Chen Borussia Dortmund fired Lucien Favre, Edin Terzic (Menden, 1982) harbored little hope that his acting label, as happened a year ago at Bayern with Flick, it would become permanent. You already know that this is not the case: the ‘BVB’ has announced the signing of Marco Rose as coach for the next season.
Terzic, 38, was born into a family that emigrated to Germany fleeing the war in the former Yugoslavia. He was a footballer, a forward to be sure, but he did not pass the Fourth Division. Milit at Iserlohn 46/49, Westfalia Herne, Wattenscheid 09 and Cloppenburg before hanging up his boots in 2010 to make the jump to the bench.
Champions League (1/8 round): Summary and goals of Borussia Dortmund 2-2 Sevilla
It has not gone bad. He started as a ‘scout’ at Borussia Dortmund under Jrgen Klopp, He served as Hannes Wolf’s assistant in the under 17, under 19 and subsidiary and entered the ‘BVB’ under 16 before becoming Slaven Bilic’s right-hand man in Besiktas and West Ham.
In 2018, however, he returned to Dortmund to join Favre’s ‘staff’ and now, as solo head coach, he has eliminated Sevilla in the round of 16 and has returned the ‘borussen’ to the Champions League quarter-finals for the first time since 2016-17. In fact, unless Julian Nagelsmann (33 years old) came back from 0-2 in the first leg against Liverpool, Terzic will be the youngest coach in the top eight in Europe.
—Champions League (Eighth first leg): Summary and goals of Sevilla 2-3 Dortmund
The cap, the tracksuit, the passion that he transmits from the band quickly caused him to be compared to Jrgen Klopp. “Edin has charisma, good speech and a great sense of humor. We were all socialized with Klopp by then, but his football is very complex and he tries to apply his ideas in the right context, “recalls his ‘former boss’ Hannes Wolf.
Edin has charisma, good speech and a great sense of humor. We were all socialized with Klopp by then. “
“I was born 30 kilometers from here, and I came to the stadium, for the first time, when I was 9 years old. After that, it became clear which team my heart beats. However, I never dared to dream that I would find myself in such a position at the club “, recognized in his presentation.
I never dared to dream that I would find myself in such a position at the club
His debut, winning 1-2 at Werder Bremen, was promising. I bet on ‘new sap’ in an eleven with Moukoko (born in 2004), Bellingham (2003), Reyna (2002), Sancho (2000) and the Spaniard Mateu Morey (2000). “He deserves all the praise for how he has managed the group these days. Terzic gave us the conviction that we are a good team,” said Reus.
He deserves all the praise for how he has managed the group. Terzic gave us the conviction that we are a good team
The ‘must’ of Terzic’s Dortmund, already classified for the quarterfinals in Europe, is in the Bundesliga. The defeat with Bayern (4-2) in ‘Der Klassiker’ leaves him sixth, four points behind the ‘Champions zone’. The team, however, has shown signs of improvement in recent weeks.
The recent casualties of Witsel, Reyna, Akanji, Schmelzer, Sancho … haven’t helped, but Terzic is ‘licensed’ to dream. At least, until Rose comes: “It feels great to be in the quarterfinals. We are happy with the result and delighted with the performance, “he said after eliminating Sevilla.
It feels great to be in the quarterfinals
Dortmund, in any case, does not want to let him escape. “Our great wish is that Edin continue to be part of the technical corps”, revel Michael Zorc, director deportivo ‘borussen’.
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