BVB coach Edin Terzic gives the all-clear before the big duel with Bayern on Saturday: Marius Wolf is fit, but captain Emre Can is still shaky. Meanwhile, Hans-Joachim Watzke comments on the Munich Cup exit. These are the latest news and rumors about BVB.
BVB, News – Watzke before the “classic”: “Pulse is still high”
Despite many years of experience, Borussia Dortmund’s managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke is still very excited about the “classic” against Bayern Munich. “My pulse is still high after 19 years. During the final training and then in the evening the tension increases,” said Watzke (64) in an interview with Sky before the duel between his BVB and the record champions on Saturday.
However, he admitted that he is generally excited when the club he loves plays. “These games against Bayern Munich are always great, but I also want to win against Hoffenheim and Stuttgart,” said the BVB boss. A certain tension is “always there. When it’s no longer there, you have to stop.”
Watzke, Borussia’s managing director since 2005, is expecting a close top game on Saturday evening (6.30 p.m./Sky): “It was never the case that the results were crystal clear. That will always be close and it will be close this time too,” he believes .
On paper, Munich goes into the game as favorites; last Saturday, former Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel’s team beat Darmstadt 98 8-0 at home. In addition, Borussia last won a Bundesliga game against Bayern five years ago.
In the DFB Cup, however, the Munich team were embarrassed by third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken (1:2) during the week, and Joshua Kimmich is also missing after being sent off against Darmstadt. BVB moved into the cup round of 16 on Wednesday with a win at TSG Hoffenheim (1-0). Watzke does not see any significance in the results for Saturday. “That can happen. But in the end the game doesn’t do anything,” he said, referring to the Bayern debacle.
BVB, News – Nico Schlotterbeck: Bayern’s cup embarrassment is “deceptive”
Nico Schlotterbeck was probably a bit surprised when he saw the last minutes of Bayern Munich’s cup disgrace on Wednesday evening. But the Dortmund central defender doesn’t want to be blinded by the German football giants’ top Bundesliga game on Saturday (6.30 p.m.). “Bayern always want to win and feel like they come every week with anger in their stomachs, the way they play,” said Schlotterbeck in an interview with the rights holder Sky. “I think the result in Saarbrücken belies the quality they have.”
The record champions and cup winners completely unexpectedly failed in the second round against third division team 1. FC Saarbrücken (1:2). “They could have won the game much earlier – and then things happen that just happen in the cup,” said Schlotterbeck. “We definitely don’t underestimate them and will try to counter them.”
He’s really looking forward to the explosive duel: “It’s the biggest game in Germany that everyone is looking at. We’re really excited about it. We’ll of course try to get a good result.” Schlotterbeck dismissed any “desire for revenge” after the drama on matchday 34 of last season: “We just want to win the game because we have to win every game if you look at the table.”
BVB, News: Emre Can and Marius Wolf questionable against FC Bayern
Before the classic against FC Bayern Munich, the personnel situation at Borussia Dortmund is easing somewhat. “Things are looking pretty good for Marius Wolf, who was recently injured,” said coach Edin Terzic on Friday afternoon during the matchday press conference. Terzic, on the other hand, is not quite as optimistic about captain Emre Can, who is still suffering from the after-effects of a blow to the knee that he suffered in the 1-0 win in the Champions League in Newcastle the week before last.
“The goal for Emre is that he is training with the team today,” said Terzic on Friday. “That’s the only question mark.”
Unlike Can, Wolf was involved in the cup win against TSG Hoffenheim (1-0) during the week, but had to be replaced by Ramy Bensebaini in the 64th minute.
BVB, News – Ex-Bayern player Didi Hamann warns: “If you don’t beat them now, you’ll never beat them again”
Didi Hamann, Sky expert and former FC Bayern player (1993 to 1998) warned BVB about the classic at an event in Munich: “If you don’t beat them now, you’ll never beat them again.” According to him, the signs could hardly be better for BVB.
The 50-year-old explained: “At the moment, one team is on the rise, the other is on the decline. But that doesn’t have to mean anything in a game like this. A result like that can have something cathartic, we’re now moving even closer together “But I haven’t had that impression at Bayern in the last few months. That’s why I don’t know whether the defeat (in Saarbrücken) was that beneficial.”
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2023-11-03 12:33:00
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