Borussia Dortmund

Like 11 years ago: For the second time in their history, Borussia Dortmund have won their first eight competitive games of a calendar year. It had previously only happened in 2011/12, when BVB went on to lift the double.

Edin Terzic on the balance of play:
“After the highlight in midweek, it was important to start the match well. We didn’t manage that. We had a lot of unnecessary losses of possession in the middle and then switched it around in our build-up play with one additional player in the middle. As a result, we took control of the match and went in 2-0 up at the break. We then addressed several things we wanted to do better, but we didn’t start the second half well and conceded after a minute as we did not go into the tackles with the same toughness as we have recently, as we didn’t want to contest the important challenges and prevent the counter-attacks. That was significantly better in our previous matches. We then suddenly pulled ourselves together and gained a much better foothold in the game again. The win was important and it was also deserved in my opinion.”

Nico Schlotterbeck (to BVB-TV): “We won 4-1 but it was not a good game from us. We gave a lot away and had too little control over the game. We were very tired from the Chelsea match. We have to take wins like this and go on the attack again against Hoffenheim next week. Fortunately, we were efficient today.”

“We’ve managed to put ourselves in a very good position. Nonetheless, we’re still a long way from achieving our objectives. We want to keep working hard and stay humble. We’re satisfied with our eighth win in a row but we also know that won’t help us next week in Hoffenheim,” said Edin Terzic after the 4-1 victory against Hertha BSC. He went on to say: “The next tough task awaits us in Hoffenheim. We will prepare ourselves for it diligently starting on Tuesday.”

He will be unavailable to play for the team for approximately three weeks.

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Two memorial sites in Poland will be the destinations for the two excursions this year. This first trip from 11 to 17 June centres on the history of the Jews deported from Dortmund to the Polish city of Zamość in the former district of Lublin, at the end of April 1942. The second educational trip from 23 to 29 June will be to the Auschwitz memorial and will focus on the history of the town of Oświęcim and the Auschwitz camp complex.

Club members can purchase two tickets per person via the BVB Ticket Shop.

Following eight victories in the first eight competitive games of the new year, the Black & Yellows and their fans are riding high. You could sense that throughout the training session in Dortmund-Brackel on Tuesday afternoon. Having completed some warm-up exercises and a passing drill, the 11 starters from the weekend turned their focus to the fans and their autograph requests, while the rest of the squad took part in a match scenario with two goals. The good news: Mateu Morey worked with the ball and completed the passing drills along with his team-mates.

The team – which Tullberg had described as having “special character” at his pre-match press conference – once again showcased their heart and passion at the Österbro Stadium in Copenhagen. They had been written off by the halfway point of the group stages – following a 2-0 loss to Copenhagen, a 3-2 defeat at Manchester City and a 1-1 draw away to Sevilla – but they fought back and, along with Eintracht Frankfurt, became one of only two German clubs to progress through the group in this elite competition. “I’m very happy, the boys earned this,” said a beaming Mike Tullberg after the final whistle.