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Bundesliga Teams Kick Off Pre-Season with Dress Rehearsals
As the Bundesliga gears up for the start of competitive play, several clubs held dress rehearsals over the weekend to fine-tune their strategies and tactics. However, detailed results and analysis for VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Union Berlin, RB Leipzig, Werder Bremen, and Eintracht Frankfurt in these pre-season friendlies are not readily available.
Borussia Dortmund, another Bundesliga powerhouse, took on FC Augsburg in a dress rehearsal match, emerging victorious with a convincing 4-0 win. Marco Reus, Erling Haaland, and Jude Bellingham were among the scorers for Dortmund, with Bellingham netting a brace. Gregor Kobel, Dortmund's goalkeeper, was unfortunately sidelined due to injury, missing out on the action.
FC Augsburg, a fellow Bundesliga club, did not fare as well against Dortmund, but their next match is not specified in the available reports.
Meanwhile, VfB Stuttgart, the current DFB Cup winners, are scheduled to face Bayern Munich in the 2025 Franz Beckenbauer Supercup. Stuttgart did suffer a loss in one of their dress rehearsals, going down to Bologna.
- FC Union Berlin, another Bundesliga team, will be facing VfB Stuttgart in the league opener in two weeks. Union Berlin did face Olympiakos Piraeus, a club based in Greece, in a pre-season friendly, but the exact result is not clear. Union Berlin also suffered a 0:1 defeat against Olympiakos, but it is not certain if this match was part of the dress rehearsals.
Elsewhere, RB Leipzig lost to Lens, a French club, in their dress rehearsal, while Werder Bremen was defeated by Udinese Calcio, an Italian club. Eintracht Frankfurt, a Champions League participant, lost to Fulham during their dress rehearsal.
Bayern Munich's pre-season friendlies are well documented with wins and no recorded losses so far. The league opener for 1. FC Union Berlin is scheduled in two weeks, and Borussia Dortmund's next match will be against FC Bayern Munich, although the date is not specified.
For those interested in keeping up with the latest on these teams’ pre-season performances, I can help track updated official Bundesliga sites or club-specific channels for the most recent news.
- Following their pre-season friendly against Olympiakos Piraeus, 1. FC Union Berlin will be facing VfB Stuttgart in the Bundesliga league opener in two weeks, aiming to secure a better outcome than their 0:1 defeat against the Greek club.
- In European leagues, Eintracht Frankfurt, a Champions League participant, suffered a loss during their dress rehearsal against Fulham, while RB Leipzig and Werder Bremen faced defeats from Lens (France) and Udinese Calcio (Italy), respectively.
