Farewellspiel for TSG Hoffenheim's Samassekou and Akpoguma

On Saturday, the TSG wants to refine one of the best limits of its Bundesliga history with the sixth home win of this season. With another threesome Game Cofferdam to 30 points, only twice she had even more on the account in the season: as an autumn champion in the rise year under Coach Ralf Rang nick (2008/09 with 35 counters) and five years ago under Julian Nagelsmann (2016/17, 31 points). Coach Sebastian Honey is expecting an opponent to Playback, who is certainly not bleeding to self-confidence, whites Honey, but we will certainly not make the mistake and underestimate Playback. This is a team that scored in the direction of international places, and that too Right. And has appropriate staff in the course.

AKPOGUMA plagues of calf problems

In addition to the slightly struck Georgina Butter and Angelo Stiller, the 39-year-old must also be the use of Kevin Akpoguma, which has taken the calf problems from Leverkusen (2: 2). Either way it will be a temporary farewell game for the German-Nigerian on Saturday. For Nigeria's national player will not be like the other years on January 2 to the training launch in the new year as well as Divide Samassekou (Mali), as well as the other colleagues on 2 January. Instead, they will partly even start a preparation with their national team this year, Honey revealed, and then it depends on how long they remain in the tournament.

Safe is that Akpoguma and Samassekou miss the league games against FC Augsburg (8.1.) And at Union Berlin (15.1.) And also missing in the CALDWELL with the SC Freiburg (19.1.). On the same day, Akpoguma still challenged with Nigeria in the last group game, then Samassekou with Mali. Even in the event of an early departure from the tournament, it is therefore also a use in the following home game of the TSG against Dortmund (22.1.) Unrealistic.

In the case of Cofferdam sight worst case even the two weeks later might be affected in Mainz (5.2.), But Akpoguma and Samassezou would have to come far and with their teams to the semi-finals of the Afrikaans (2nd/3. February or even in the final (6.2.)

Cofferdam's third Africans, the Ghana er Karim Adams, is likely to play a role in the planning of his national trainer as well as in those of Honey. The last country of the center-back, for which a new club is to be found again in winter, is already over a year.