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Augsburg End Slide as Academy Duo Sinks Wolfsburg 3-1

Club leaders frame the breakout as validation of a youth-first plan anchored by contracts through 2029.

Overview

  • The victory halted a four-match losing run in the final game before the international break.
  • Noahkai Banks, 18, marked his first Bundesliga start with his first goal, opening the scoring in the 3rd minute from Mert Kömür’s cross.
  • Mert Kömür, 20, a Germany U21 international, added Augsburg’s second with a 51st-minute finish after creating the opener.
  • Head coach Sandro Wagner praised the pair as risk-taking players and said Kömür “has no limits” and “a lot of quality.”
  • Sporting director Benjamin Weber highlighted the duo as products of the club’s academy pathway and noted both are signed through June 2029.