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BVB need four more points from their two matches at home to the Foals and away to Bayer Leverkusen (11 March) in order to be totally sure of a place in the Final Round of the German Championship. After their amazing achievement against Paris Saint-Germain, whom they knocked out on penalties, Mike Tullberg’s team will need to produce another show of strength. Some personnel changes are to be expected compared to the match in the UEFA Youth League, especially given that Silas Ostrzinski, Göktan Gürpüz, Abdoulaye Kamara and Prince Aning are only available to play on the international stage. Jaden Korzynietz, Michel Ludwig and Rafael Lubach are contenders to return to the starting line-up.

After breaking the attendance record in the European League, the BVB women’s handballers are preparing for their next international highlight in March. Having contested the first leg a week earlier, Henk Groener’s team will then take on Neptunes de Nantes at the Westpress-Arena in Hamm at 16:00 CET on Sunday 26/03, with a place in the Final Four up for grabs. Tickets are available via BVB’s official ticket shop from Thursday. 

Following the international break at the end of March, Borussia Dortmund will play their top match away to Bayern Munich on 1 April (18:30 CET). BVB will then be at home to Union Berlin on Easter Saturday (15:30 CET), before visiting Stuttgart in the same slot a week later. The next top match involving the Black & Yellows comes on 22 April, when they host Eintracht Frankfurt at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK (18:30 CET).

Borussia Dortmund will take on Leipzig at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK on Friday. Kick-off is at 20:30...

The scenario: The two teams occupy second and fourth place respectively, exactly as they did ahead of their meeting last year. The Westphalians currently have a four-point lead over the men from Saxony. The six previous meetings in Dortmund have produced three victories for BVB, one draw and two triumphs for Leipzig.

After the comfortable victory against Mannheim last weekend, relief was written all over the faces of the Black and Yellow faithful. The final scoreline of 4-0 was the biggest win for the BVB U23s in 18 months, and the first under the new head coach Jan Zimmermann: “It was a very positive afternoon for everyone involved. The victory made everyone feel good.”

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The training ground in Dortmund-Brackel is becoming more crowded: Julian Ryerson has been back in team training since the beginning of the week after sitting out last weekend with an eye infection. Mateu Morey and Julien Duranville have completed parts of team training, while Karim Adeyemi is expected to resume ball-work on Friday or Saturday. Unlike Ryerson, the latter three and Youssoufa Moukoko will not yet be ready to play against Leipzig.

Friday 3 March (20:30 CET): BVB vs. Rasenballsport Leipzig
BVB will begin March with a home game, with the Black & Yellows set to kick off Bundesliga Matchday 23 against Leipzig in front of a sold-out stadium on Friday evening. Borussia have a score to settle from the reverse fixture, which they lost by a 3-0 scoreline in September. And the two teams will meet for the third time this season shortly afterwards, with a place in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals to be determined in Leipzig on 5 April.

”It was an exceptional performance, and it’s an exceptional performance to make it into the best eight teams in Europe. You can tell that this competition means a lot to both coaches and players,” said a delighted Lars Ricken, director of the hugely successful BVB academy, following the intense and high-quality clash with the heavily-favoured French club. A mature and measured team performance was rewarded through victory in a penalty shootout after the match ended in a 1-1 draw.