Tiny Elversberg 'leave Earth's orbit' as Bayern come to town
Elversberg have won two straight, including a 3-2 upset of Bayer Leverkusen, and will trail Bayern by two points at kickoff.
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It is the preliminary highlight of an unlikely high flight: the brave climber SV Elversberg receives the pursuer FC Bayern. The forecast is: 0:0 will not go out of this game.
Tiny Elversberg 'leave Earth's orbit' as Bayern come to town
Elversberg, a village with a population of just 13,000 and no train station, became the smallest in German league history to host a top-flight side this season. The minnows have not been awed by the bright lights, either. Elversberg have won two from two this season, including a 3-2 win over 2023-24 double winners Bayer Leverkusen to open their maiden top-flight campaign. Club technical director Josef Welzmueller credited hard work rather than…
Of the German giants, only Borussia Dortmund has a 100% points record after two games of the new Bundesliga season, and they host Paderborn in the third round on Saturday afternoon. Bayern Munich, who drew 0-0 with Stuttgart in the previous round, travel to Elversberg on Sunday. The newcomers to the first division have defeated Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach in their first two games.
FC Bayern as an outsider against SV Elversberg? What sounds rather absurd at first glance is not completely out of the air, at least with a view of the current Bundesliga table. Joshua Kimmich used the starting position before the duel on Sunday for an unusual announcement. "We are behind Elversberg at the moment. You already have seven boxes [...] The post "We are behind Elversberg: Kimmich suddenly makes Bavaria an underdog appeared first on F…
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