Reversal of roles: favorite Dortmund receives Bayern pursuer

Berlin – Flattering words instead of verbal attacks before the German Football League summit: Borussia Dortmund left statements by FC Bayern Munich's leadership before the 11th round Saturday night (6.30 pm). "No matter what is said before a match, no matter who plays in the match as a favorite," said Thursday the BVB coach, Michael Zorc.

Earlier, Bayern President Uli Hoeness said after Munich's 2-0 victory in the UEFA Champions League against AEK Athens: "We are not driving as a favorite for Dortmund, but as a favorite. foreigners for the first time in a long time. " The star of the ÖFB David Alaba during the 2011/2012 season, as the former leader Dortmund pursuer, had to congratulate him at the end of the season for the championship.

"We appreciate our situation"

FC Bayern are currently four points behind, but on Saturday it could only be one – seven in case of defeat. "We appreciate our situation," admitted Zorc, but limited at the same time: "Decisive, but the track has more than 34 games".

And Lucien Favre, coach of Dortmund, no loud-voiced friend, said Thursday: "We want to win every game." For this to succeed on Saturday, Switzerland demands that "we attack, compress and defend intelligently." In Dortmundern, Abdou Diallo, who missed the BVB at VfL Wolfsburg (1-0) and during the defeat in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid (0-2), due to a constraint of Adductors, could return to the back line.

After the bankruptcy of ELL, Leipzig wants to find the way to success

Former Salzburg star Kevin Kampl immediately switched to Bundesliga mode for the Austrian duel against Leverkusen (in each team, there are three ÖFB kickers) on Sunday after the 1: 2 played at Celtic Glasgow in the Europa League. "We lost a game, God, we had already won a lot of games before, you do not have to react now or anything, we will go back to where we were at home," he said. the midfielder, who has not lost ten games in his last match and has not conceded six games in a row. It is now time to break free and find the way to Leverkusen.

But Leverkusen is a sign of success in Saxony, with the draw 1-0 against FC Zurich, unlike RB, entry into the eighth finals of the Europa League prematurely perfect. Leipzig would have gone further with a win in the Salzburg group. With a draw, the last two matches in Salzburg and against Rosenborg Trondheim would have been enough. "Therefore, it is so annoying that we could not take the point," said Leipzig coach Ralf Rangnick.

Injury break for Grillitsch

Hoffenheim legionnaire Florian Grillitsch is scheduled to attend a match with Augsburg on Saturday after a tendinitis in the center of the Champions League in Lyon and will be canceled for about three weeks. Also among the guests was recently hit an Austrian. Striker Michael Gregoritsch was able to train after problems with the cervical spine "with slight restrictions," revealed Augsburg coach Manuel Baum.

Gladbacher, second, is at Werder Bremen with Austrian trio Florian Kainz, Martin Harnik and guest Marco Friedl and could face a home defeat at the same time as Dortmund and Bayern at one point of Leader BVB's approach. (APA / dpa)