Borussia Dortmund hosts FC Bayern at Signal Iduna Park on Saturday (from 6:30 p.m.). After their cup disgrace on Wednesday (1:2 against 1. FC Saarbrücken), BVB believes they have a good chance of finally scoring a win against the industry leader again after five years. Club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke also believes in a home threesome in the Bundesliga classic.
“The team is in good shape. We feel pretty stable,” said a confident BVB managing director on the “Sky” microphone before the top game of the 10th Bundesliga matchday.
Borussia Dortmund recently won three of the last four competitive games 1-0. However, Watzke did not see the narrow successes against Newcastle United, Werder Bremen and TSG Hoffenheim as shaky victories, but even described the results as a “superior result”: “Because that is a sign that you have stability,” said the Sauerlander with joy about the many clean sheets in the last few weeks.
Overall, before the big game against FC Bayern, the 64-year-old emphasized the newfound consistency in the Black and Yellow game, which has already proven itself in difficult games.
BVB has not won against FC Bayern for five years
“We already demonstrated the mentality and stability in the second half of the season last year. That simply has to do with the fact that we have a broad squad in which many players can do their job. We have a very reliable and stable defense. But the “The team has, of course, learned above all, and the coach played a big part in the fact that we have to defend with the whole team. That has improved significantly since January,” Watzke praised the work of head coach Edin Terzic.
In the 2023 calendar year, BVB collected a total of seven points more than FC Bayern (67 to 60) and now wants to finally achieve its first win since November 10, 2018 against the record champions.