“We are ready. As a team, as a club, as a city”
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City of Dortmund informs about plans for BVB championship celebration
In Germany, hardly anyone doubts the title for BVB. At a press conference, the city of Dortmund is now providing information about the preparations if Borussia Dortmund wins the championship race with Bayern Munich.
A win – and BVB wins the championship title for the first time in eleven years. The euphoria around the club is immense. But coach Edin Terzic warns against underestimating the game against Mainz. He doesn’t want to talk about himself personally.
Rand 20 minutes he spoke to the media representatives present. And even if there were repeated attempts to elicit from him how his feelings were or what it would mean to him, personally, if BVB won the championship title – Edin Terzic, the coach of Borussia , blocked. Sometimes vehemently.
Terzic didn’t want to talk about himself on Thursday afternoon, a good 50 hours before the start of the last game of the season against 1. FSV Mainz 05 (Saturday, 3.30 p.m., in the WELT sports ticker). Especially not about what he would do if he did win the title. He was asked whether the hair on his head would have to believe it and whether there was an agreement with the team in this regard.
“These are all subjunctive,” said Terzic: “It’s not about me and it’s not about what I feel. It’s about the team and what I can give the team to win the game against Mainz.” At the end of the media session, he also announced the following: “We’re not done yet, but we’re ready. As a team, as a club, as a city.”
Edin Terzic
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81,365 spectators can be there live in the home arena, the Signal-Iduna-Park, on Saturday when BVB – there were almost 300,000 ticket requests – has the great opportunity to end the season by winning the championship title. The fact that this is possible is thanks to the last match day, when Bayern, who are now second in the table, failed 3-1 at home against RB Leipzig and BVB solved their task with a 3-0 in Augsburg.
As a result, Borussia passed Munich in the table, who are visiting 1. FC Köln on Saturday. The lead is two points.
As great as the euphoria surrounding BVB is, Terzic warned on Thursday not to underestimate the opponent. They would have won games against top teams, such as just a few weeks ago against FC Bayern (3-1). “The strengths of Mainz are recognizable,” said the Dortmund coach: “They play very physical and are not too bad to pull a foul from time to time. Everyone there knows their role and their task.”
