Bayer, Dortmund, Leipzig, this month is no easy task either - as you can see! We still in the running for 4th place and we have a serious shot a silverware so we just have to keep going!
01.04.28, Bundesliga, Bayer
This was a tight game that could have gone either way. It was Bayer though who showed more of a cutting edge and claimed the points with two second-half goals. It’s doubly-frustrating as two of the goals were poor individual errors on our part. Only 1 point separates us from Dortmund now. Squeaky-*** time approaches…
06.04.28, Euro Cup II QF, Brugge
It wasn’t the demolition that I’d hoped for but Ceszaros popped up with his first European goals for the club to give us a secure lead into the second leg. I won’t risk a complete reserve side but I think I can make a few swaps without sweating too much!
09.04.28, Bundesliga, Berlin
It wasn’t pretty but it was a win. The goals were a scrappy corner and a penalty but it marks our first league post-Europe this year. We will face Italian side Atlanta in the semi's.
13.04.28, Euro Cup II QF, Brugge
With the Dortmund game coming up next, I put out a second string here (bar the centre-halves) in the end and it nearly cost me. Brugge got two second-half goals that took us into extra-time. I thought the game was going to go to penalties but, in the last minute of injury-time in extra time, Chevalier picked the ball up from 25 yards out and smashed a beauty into the corner to save the tie! Atlanta will be the team we face in the semi's.
15.04.28, Bundesliga, Dortmund
What a game! Our backline were on their knees playing Thursday/Saturday but they fought through and blocked anything Dortmund could throw at us. I thought we were heading for a draw and was ready to take that as a positive result when a stunning cross by Lainez found Diatta at the far post and we snatched the goal. In the 92nd minute, there were heroics at the other end when Passlack headed a superb corner off the line. We’re now three points clear of Hoffenhiem who climb up to 5th. Four games to go!
23.04.28, Bundesliga, Leipzig
If beating Dortmund was a dream come true, this was the nightmare to go with it! We were shambolically poor – the worst performance of the season by far. This was not helped by having Gonzalez out on a yellow card ban and Passlack injured. We’re now level on points with Hoff and have lost all but one of our goal difference advantage. I’ll have no nails left soon…
27.04.28, Euro Cup II SF, Atlanta
This was a good game. We controlled it well and came away with one foot in the final. The highlight of the match was a beauty of a free kick scored by second RB Brahmann.
Three games to go, ahead only on goal difference, I'll be through the nails and chewing on bone before this season comes to an end!