18:30
The listing of the Borussia has changed in a position compared to the Bochum game. Rerson displaces Süle, who has a hard time, to the bench. The guests are rotated properly, including Gyökeres and Trincão, two absolute top performers are missing.
18:20
The Lisbon was certainly presented with the Lisbon in the LEEST. Already after the first leg in front of their own audience, all chances of the round of the last 16 seem there, and at the weekend you lost important points in the fight for the championship title in the local league at 2-2 against FC Arouca. Sporting head coach Rui Borges was still combative: “The result is tough, but in view of the size of the club we will never give up and will do our best to win.”
18:10
Niko Kovač is experiencing a real roller coaster of feelings at his new coaching station. As impressive as the performance was in the capital of Portugal last Tuesday, the embarrassing performance in Bochum again brought the whole club into extremely restless fairway. The coach addressed warm words to his team before the second leg: “The decisive factor is to get up again. That is the difficulty. Sometimes you need a little longer, sometimes it goes faster.”
18:00
Everything already decided? The signs are clear after the 3-0 for BVB in the first leg. The Portuguese already need a small football miracle to solve their round of 16. The Dortmunders, on the other hand, want to make their non -performance from the lost small district derby forgot at the weekend with a sense of achievement. The team already met five times: BVB won four games, Sporting only one.
17:45
Welcome to the playoff second leg in the Champions League between Borussia Dortmund and Sporting Lisbon. The game in Signal Iduna Park starts at 6:45 p.m.