marching, Dort- England winger Jadon San- the goal of three victories this home since the restart. mund is marching.” cho came off the bench to set up week and taking a giant step Hansi Flick’s Bayern are Dortmund winger Raphael Achrif Hakimi for the second forward” towards the league eager to continue the trend and Guerreiro is in form with three goal in Wolfsburg. title. Bayern warmed-up by again assert their dominance goals in his last two games and Dortmund coach Lucien beating Eintracht Frankfurt 5-2 over Dortmund, who they rout- was on the scoresheet in Satur- Favre has hinted the 20-year- at the weekend and also host ed 4-0 in Munich last Novem- day’s 2-0 win at Wolfsburg. old could start against Bayern. relegation-threatened Fortuna ber. The Portugal star also net- On Wednesday, third- Duesseldorf this Saturday. “We’re looking forward to ted twice in the 4-0 rout of placed RB Leipzig host Hertha Since the Bundesliga re- Tuesday - I hope that we can arch rivals Schalke the previous Berlin in the day’s key game. sumed ten days ago, behind show what makes us strong and weekend in the Ruhr derby. Germany striker Timo Wer- locked doors due to the coro- leave Dortmund’s stadium with Dortmund are waiting on ner warmed up with a hat-trick navirus, home advantage has a smile,” added Mueller. the fitness of key defender Mats in Sunday’s 5-0 thumping of counted for little with 10 of the Signal Iduna Park would Hummels, who injured his Mainz. 18 games played won by the normally be packed with Achilles’ tendon at Wolfsburg. He had also scored a hat- Bayern Munich’s German midfielder Serge Gnabry (centre) and Canadian midfielder Alphonso Davies away team. 82,000 fans for a visit of Bay- In the Bayern camp, mid- trick in an 8-0 mauling of celebrate their fifth goal during the match against Eintracht Frankfurt in Munich last Saturday.(AFP) Bayern and Dortmund are ern, but the terraces will remain fielder ThiagoA lcantara has a Mainz last November. Marseille fans blast board’s Young pretender Erling Haaland takes on ‘ruinous management’ AFP After listing further griev- master Robert Lewandowski for first time MARSEILLE ances the letter concluded: “For these reasons the option AFP Before the Champions League was “He’s one of those guys who’s re- ple records with his remarkable burst SUPPORTERS groups of of letting the club have this BERLIN suspended in March due to the coronavi- ally into training,” Dortmund defender against Wolfsburg five years ago and French Ligue 1 club Marseille money no longer seems to us rus, Haaland was second only to Lewan- Mats Hummels said of Haaland, who also scored four goals when a Dortmund united on Monday in castigat- the obvious thing to do. ONE of world football’s fastest-rising dowski in the competition’s goalscoring has a habit of giving short answers in player in the 2013 Champions League ing the board for what they “Is it really up to us to shore young stars goes head-to-head with one charts, one behind the Pole’s tally of 11. interviews. semi-final first leg againstR eal Madrid. called “years of ruinous man- up the incompetence of our di- of its most accomplished goalscorers on Lewandowski’s haul included four “I like the way he approaches work at Like Haaland, Lewandowski’s first agement”. rectors or the shortcomings of Tuesday as Erling Braut Haaland goals in just 14 second-half minutes dur- his age,” Hummels added. major European club was Dort- In a joint statement they our players? and Robert Lewandowski face off ing a 6-0 group-stage rout of Red Star Lewandowski is known for prefer- mund, who he joined as a raw also criticised the system of re- “Management get out! for the first time. Belgrade last November, bringing back ring to spend time in the gym rather 20-year-old in 2010 from Pol- funds for seat-holders deprived Come on Marseille!” Borussia Dortmund host memories of his astonishing five goals than on the red carpet. ish side Lech Poznan for a fee of matches after the Ligue 1 The fans’ attack comes at a Bundesliga leaders Bayern in nine minutes against Wolfsburg in “In his head, he thinks about the of 4.5 million euros ($4.9 season was ended prematurely turbulent time for the 1993 Eu- Munich in a top-of-the-table 2015. right food, sleep and training: 24 million). due to the coronavirus pan- ropean champions following clash which will see 19-year- Haaland scored eight goals for hours a day,” former Bayern coach He also wasted demic. the departure of coach Andre old Haaland and the man Salzburg in the group stage and two Pep Guardiola said. little time in break- One option proposed by the Villas-Boas’s sporting director 12 years his senior both for Dortmund in their last-16 defeat “He is always there, never ing into the side American-owned club, which and right-hand man, Andoni try to maintain remark- by Paris Saint-Germain. injured, because he focuses and helped Dort- has qualified for next season’s Zubizarreta. able runs of form. Lewandowski has netted 27 on these things.” mund win the 2011 Champions League, was for On Sunday club president Both players have goals in 25 Bundesliga matches That focus perhaps and 2012 Bundes- ticket holders to forgo a refund Jacques-Henri Eyraud an- scored exactly 41 goals in and is on track to be crowned the allows the pair to be so liga titles under and donate the money instead nounced via social media his 35 matches in all competi- league’s top-scorer for the fifth ruthless in front of goal. Jurgen Klopp. He to help its finances. intention to hire a “business di- tions this season, although time in 10 seasons. In January, Haal- memorably scored “It seemed logical to us a rector” and his determination Haaland only joined Dort- Haaland has netted 10 league and became the first a hat-trick against future month ago to give this money to build up the club despite all mund in January from Aus- goals in as many games but his ra- player to score a hat- employers Bayern in a 5-2 to the club to help it through the current problems. trian club Red Bull Salzburg. tio -- a goal every 69 minutes -- is trick as a substitute on their Bun- German Cup final thrash- a difficult period,” the fans Last week Marseille said Bayern coach Hansi Flick, even better than Lewandowski’s desliga debut, and was also the ing in 2012. wrote. they had offered Villas-Boas whose side are four points 82 minutes. third-youngest player, behind Haaland has taken “However information a two-year contract extension clear of Dortmund, believes Wayne Rooney and Raul, to score to life in Dortmund even since then has led us to ques- amid widespread reports that close comparisons between DISCREET OFF THE PITCH a Champions League treble, aged 19 more quickly than Lewan- tion this. It’s clear that we are the former Porto, Chelsea and the two are premature, but Both Haaland and Lewan- years and 58 days, last September. dowski, though, scoring 13 in financial difficulty due to Tottenham coach is set to leave acknowledged Haaland’s dowski are discreet about their Lewandowski is also remem- goals in his first 13 games for years of ruinous management. after just one season in charge. obvious ability. lives off the pitch and appear hap- bered for some jaw-dropping indi- the club, including the first goal “It’s easy to ask for financial Villas-Boas, who is popular “Haaland is in his first pier to let their goalscoring feats vidual performances of the resumed season in a 4-0 win support from fans...while at the with supporters, is not believed season... Robert has been speak for themselves.