Zelensky ‘Agrees’ To Engage On US Plan To End War, Features Territorial Concessions

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A man suspected of breaking into and staying overnight in an unoccupied room at the Quality Inn in Chesterton was tracked to and arrested at a Comfort Inn in Porter Tuesday, police said.

Abdullah Zegar, 47, of Homer Glen, Illinois, is charged with a Level 4 felony of burglary of a dwelling and a misdemeanor theft charge.

During the course of their investigation, Chesterton Police detectives found that Zegar had been arrested last month for a similar incident involving a hotel room in Traverse City, Michigan.

Suspicions were initially raised at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday when a Quality Inn employee found that a room was locked from the inside where no one was registered.

When the room’s window was checked from the outside, an employee “noticed movement behind the curtains,” police said.

“Moments later, the male exited the room, ignored the hotel owner’s attempts to question him, and fled on foot toward Roberts Road,” the police report said.

Chesterton Police detectives reviewed surveillance video from an area business and were able to see a man, matching the description of the one who fled the Quality Inn, enter a maroon sedan and drive off.

Using the Flock Safety license plate readers, police were able to track the man, identified as Zegar, to the Comfort Inn on U.S. 20 in Porter.

Zegar was arrested without incident in the pool area of the Comfort Inn.

When he was questioned by detectives, Zegar admitted to entering the Quality Inn guest room through a rear window where the screen had been found removed. The suspect also acknowledged staying in the room overnight without registering as a guest or paying for the room, police said.

Chesterton Police Chief Tim Richardson credits the police force for their quick response and exceptional teamwork, with the aid of the license plate reader cameras, in resolving the case so rapidly.

Zegar had lodging Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Porter County Jail. He was slated for an initial hearing in Porter Superior Court 5 Thursday, when bond would be set.

Jim Woods is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.

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The Chicago Bears embarked on a new era in February 2023 with the purchase of a site in Arlington Heights where the team hopes to build a new enclosed stadium with a massive entertainment and residential development.

In April 2024, the team laid out elaborate plans for a new publicly owned domed stadium, but now, the storied NFL franchise’s sights are focused on the northwest suburbs.

Here’s what to know about the long road to a new stadium.

The latest news

Fans cheer during the first half of the Bears season opener against the Atlanta Falcons at Soldier Field, Sept. 10, 2017, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

Most Chicagoans want the Bears to stay in their city — but don’t want to spend public money to keep them, a new survey has found.

More than two-thirds of those surveyed, 68%, said it was important to keep the team in Chicago, but an almost equal number, 65%, said the local government should spend no money to keep the team in the city. Another 28% supported a moderate level of public funding. Only 7% said the city should spend significant amounts on the effort.

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News from Arlington Heights

The Bears released an economic impact report that included architectural renderings of the proposed stadium in Arlington Heights on Sept. 30, 2025. (MANICA Architecture)

Construction of a new Bears stadium in Arlington Heights would generate thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity, but would also require substantial taxpayer support for infrastructure, according to team projections released on Sept. 30.

Infrastructure such as entrance and exit ramps from near Route 53 and changes to the adjacent Metra train line would cost $855 million in public funds, the team’s consultant estimated in its report. The report attempts to assuage concerns about the price tag by pointing to gross state tax revenues of almost $1.3 billion over 40 years, according to projections from HR&A Advisors, Inc.

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Kevin Warren all but shuts the door on the Bears staying in Chicago

Chicago Bears President Kevin Warren looks around Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London before the start of a game between the Chicago Bears and the Jacksonville Jaguars on Oct. 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)

The Bears all but slammed the door on building an enclosed stadium in the city, with team president Kevin Warren writing in a letter to fans on Sept. 8 that the team’s “future home” is in Arlington Heights.

“Moving outside of the city of Chicago is not a decision we reached easily,” Warren said. “This project does not represent us leaving, it represents us expanding. The Bears draw fans from all over Illinois, and over 50 percent of our season-ticket holders live within 25 miles of the Arlington Heights site.”

Warren made it clear the team is committed to building a stadium, saying “this is the year” to finalize plans so the team could bid to host a Super Bowl “as soon as 2031.” He said the stadium would “require zero state money for construction,” but the team would need the legislature to pass a bill in October to start construction this year.

Arlington Park’s rebirth

One week before his inauguration as the new mayor of Arlington Heights, Jim Tinaglia walked through the downtown streets he’s called home for more than 50 years. What was once a “sleepy little town,” as he described it, has become a bustling community, a place Tinaglia has had a hand in building, himself, through his work as an architect.

He’d built “at least a dozen” places here over the past 35 years.

If there’d been a constant amid all the growth in one of Chicago’s largest suburbs it was probably the horse racing track a little ways northwest of downtown, the one now locked away and waiting for new life. For decades, Arlington Park had been a deeply-ingrained part of the culture here, and a source of pride.

Incoming mayor Jim Tinaglia in downtown Arlington Heights on April 28, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune)

“Our identity,” Tinaglia said of the track. “For 100 years.”

Now it will be his mission to lead Arlington Park’s rebirth — to complete the long, winding journey of bringing the Bears to Arlington Heights. It’s a large part of why he ran for mayor, and also why he believes he was elected: to finish a deal that has proven elusive since a rush of early momentum, and to help convince Bears leadership, once and for all, that they should move from Chicago to the northwest suburbs.

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A domed stadium on the Chicago lakefront?

Warren envisions a stadium just south of the Bears’ current home at Soldier Field, on the site of what is now a parking lot. The facility would seat about 65,000 for football, with standing room up to 70,000, and a capacity of 77,000 for basketball.

Unlike Soldier Field, it could hold events year-round, including concerts, soccer, college basketball playoffs, or, once in a great while, the Super Bowl.

Soldier Field would be torn down, but its colonnades would be saved and 14 acres of athletic fields and open space added in between and to the north of the colonnades, for use by local sports teams, graduations and other events. If approved this year, the stadium would open in 2028.

The Bears say they would pay $2 billion, a huge private investment, plus $300 million requested from the NFL. The rest of the $3.2 billion cost of the stadium alone would be paid with $900 million from the state. The team said another $325 million would be needed for infrastructure, including improved road access and utilities as part of up to $1.5 billion for full build-out with extras like a hotel.

The public money would be borrowed through bonds issued by the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, or ISFA, which previously financed construction of Guaranteed Rate Field, where the White Sox play, and the 2003 renovation of Soldier Field. The bonds are to be repaid over 40 years by the city’s 2% hotel tax.

“I remain skeptical about this proposal, and I wonder whether it’s a good deal for the taxpayers,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said. “There are a lot of priorities that the state has, and I’m not sure that this is among the highest priorities for taxpayers.”

Friends of the Parks, a not-for-profit group that advocates for the city’s Lakefront Protection ordinance, which limits the lakefront to public use, criticized the stadium plan as rushed and not transparent, comparing it in a statement to other faltering mega-developments like The 78 and Lincoln Yards.

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Could Indiana be an option?

The Indiana legislature moved a bill aimed at attracting the Bears to Northwest Indiana just yards from the end zone, with final approval by the Senate on April 9.

House Bill 1292, authored by Rep. Earl Harris, D-East Chicago, would establish a Northwest Indiana professional development commission and a professional sports development fund. The commission would be tasked with exploring and implementing strategies to attract one or more sports franchises to Northwest Indiana, Harris said.

The bill passed the Senate 46-2.

“The Bears are the big boy, so that has received the most attention,” Harris said. “Honestly, I would love it if the Bears moved their location over to Northwest Indiana, but we are open to any sport.”

What about another site in Chicago?

The former Michael Reese Hospital site, between a truck marshaling yard and Prairie Shores apartments on April 26, 2023. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

The Bears are reconsidering the former Michael Reese Hospital site as a potential location for a new stadium, a source said, but the team remains focused on the lakefront.

The team is open to any alternative that would work, but officials have said previously that the former hospital site was unworkable because it’s next to Metra train tracks that pose a security risk. The 49-acre site is limited because it’s long and skinny, sandwiched between the tracks and DuSable Lake Shore Drive on the east, apartments on the west, 31st Street on the south and the Stevenson Expressway to the north.

The advantage of the site is that it’s mostly open land, not far from the Loop and the lake, and next to McCormick Place Convention Center. It would also avoid a legal fight over the Bears’ proposal to build a $3.2 billion roofed stadium on the lake to replace the team’s current home in Soldier Field.

Other options in Illinois

Other cities and municipalities around Illinois have previously expressed interest in talking to the Bears about a future stadium.

Naperville

Naperville Mayor Scott Wehrli wants to develop underused properties along the Interstate 88 tollway, where the former BP Amoco site would be more than big enough at 187 acres.

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Waukegan

Waukegan Mayor Ann Taylor said several locations have the space for a stadium and entertainment area with access to Interstate 94, U.S. Route 41 and public transportation. The Bears already train in Lake Forest, nine miles south of Waukegan.

Aurora

In a letter from Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin to the Bears, he touts Aurora’s history, location and track record of getting developments done. The letter comes on the heels of President/CEO Kevin Warren saying recently that the Bears are “in a position to start exploring other places and opportunities and no longer considers Arlington Heights as a singular focus.”

Rockford

State Rep. Dave Vella, a Democrat from Rockford, told the Tribune he’d like his city to have a chance at bringing the Bears there. While acknowledging that Rockford is 90 miles from Chicago, he touted Rockford’s transportation development and how that could be used at Bears fans’ convenience.

Richton Park

Richton Park Mayor Rick Reinbold touted large expanses of available land and the south suburb’s proximity to highways and the Metra Electric Line: “Allow me to interest you in greenfield opportunities awaiting the Bears in Richton Park!”

Country Club Hills

Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon is encouraging the football team to consider Country Club Hills, throwing what her office described as a “Hail Mary pass” to encourage the team to consider the south suburb. “We’re taking our shot in the dark here,” Country Club Hills Mayor James Ford said.

What would happen to Soldier Field without the Bears?

The divorce is far from a foregone conclusion — the Bears have simply taken the next step, one they’ve been telegraphing for over a year.

If the team leaves Soldier Field, Friends of the Parks Executive Director Juanita Irizarry said she hopes the stadium can host many more concerts each year, easing the increasingly controversial burden on neighborhood parks for big musical events such as Riot Fest in Douglass Park and the recently announced Re:SET festival in Riis Park.

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What’s the history of the team in Chicago?

While the Bears have called Soldier Field home since 1971, the team has discussed or proposed playing its games elsewhere throughout much of the last 50 years.

Wrigley Field served as the original home venue for the team when it moved to Chicago in 1921 and remained there through 1970. The team won nearly 70% of its home games during that span.

But the Bears were forced to find a new home after the American Football League merged with the National Football League and required stadiums to seat at least 50,000 fans. The team played its last game at Wrigley Field on Dec. 13, 1970, beating the Packers 35-17.

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Why Arlington Heights?

Arlington Park International Racecourse on Oct. 6, 2021, in Arlington Heights. The Chicago Bears have signed a purchase agreement for Arlington International Racecourse, the near-century-old facility that likely hosted its final horse race.

If the Bears dare to dream big about a new stadium in Arlington Heights, they can find inspiration in SoFi Stadium, the new star attraction of the NFL.

The league’s largest and most expensive arena and the site of the Super Bowl, SoFi, just outside Los Angeles, is overwhelming fans with its sweeping curves and epic scale. The stadium and its development highlight certain parallels to the Bears’ proposal to buy and redevelop Arlington International Racecourse. Both reflect desires to leave century-old stadiums and home cities for vast sites that allow for planned enclaves of surrounding restaurants, hotels, offices, stores and homes.

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What are fans saying?

Fans settle into their seats prior to the start of a game between the Bears and Lions at Soldier Field on Oct. 3, 2021.

Some fans expressed a draft day-like optimism that better days are ahead. They dreamed openly of shorter concessions, easier parking, better tailgating opportunities and a domed stadium that protected them from biting winter winds.

“I’ve been to multiple stadiums in the NFL and Soldier Field does not compete with any of them,” Bears season ticket holder Neal Shah of Wheaton said. “On game days, the television crews show an aerial view of the stadium, which is beautiful, but the logistics are terrible.”

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Portage Mayor Austin Bonta, ever fond of analogies, said Wednesday he’s in his sophomore year in office.

Bonta, in his State of the City speech Wednesday before the Portage Economic Development Corp., said his first year was devoted to making changes in real time. This year is more of a planning year.

It’s also a learning year, both for him and for residents.

Bonta, calling himself “a big government nerd,” began as a special education teacher in 2018-19, teaching reading to students with a reading level that ranged from first grade to fifth grade, all in a single class. He settled on a third-grade-level book about a gorilla in a shopping mall that realizes it doesn’t belong there, he said.

Now he’s teaching government lessons to residents, and not just those in Portage.

He’ll get a call about a pothole on a street he’s never heard of. That’s because it’s in Ogden Dunes or South Haven. He’ll point the caller in the right direction so their issue can be addressed by the appropriate local government.

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta speaks to local officials during his State of the City address at Woodland Park on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Bonta writes long social media posts explaining to people how issues like zoning work, so he can let his inner government nerd self educate others about how local government works and how they can get involved.

Next year, they’ll have plenty of opportunity to get involved as the city begins work on the comprehensive plan he campaigned hard for.

But he’s learning from others, too.

Earlier this year, someone stole a traffic sign that read, “Deaf child in area.”

“What a terrible thing to do,” he thought.

“We make our signs in-house, so we had a new sign up there lickety-split,” Bonta said.

Portage Township Schools Superintendent Amanda Alaniz, on right, listens as Portage Mayor Austin Bonta recognizes her during the State of the City address at Woodland Park on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

The police solved this case, tracking down the thief who lives in Ohio and sending him a letter asking him to return the sign.

Guess what? The man who stole the sign was the deaf child for whom that sign was originally posted. “Man, that’s a twist I did not see coming,” Bonta said.

He asked second-graders whether the man should be allowed to keep the sign. And he learned there should be a record of when signs like that are put up so they can be taken down when they’re no longer needed.

Bonta also learned the city’s fire department was only taking in 21% of the money it should be receiving for ambulance runs. That’s since improved dramatically.

When receiving applications for the park superintendent job – spoiler alert: Kelly Smith was hired – he saw some of the resumes indicated marina experience. “Turns out a park department can own a marina,” he said.

Portage is in the process of bringing the city’s marina under the parks department umbrella. That will make operations more efficient and bring in added revenue for the parks, he said.

Porter County voters long ago rejected the casino that could have been built in Portage, so the city’s Port Authority doesn’t have the same authority as the ones in Hammond, East Chicago, Gary and Michigan City, he noted.

Bonta is also shifting toward a public works system, bringing together the streets, sanitation and utilities department. That will create a public works department that is more efficient and flexible with staffing, resources and equipment – and have multiple funding sources, he said.

On the city’s north side, the Redevelopment Commission is building a bridge – literally – to transit-oriented development near the Portage/Ogden Dunes South Shore Line station.

“We’re working full speed ahead on building a bridge over Burns Waterway,” he said. That will facilitate vehicular traffic as well as bike and pedestrian use.

Portage Fire Chief Chris Crail listens as Portage Mayor Austin Bonta speaks during the State of the City address at Woodland Park on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

The road will be renamed Hillcrest Road, part of the Hillcrest community to be built there.

“Our Redevelopment Commission spent a lot of time to essentially put together all the different pieces of land north of Burns Waterway and south of U.S. 12,” Bonta said.

The RDC has been busy on the city’s downtown plan, too.

“We had a downtown; it’s just that the city knocked down half of it,” he said, referring to the east side of Portage Mall.

Now the city is trying to buy parking lots in front of the remaining side of the strip mall to transform the parking lot into a street. An alley will be behind the buildings.

“It’s not going to be a sore thumb; it’s going to be a crown jewel,” Bonta said.

That will go a long way toward the dreams of a walkable downtown that’s conducive to business and more events, he said.

The city is investing in paying attention to underground infrastructure, too.

Raising utility rates “was not the most fun thing to deal with at the beginning of the year,” Bonta said, but necessary to secure financing for massive repairs to the city’s wastewater treatment plant, sewer lines and lift stations. Among the construction projects is a new interceptor line for the north side. Think of it as a large artery for sewage.

Portage Mayor Austin Bonta speaks during his State of the City address at Woodland Park on Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

The work is necessary for the state’s 24th-largest city to cope with growing pains.

“It’s not from what’s coming; it’s from what came in the last 20 years,” he said.

Just this month, the city finished the process of creating residential tax increment financing districts for five new subdivisions to get money for public safety needs, as well as infrastructure there.

Portage Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Andy Maletta said Bonta has been instrumental in the “Portage energy” he has been talking about. “I think this energy was always there, but I think it was hidden under a rock,” he said. It needed a spark, and “we went out and got a flamethrower” with Bonta as mayor, he said.

Doug Ross is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.

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Watch: Sam Harris Blames Trump ‘Cult’ For Kirk Assassination

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Thu, 11/20/2025 – 12:00

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Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday sought to head off concerns about public transit safety in the wake of a man accused of lighting a woman on fire on the CTA Blue Line.

Asked at an unrelated West Side news conference whether the alleged attacker should have been out on the street, Johnson did not say directly but maintained the act of violence was not “some sort of trend.”

“The level of accountability that has to happen in this moment, I trust that the federal level will do its part,” Johnson said, before stressing, “All I can say is that as awful and as horrific as this tragedy is, this is an isolated incident. As we continue to invest more in our public transportation system, we want people to feel safe as they ride.”

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged Lawrence Reed with terrorism against a mass transportation system in the apparently unprovoked attack. The 50-year-old was arrested while on pretrial release for an aggravated battery case and has several prior cases in his criminal history.

Prosecutors said Reed approached a young woman on a Blue Line train late Monday, took out an iced tea bottle and poured clear liquid onto her head, then he set her on fire.

Chris Amon, special agent in charge of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Chicago, said Wednesday that given Reed’s extensive criminal record, he had “no business being on the streets.”

Lawrence Reed, 50, faces a federal charge after he allegedly poured gasoline on a 26-year-old woman riding a CTA Blue Line train and set her on fire, police said. (U.S. District Court)

“Reed had plenty of second chances by the criminal justice system, and as a result we have an innocent victim in the hospital fighting for her life,” Amon said at a news conference after the charge was filed.

Reed is set to have a detention hearing Friday, and federal prosecutors said they would lay out his criminal background then.

Johnson has tried to convince residents that CTA trains are safe, in the face of flagging ridership numbers since the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Blue Line attack has already drawn the ire of White House officials who have frequently targeted blue cities’ public transit safety.

The CTA’s acting president, Nora Leerhsen, defended the agency’s safety practices in a letter to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy last month, claiming crime on the Blue Line specifically had dropped 30% over last year, and overall CTA crime was down 12% over 2022 levels.

Data analyzed by the Tribune showed that there were seven homicides and eight shootings on the CTA between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30, this year, down from nine homicides and 14 shootings during the same time period in 2022.

Robberies dropped from 414 to 364 and thefts decreased from 725 in 2022 to 560 in 2025 for the first nine months of each year. The number of criminal sexual assaults logged on CTA property increased by one during the two reporting periods in 2022 and 2025.

Reed is also a suspect in an apparent arson outside City Hall that unfolded days before the Blue Line attack. And he was convicted of aggravated arson in a 2020 attempt to set the Thompson Center on fire. Asked if the criminal justice system failed Reed, the mayor pivoted to his administration’s spending on mental health resources.

“As you know, mental health, mental health services, is something that’s very critical to me,” Johnson said. “You know I fought hard to reopen mental health clinics, as well as to expand mental health services across the city.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/mayor-brandon-johnson-calls-blue-line-fire-attack-isolated-incident/ 

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BOLONIA, Italia (AP) — Marcel Granollers y Pedro Martínez derrotaron a Tomas Machac y Jakub Mensik en desempates para ayudar a España —sin el número uno del mundo, Carlos Alcaraz— a superar a la República Checa y alcanzar el jueves las semifinales de la Copa Davis.

Alcaraz, el seis veces campeón de Grand Slam, se retiró esta semana debido a una lesión en el tendón de la corva.

Después de que los equipos dividieran los dos partidos individuales, Granollers y Martínez aseguraron el pase a semifinales al ganar el partido de dobles 7-6 (8), 7-6 (8) en la SuperTennis Arena.

España se enfrentará a Alemania, número dos, o Argentina, que se enfrentan en el último cuarto de final el jueves.

El joven de 20 años Mensik logró 20 aces en su camino para vencer al veterano Pablo Carreño Busta 7-5, 6-4, luego Jaume Munar ganó su primer partido individual de la Copa Davis para España al derrotar al número 17 Jiri Lehecka 6-3, 6-4.

España no había alcanzado las semifinales desde su sexto título en 2019, mientras que los checos, cuartos cabezas de serie, no lo lograban desde 2014.

Italia, número uno del mundo, que busca un tercer título consecutivo y el cuarto en total, se enfrenta a Bélgica en la otra semifinal. Los italianos están sin el número dos del mundo, Jannik Sinner, quien está descansando.

Las Finales de la Copa Davis en Bolonia son la sexta edición del evento renovado que corona a un campeón en un sitio neutral.

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Por CIARÁN FAHEY

BERLÍN (AP) — El Bayern Múnich ha estado dominando la Bundesliga durante tanto tiempo que igualará un récord de liga de 52 años incluso en el improbable caso de una derrota en casa ante el Freiburg.

El equipo de Vincent Kompany estará en la cima de la Bundesliga sin importar lo que suceda en Múnich el sábado, igualando el récord de 43 jornadas consecutivas en la cima de la liga establecido por el Bayern desde marzo de 1972 hasta la temporada 1972-73, cuando estrellas como Franz Beckenbauer, Paul Breitner, Gerd Müller y Uli Hoeneß ganaron el segundo y tercer título de la Bundesliga del club.

La revista Kicker señaló que la racha terminó en la jornada inaugural de la temporada 1973-74 cuando el equipo del Bayern dirigido por Udo Lattek derrotó al Fortuna Düsseldorf “solo” 3-1, mientras que el Stuttgart se colocó en la cima al vencer al Schalke 3-0. El Bayern aún ganó esa temporada para hacer tres seguidos.

El récord de 16 victorias consecutivas del Bayern al inicio de esta temporada fue interrumpido por el Union Berlin antes del parón internacional, y el poderoso equipo bávaro estará ansioso por comenzar otra racha ganadora contra el Freiburg antes de visitar al Arsenal en la Liga de Campeones el miércoles. El Bayern ya lidera la Bundesliga por seis puntos sobre el Leipzig después de diez jornadas.

Partidos clave

El Freiburg no ha vencido al Bayern desde mayo de 2015 y nunca ha ganado un partido de liga en Múnich, donde ha sufrido algunas derrotas abultadas. El Freiburg comenzó la liga con dos derrotas, pero desde entonces solo ha perdido contra el Bayer Leverkusen.

El Borussia Dortmund, que ocupa el tercer lugar, recibe al Stuttgart, que está en cuarto lugar, el sábado, cuando el delantero del Dortmund, Karim Adeyemi, espera generar titulares por su juego en lugar de por posesión de armas ilegales. Adeyemi dijo que llegaron a su posesión después de pedir una “caja misteriosa” por Internet.

También el sábado, el Wolfsburg en apuros recibe al Leverkusen para su primer partido desde que despidió a su entrenador y director deportivo. El Leverkusen busca un mayor desarrollo antes de enfrentarse al Manchester City como visitante el martes.

El Eintracht Frankfurt, otro participante de la Liga de Campeones, visita al Colonia el sábado por la noche.

Jugadores a seguir

Luis Díaz sigue brillando para el Bayern, anotando un candidato a gol de la temporada desde un ángulo estrecho en el empate 2-2 en el Union. La estrella colombiana tiene 11 goles y ha asistido en cinco más en sus primeros 17 partidos para el Bayern desde que se trasladó desde el Liverpool.

El delantero bosnio Fisnik Asllani es el máximo goleador del Hoffenheim con cinco goles después de jugar en todos los partidos hasta ahora. El Mainz estará atento a la amenaza que representa el viernes.

El delantero del Stuttgart Deniz Undav no fue convocado para las eliminatorias de la Copa del Mundo de Alemania después de regresar recientemente a la forma tras una lesión. Marcó dos goles antes del parón internacional y se enfrenta al Dortmund para intentar mantenerse en la mente del entrenador de Alemania, Julian Nagelsmann, para la Copa del Mundo el próximo año.

Quiénes están fuera

El Leverkusen estaba preocupado por la condición física del influyente lateral Álex Grimaldo después de que se perdiera el partido de clasificación de España para la Copa del Mundo contra Turquía el martes debido a una lesión. Grimaldo ya estaba jugando al límite y se perdió la derrota 3-0 del Leverkusen ante el Bayern. Después de un éxodo de estrellas en verano, Grimaldo ha emergido como el jugador clave del Leverkusen.

Jamal Musiala la semana pasada regresó a los entrenamientos con balón para el Bayern después de romperse la pierna en el Mundial de Clubes en julio. El plan del club es que el delantero de 22 años juegue algunos minutos en diciembre y luego esté completamente en forma en enero cuando la liga se reanude tras su descanso invernal de dos ½ semanas.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/20/bayern-mnich-busca-otro-rcord-mientras-domina-la-bundesliga/ 

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