The first leg evening, on which Borussia Dortmund won 1-0 against Paris St. Germain, was a thrilling experience; the more than 80,000 people in the stadium and all other BVB supporters have been able to indulge in beautiful dreams ever since. The win without conceding a goal left the feeling of being able to keep up with the team around superstar Kylian Mbappé, which had been pumped up with a lot of money from Qatar, and possibly in the second leg this Tuesday (9 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Champions League and on Amazon Prime). to reach the final.
Somehow an astonishing level of self-confidence has arisen at Borussia Dortmund; even the fact that BVB played against Augsburg at the weekend while the French league game was postponed is seen as an advantage. “Paris used the weekend to train. We used the weekend to gather a lot of emotions, euphoria and energy,” said sports director Sebastian Kehl on Saturday, as the BVB community celebrated not only a 5-1 win, but also the touching farewell show of club icon Marco Reus enjoyed himself.
In addition, Dortmund coach Edin Terzic also spared his team’s strength by not naming any of the ten outfield players from the first game against Paris for his starting eleven in the Bundesliga. Since Jürgen Klopp in 2013, no BVB coach has carried out such a massive change in the starting eleven; At that time, too, the team was preparing for the second leg of the semi-finals of the Champions League – at Real Madrid, where Dortmund reached the final.
“We shouldn’t appear too nervous”
On the one hand, such stories strengthen confidence, but at the same time they obscure many details that speak against Borussia Dortmund: The first leg was good and exciting, but Borussia Dortmund needed a lot of luck for the narrow victory. PSG shot twice at the inside of the post before Ousmane Dembélé missed two fabulous chances. And in the group phase, Dortmund temporarily collapsed under the pressure of the star ensemble and intimidated by the dense atmosphere in the Prinzenparkstadion.
The team played “scared,” Nico Schlotterbeck recalled after the win against Augsburg, and Niclas Füllkrug said: “We shouldn’t appear too nervous, that could break our necks. We will show maximum suffering to get the result over and done with.”
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Given the sheer quality of the individual players and BVB’s many mediocre performances in the Bundesliga, Paris St. Germain must be considered the clear favorites despite the first leg result. “There will probably be more than here in the home game,” said Schlotterbeck, “they will probably go at it earlier and press more.” Because that is exactly how BVB is known to provoke mistakes.
Schlotterbeck, the full-backs Ian Maatsen and Julian Ryerson, but also the center player Erme Can are known for making mistakes under pressure, even if Füllkrug says: “I think that we have a lot of qualities, especially with the ball.” The question is whether these However, the question as to whether qualities are sufficient for the highest Champions League level remains unanswered.
2024-05-07 06:28:47
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