BVB on Saturday at RB Leipzig for a final place. For Borussia Dortmund, the Vice-title is particularly important. These are the reasons.
Borussia Dortmund* in the case of RB Leipzig, the duel for second place. BVB wants to be his claim under the walls, the number two in the German football. But this is not the only reason, why this placement is so important.
Dortmund – It is only the second-to-last round in this season of Bundesliga , but Borussia Dortmund an early endgame to that, even if the team of coach Lucien Favre is Saturday at RB Leipzig.
club:
Borussia Dortmund
stadium:
Signal-Iduna-Park
capacity:
81.365 viewers
Trainer:
Lucien Favre
Sponsor:
Evonik Industries
training:
training grounds high buschei
the BVB , with 66 points on rank two, is incident on the direct tracker from Leipzig with 63 points. Is: Win the Black-and-Yellow the game with RB Leipzig (Saturday, 15.30 clock/in the Live-Ticker on WA.de as well as live TV and Stream,*), a running Borussia Dortmund is definitely behind the German champion FC Bayern to the target.
“This is now our last remaining and it is the primary goal,” said sporting Director Michael Zorc . “It is not just a matter of the TV Rankings, but it’s also about Prestige.”
That it would ever come to that, has brought the BVB : The BVB bombed on Wednesday against Mainz , and took advantage of the slip-up of RB Leipzig (2:2). Even if Borussia Dortmund the Champions League sure, will not accept the responsible for a similar appearance as against the Rheinhessen. Therefore, it is important to consolidate second place – for the following reasons.
1) place two brings the game more TV-money
Zorc had formulated already before the defeat against Mainz clear. “For us, there is quite a difference, whether we are Second or Fourth break-in. It is TV-money , but it is also about Prestige,” said the sports Director of the BVB .
In the current season conceded Borussia Dortmund approximately 66,584 millions of euros in TV money. If the season would be finished by now, were it for the upcoming season, according to the current state according to fernsehgelder.de 80,36 million euros. The more points are added, the greater the amount is.
2) place two underscores the claim of the BVB (first) chasers Bayern to be
this item Zorc was very important. “We want to reinforce that we are the number two in the German football ” said BVB sports Director .
Levi Lucien #Favre: “It comes to us of course, if Leipzig pressed high, which gives us the opportunity to counter with a little space.”#LeipzigBVB
— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) June 19, 2020
By Borussia Dortmund you continue to hold on target, to win the title and the FC Bayern as German champion to replace. In this season, this is an endeavor at least since the defeat against Munich. In the new season of BVB will launch the next calls.
3) place two untermauen is at BVB is also a sign of the mentality of the players
The word mentality, you can no longer hear Borussia Dortmund . However, the appearance against Mainz, has shown exactly that – with appropriate responses*.
+ For the BVB to Axel Witsel (left) and coach Lucien Favre, the duel for second place but in the case of RB Leipzig.©to be picture alliance/Bernd Thissen/dpa
From the own claim, behind FC Bayern the second force in the German football , was to see in this game a little to – to the chagrin of the sports Director of the Zorc : “We played as one or the other with the head already in the holiday would be.” That should not happen to the BVB , the have to do without in the lineup in Leipzig on the blocked Achraf Hakimi , once again. “I hope that Mainz was an isolated incident,” said Zorc : “of Course, we will draw the attention of the team, once again, what we have done in a single conversation, too.”
4) place two saves of the night for further discussions of coach Lucien Favre
there’s No question that Every defeat of the BVB and each indisputable, listless and unmotivated performance by the whole team of Borussia Dortmund it brings the discussions to coach Lucien Favre back in the swing. The loss of place, could revive the discussion about his future BVB new. After two laborious 1:0 success over Hertha BSC and Fortuna Düsseldorf was abated, at least for a short period of time.
Even if a license game boss Sebastian Kehl already said: “We should now question everything. We had a very, very good run.” Similarly, tell the goalkeeper Roman Bürki : “The team has no mentality problem. Otherwise, we would not be in second place.”
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