On Friday evening (8:30 p.m./DAZN), BVB will face SC Freiburg at home to kick off the 21st matchday of the Bundesliga. At the press conference before the game, coach Edin Terzic answers questions from journalists.
sport.de reported today from 12:30 p.m at this point in the LIVE ticker from the PK of the German runner-up.
+++ Terzic about possible changes +++
“We’ll see. We now have significantly more options than last week. Some people are still a little further behind. We now have a lot of options to react to a lot of things. We’ll discuss that with the team tomorrow.”
+++ Terzic about the offensive weakness in Heidenheim +++
“We looked for the reasons for this. They were clearly due to the positional play and passing game, and the decision-making in the second third. We often lacked the penetration and force because we couldn’t find any passing stations. We tackled that in training. Nevertheless We scored ten goals in the games before and we know we are capable of scoring goals.”
+++ Terzic about the Heidenheim game +++
“We were all very dissatisfied with the game and the result. We know that we can and must play much better football in order to achieve our goals. We dealt with this very critically on Saturday. On Monday we played the second part of the game We’ve had analysis. We’re willing to show a better performance in front of our fans tomorrow and get the next three points.”
+++ Terzic over Haller +++
“We talk to him before and after every game. We’re really keeping our fingers crossed for him for Nigeria. After that we’ll see and decide. What’s important for us is that he’s finally pain-free and was able to play from the start yesterday. Now “He scored the extremely important 1-0. We’re happy about that.”
+++ Terzic over Sancho +++
Felix Nmecha is still in advanced training and will not be available yet. Fortunately, Sébastien Haller qualified for the final of the Africa Cup of Nations. All other players are options. Regarding Jadon: He trained individually this week. The plan is for him to do the full team training with us this afternoon. Tomorrow we will make a decision. Everyone else has trained fully this week and is available.
+++ It starts with the BVB-PK! +++
Terzic has taken a seat. The first questions follow immediately.
+++ BVB against SC Freiburg: A trio is about to make a comeback +++
Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic can hope for a comeback from injury breaks for three players. In addition to regular goalkeeper Gregor Kobel, midfield aces Julian Brandt and Marco Reus should also be part of the squad again.
However, Karim Adeyemi and Julian Duranville (both in advanced training), Africa Cup participants Sébastien Haller (Africa Cup) and Felix Nmecha (hip injury) are certain to miss out.
+++ BVB against SC Freiburg: Dortmund is the clear favorite +++
Based on the first results of the new year, BVB should go into the duel with seventh-placed Freiburg (28 points) as favorites.
As expected, the Westphalians got off to a strong start with a 3-0 win at SV Darmstadt 98, a 4-0 at 1. FC Köln and a 3-1 home win against VfL Bochum. Last Friday, however, Dortmund couldn’t get past a 0-0 draw at newly promoted team 1. FC Heidenheim.
Freiburg stumbled a lot recently. After a 0-0 home draw against Union Berlin and a 3-2 home win against TSG Hoffenheim, coach Christian Streich’s team recently lost at SV Werder Bremen (1:3) and at home against VfB Stuttgart (1:3). .
+++ BVB against SC Freiburg: Is the Terzic team making up ground? +++
The 21st matchday of the Bundesliga begins with the encounter between BVB and SC Freiburg on Friday evening (8:30 p.m./DAZN).
Borussia Dortmund is still under pressure at their home Signal Iduna Park. As fourth in the table with 37 points, coach Edin Terzic’s team is already 15 points behind leaders Bayer Leverkusen and 13 points behind series champions FC Bayern Munich.
Since Bayer and Bayern will take points away from each other in a direct duel on Saturday (6:30 p.m./Sky), BVB can at least make up ground on a competitor in the title race with a home win against Freiburg.