Nico Schlotterbeck has taken another important step toward his return, with the Borussia Dortmund vice-captain back on the training pitch for individual work with the ball. Dortmund confirmed that Schlotterbeck completed his first individual sessions on Wednesday, although there is still no indication that he is ready to return to team training.

Borussia Dortmund have named their squad for the new Champions League season - and the captain is not on board.

BVB in introducing a new ERP system, Salesforce-based single sign-on, and the implementation of a supplier portal. In addition, the two partners developed a holistic system architecture with an integrating software layer for seamless communication between applications and databases.

The Bundesliga title may have eluded Borussia Dortmund, but Niko Kovac's side have secured Champions League football for next season.

Newcastle would probably have liked to offset Nick Woltemade in a transfer involving Felix Nmecha, but Borussia Dortmund scuppered a possible swap.

After recovering from the flu, Melanie Schuster was back in the squad. As Marina Scholz was still struggling with a bruise, Markus Högner once again had to do without the attacking player at Sportpark Risthaus. The coach opted for the same starting lineup as the previous week against Arminia Bielefeld.

With Alexander Meyer, who was born just outside Hamburg, in goal and a total of seven personnel changes compared to the Bundesliga match against HSV (2:0), BVB controlled the game and created chances

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