Before the cracker duel with FC Bayern, BVB is still worried about regular keeper Gregor Kobel. The Swiss missed Wednesday’s Dortmund training session after injuring himself in a collision with Jude Bellingham the day before. Everything now points to a race against time.
On Saturday evening there will be a German Clásico between FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund in the Allianz Arena (from 6:30 p.m. in the LIVE ticker). The guests from the Ruhrpott really want to spoil the hoped-for title celebrations for the record champions on matchday 31, but they may have to do without one of their most important players.
According to information from the “Ruhr news” Gregor Kobel, BVB’s number one, threatens to fail for the top game. The 24-year-old, who switched from VfB Stuttgart to Dortmund before the season and hit there immediately, seems to have recovered from his training crash with Jude Bellingham on to have sustained a more stubborn injury on Tuesday.
BVB hospital is growing and growing
Kobel’s forced break comes at the wrong time for the black and yellow, after all, the hospital is already well filled. Donyell Malen, Mahmoud Dahoud, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marius Wolf, Thorgan Hazard and Axel Witsel were also unable to participate in Wednesday’s unit, as well as long-term patients Thomas Meunier, Giovanni Reyna and Mateu Morey.
BVB coach Marco Rose therefore brought several talents from the U23 and U19 up to the training of the professionals. The next two days will show whether some of the youngsters also have a chance of a place in the squad against FC Bayern.
Borussia travels to Munich in second place, where the club has not won since 2014. Dortmund are currently nine points apart from their big rivals from the south, who probably won’t be able to take their tenth German championship in a row.