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To begin with a little puzzle: Do you remember how Borussia Dortmund played this day exactly seven weeks ago? And with what we hear not only with what result, but also in what way.
As a reminder, exactly 49 days ago, the Dortmund team was competing for the first game of the Champions League of the season. A game away from Brugge FC, the supposedly blatant outsider of group A. After a mischievous performance over long distances, a paltry 1-0 win was won by a late goal from Christian Pulisic.
Four days later, a similar image: in the TSG, Hoffenheim saw Dortmund outnumbered in losers, another late goal from Pulisic and much of his silence prevented the first defeat of the season.
In retrospect, these days in mid-September could be described as a kind of week of truth.
BVB before the return match of Atletico in top form
Because: In the end, Dortmund has remained largely unscathed. Since then, he has won eight of the nine competitive matches as the winner and has scored at least four times more goals.
With a team that was not yet 50 days in tormented Bruges 1-0, the BVB before the second leg of the Champions League at Atletico Madrid (Champions League: Atletico Madrid – Borussia Dortmund from 21 hours LIVETICKER) for the outsiders almost nothing in common.
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If the observers of the time were still wondering how Lucien Favre's team wanted to survive facing Atletico and Monaco, there remains only one question to ask the confirmed experts: what are the limits of this team?
Simeone praises – and prophesies BVB title
"At the moment, they are one of the best teams in Europe," said Atletico coach Diego Simeone, who led one of the best teams in Europe. continent for almost ten years Monday night, a fairly clear answer.
Dortmund plays "a simply spectacular football, so they are first in their league – and are still undefeated in the Champions League and Bundesliga," said the Argentine prophesying: "If they continue like that, they will have the best chances of winning the title of champion in Germany. "
What we would be this week, the next week of truth for Dortmund – and this time, with all due respect, with opponents much better known than Bruges and Hoffenheim.
Bundesliga await FC Bayern
Saturday night, in the Bundesliga, we look forward to the duel with the kriselnden FC Bayern (Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund – FC Bayern Munich, Saturday from 18:30 in LIVETICKER).
And at the latest, if the Dortmund decides firecrackers in the Bundesliga and should give Munich seven points, the last incredulous should at least start flirting with the fact that the years of domination of the record champion could end.
But before that, Tuesday night, in the queen clbad, the duel with Atletico – is not only a nice explosive part in itself, because the Spaniards hope to be repaired after the big shot of 0: 4.
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On the contrary, it is a unique opportunity for BVB to win the group stage of the Champions League: a win at Wanda Metropolitano – as it should be, the last stage of the current first clbad season – and the black and yellow have already won four out of six matches as winner,
Favre stresses: "Only Atletico Madrid in the spirit"
Atletico in front of the chest, with the thought but already half in Bayern? Not with Lucien Favre.
"I have only Atletico Madrid in the lead," Switzerland said Monday, focusing "on today 's training, the training of. tomorrow and the match against Atletico ".
He then made a restriction. As a coach, he had to of course "anticipate a bit, because of the rotation, etc.". The fox's tactics with gold talent have been so successful this season – and not only.
Simeone congratulates Favre and the BVB system
"He has convinced many young players to play the football the team needs," said coach Atletico, Simeone, congratulating his fellow coaches. SPORT1Demand, and stressed: "What makes attackers especially during defensive tasks, is spectacular."
According to the will of Dortmund in Madrid, it is equally spectacular to wish to continue – and also on Saturday evening, in front of the public in front of more than 80 000 spectators in the national Signal Iduna Park against Bayern.
If this project succeeds, you should also know quite well in seven weeks what the Dortmunders did in early November.
And most importantly, how they did it.
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