After the victory in Gladbach at the latest, it is clear: Borussia Dortmund is in top form. Sky Sport names five reasons why the duel with FC Bayern will again be an absolute summit.
Trainer Edin Terzic
It took a while, but now it seems that the BVB players have internalized Terzic’s idea: from safety football under Favre to aggressive pressing. According to Marco Reus, this happened in mid-February. The captain said on Sky Micro: “It has clicked a bit since the Sevilla game, I would say, or after the Hoffenheim game, I think. We’re just different on the pitch.”
The success stories in the last few games do the rest, as Terzic emphasized: “Of course, the results make us a little more self-confident, process these small setbacks better. And we show this football longer and more often.”
Now the coach and his team have to face FC Bayern at the highest level (Saturday, from 5:30 p.m. LIVE and EXCLUSIVE on Sky) to prove. The coach was combative: “It will be extremely difficult. But we will go there too, of course to get important points for ourselves.” Emre Can also hit the mark: “Sure, we want to score there too. We don’t go to Munich just to play football.”
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energy
Reus said the word himself after the win against Gladbach: “You now have a bit of the feeling that we are simply better on the pitch in the last few games, with a different energy.” This passion was clearly visible. After the final whistle, Reus, Jadon Sancho and Erling Haaland approached each other with clenched fists – this energy was literally within reach.
Can’s statement after the game even went towards mentality. BVB “fought as a team until the final whistle.” And: “I have the feeling on the pitch that everyone wants to do that extra meter. And in the past it may have been that we didn’t do the extra meters.”
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Defensive
Dortmund is solid again. BVB have not conceded a goal in the past three games. Can also emphasized this point: “We concede fewer goals, that’s very, very important in football. I think we defend better, you have to be honest.”
The national player had a duel rate of 90.9 percent against Gladbach. His partner in central defense, Mats Hummels, even won every one of his duels, had the most ball actions (94) and brought 87 percent of his passes to teammates. Reus also stood out after the game: “We played to zero again. That is also a big, big factor for us that we simply stabilize our defense.”
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Hold the untenable ball
The scene in the 59th minute symbolized the current high performance of the Dortmund team. Gladbach’s Ramy Bansebaini fired a beam from the edge of the box – the lead for the foals seemed almost certain. But BVB goalkeeper Marwin Hitz, who recently extended his contract, scratched the bullet out of the case.
After the game, Terzic took this action as a symbol for the new BVB form: “It was little things that ran against us a bit in the weeks before. The long-range shots went into the goal. Today, Marwin (Hitz) stops such a shot. “
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X-Factor Sancho
The offensive of the black and yellow cannot be stopped. Dortmund scored at least one goal in every game this year. Reus, Haaland and Sancho played a perfect counterattack to the winning goal against Gladbach. Terzic said appreciatively: “The best trio that we can currently imagine.”
While Haaland scores consistently (17 this Bundesliga season), Sancho is flourishing again. The Englishman was stuck in form in the first half of the season. Since January, however, he has scored six goals and prepared six goals in the Bundesliga. Reus summarized aptly: “We have proven that we are always good for goals over the past few weeks.”
FC Bayern should be warned for the top game.
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