Start in the club World Cup
BVB stars can look forward to finding out rain
June 17, 2025 – 10:50 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
FC Bayern has the first game of the club World Cup. At BVB this is due on Tuesday evening. This is apparently also financially worthwhile for the professionals.
What was for Bayern at the club World Cup Auckland City (10: 0) is for Borussia Dortmund Fluminese Rio de Janeiro. The Niko Kovač team has to face the first opponent in the United States on Tuesday evening and wants to exist against the Brazilian association from 6 p.m. (in the T-Online Livetecker). The BVB has set the round of 16 as a minimum goal.
According to “Bild”, the professionals of the Ruhrpott Club also benefit financially from the tournament. Accordingly, the sum of one million euros is distributed when the Borussia reaches the knockout phase and distributed among the players.
Should the club qualify for the quarter -finals, Dortmund would also pay another two million euros to the team thanks to FIFA’s money. Furthermore, the Borussia is said to have not yet planned for the sums. First of all, the minimum goal is to be reached.
Before the game on Tuesday evening, coach Niko Kovač emphasized that they do not know challenges for the organic rhythm from the Bundesliga. Football in the middle of the day is difficult, says Kovač. “You have to get up very early and combine breakfast with lunch,” he said.
Captain Julian Brandt also sees a challenge. The so-called pre-match meal is already taken at 9:00 a.m.-for many no typical time for pasta. “Who eats pasta in the morning?” Noved Brandt. National player Pascal Groß also addressed the climate difference. The Dortmunders had flown from the team quarters at well over 30 degrees and great humidity in Fort Lauderdale and ended up in the diesy New York at around 17 degrees. So Groß said: “This is extreme. Four hours ago was another climate.”
Despite the circumstances, Kovač confirmed: “We want to go into the next two games with a good result.”