Le Bayern Munich a communiqué ce jeudi sur la blessure au mollet gauche de son milieu Konrad Laimer, dont l'indisponibilité n'a pas été fixée.

Amid grumbles, a winless run and negative banners, there are signs of life for Köln despite a 3-1 loss to the champions

We didn’t see this coming, and not only because of the fog of pyro lingering over the RheinEnergieSTADION field that furnished us with 11 minutes of first-half stoppage time. In October’s equivalent fixture in the DFB Pokal, Köln had really rattled Bayern Munich in the first half and even taken the lead through Ragnar Ache – and still ended up on the wrong end of a 4-1 scoreline.

The world around Geißbockheim has not been a particularly happy place since. Effzeh came into this Englische Woche on a run of seven games without a win, which was even harder to swallow after an extremely promising start. Worse still, head coach Lukas Kwasniok – who started this season embracing the city and the club’s spirit with his wearing of replica shirts on the touchline – was recently targeted by Köln fans in Saturday’s draw at Heidenheim, with a banner reading “Kwasni Yok” (“yok” being no in Turkish), credited to the Wilde Horde ultras group.

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• Inter 1-0 Lecce, Cologne 1-3 Bayern Munich

• Ajax thrashed 6-0 by AZ Alkmaar in Dutch Cup

Francesco Pio Esposito was the hero for Inter, the substitute’s 78th-minute goal earning a 1-0 home win over lowly Lecce to boost their title hopes.

The Serie A leaders laboured against stubborn opposition before Esposito scored from a rebound with 12 minutes remaining. Inter move six points clear of Milan and Napoli with victory in what could be a major turning point in this season’s title race.

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Interrogé samedi sur les déclarations de Lennart Karl expliquant qu'il se voyait rejoindre un jour le Real Madrid, Vincent Kompany a désamorcé la polémique en insistant sur l'attitude à l'entraînement du joueur de 17 ans.

L'entraîneur du Bayern Munich Vincent Kompany a encensé son défenseur central Dayot Upamecano, l'un des hommes forts du leader de Bundesliga cette saison. En fin de contrat en juin, le Français est sur le point de prolonger avec le club qu'il a rejoint à l'été 2021.