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MARCH 2019
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I think that Augsburg was, so to speak,
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the lowest point in a negative phase
that lasted several weeks.
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Over the weeks, you could see
that some players in the team
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were suffering more and more self-doubt.
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This self-doubts created some tension,
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so that outsiders started to suspect
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that their attitude wasn't right,
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as they were making
such a poor showing.
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On several occasions this season
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we lost points against opponents
who are inferior to us,
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with all due respect.
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We shouldn't be getting beaten
purely on mentality,
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because we don't have the mentality
and will to win that they do.
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At the same time,
Augsburg was also the point
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at which not only the team,
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but also the club in general said,
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"We need to make
some basic adjustments now.
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We have to do something different."
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So Augsburg was also good,
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in that certain things were questioned.
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Over the last few days,
we've spent hours together
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on the training grounds and discussing.
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The manager is raising their awareness.
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We've also done that
in talks with the players,
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but it's primarily the manager's job
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to point out
that their approach was not okay.
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We know we have a young team.
That's part of the explanation,
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but I think it's too easy
to use that as an excuse.
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Because that young team also got us
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to where we are now,
at the top of the league.
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Perhaps it was all a bit too easy
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and now we have to
tighten the screws a little
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to bring more sharpness
into our game.
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CL QUARTER-FINAL RETURN LEG
03.05.2019
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TODAY WE NEED THE FOOTBALL GOD
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UNTIL WE CARRY THE CUP OVER THE PITCH,
LIKE IN '97
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Hakimi has played a lot
in the last weeks
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and he may have made
a few too many mistakes.
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We just reacted to that.
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Zagadou needed a rest too.
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It wasn't a decision
for the weeks ahead,
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it was specifically for that match.
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Julian Weigl came back in the team
as a central defender.
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With him, we hoped to gain more control
of the ball and improve passing.
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We tried to turn the tie around,
especially in the first half.
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The overall performance was
what I envisage for our team.
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We dominated Tottenham.
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We should be capable,
even against a team like Tottenham,
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to score one, two, three goals at home.
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Lloris had a great match
and stopped a lot of shots.
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If not for him, we could have
scored two or three in the first half.
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That gave us strength
for the rest of the championship.
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Because even in England,
few teams dominate Tottenham like that.
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Defensively, they're a strong
and well-organized team.
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When Harry Kane made it 1-0,
it was essentially game over.
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But although we lost 1-0,
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the first half
gave the team the confidence
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that they still had it
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and that they could play brilliantly
against a good team.
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I thought the scenes after the match
were quite remarkable.
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I stood on the touchline
for quite a while,
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looking to the south stand.
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Ordinarily you'd cry
at the sight of that. It was unique.
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It sent shivers down my spine.
We were disappointed we got knocked out.
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But the fans were incredible.
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I've rarely experienced
moments like yesterday.
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Of course we're disappointed.
One reason to do well in the Bundesliga
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is to qualify for the Champions League,
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and to make a good showing there.
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We're out of two competitions
and only have the league now.
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We're still in the lead. It doesn't feel
like it, but we are top of the table.
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If you're in the lead on matchday 24,
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you're not happy to finish fourth.
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You'd still qualify
for the Champions League,
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but obviously that can't be our goal.
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Roman, hi. How are you?
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People used to say goalkeepers
should be big in stature,
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they must assert themselves in the air,
and they have to be a bit crazy.
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I wondered what they meant by "crazy",
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but if you asked a few teammates,
they'd say I'm crazy.
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It probably rubs off on you
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or as a goalkeeper
you just become a bit crazy.
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Three, two, one, change.
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As a goalkeeper you have to be brave.
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Sometimes you go in head-first,
or you use your whole body
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to block a shot
and you get the ball smashed at you.
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Many players don't dare to do that.
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Often when a striker shoots,
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the player who blocks the ball
turns away.
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You can't do that as a goalkeeper.
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You have to face the ball,
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and even use your face if necessary
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to stop the ball from going in the net.
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And I think what makes us a bit... crazy
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is this total will to defend.
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I came here from Freiburg,
from a smaller club.
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Unlike at Freiburg,
I had almost no shots to save.
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I thought,
"You have to show what you can do.
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You're not between
the Dortmund posts for nothing."
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I think that's when
I started wanting too much.
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And I often got myself into difficulty.
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Last year
I had another difficult situation.
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We had a coach who wanted me
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to get off my line and actively play.
I wanted to do too much.
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I misjudged some balls,
because I wanted to claim them early.
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Or I rushed out when I shouldn't have.
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I was criticized in the media,
and of course that got to me.
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That's how the entire last season went.
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I was glad that I could
start this season from scratch
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with a new goalkeeping team,
with Eric and Marwin.
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I thought things couldn't get any worse.
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And I tried to work on myself,
to accept things.
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I believe in certain things.
What you put in is what you get out.
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I'm convinced of that,
and I try to put in all I can,
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to be successful on the pitch.
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That includes mental training
and training when there is no training.
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You must be mentally prepared
and train hard.
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It has a lot to do
with the mind and psychology.
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It means a lot to me
that the players in the Bundesliga
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voted me as the best goalkeeper
in "Kicker" magazine.
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It's almost worth more than
being picked by the editorial staff.
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But I still said
I have to keep working on myself,
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I can do a lot of things better,
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I can improve in many areas.
We're working on that now.
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I've always wanted
to take responsibility for things,
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regardless of whether or not
I'm captain or on the team council.
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I still think that,
to be able to take responsibility,
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you have to perform well,
so the players accept you.
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I get on well with all the players,
but I can still be the one who says,
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"That's the second time
that you're a minute late for a meal."
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At first that player
is a bit annoyed and says,
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"It's only the second time."
And I say, "Two times too many."
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But then it's fine.
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Or in training,
if someone's not being serious enough,
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because I can't handle losing,
I can't accept that.
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Sometimes voices are raised,
and then I speak out.
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But I think they appreciate
my speaking out,
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because it's not good
if it's all just puppies and kittens.
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Basically I like it
when players voice criticism.
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They must also be
critical of themselves.
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But we have the situation
where Roman
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has put in
excellent performances all season,
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and has also developed personally,
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and he has the right and the desire
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to speak out openly about any
shortcomings and problems that he sees.
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That's part of the exchange
in this group.
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That's conditional upon performance,
of course.
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It's not good if the goalie
lets in goal after goal
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and then says,
"You're not marking properly."
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You always have this discussion
within teams.
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The defensive players
are usually clearheaded.
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Attacking players less so,
as they think of themselves as artists.
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That's a conflict of interests
that teams have to withstand.
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You even need it in order to develop.
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MATCHDAY 25
03.09.2019
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We knew it was crucial to win at home.
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Because of the conditions,
with the rain, it was a physical game.
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The weather made it hard. We didn't know
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where the wind was coming from.
It was swirling around.
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That made it even harder for us.
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They sat very deep,
with nearly everyone in the box.
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With teams like that,
it's never easy
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to score the opening goal
or create chances.
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I didn't see it. Paco and I
were focused on the free kick,
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discussing who would take it.
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We weren't expecting a penalty.
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It took a long time.
I nearly froze to death.
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But it's one shot.
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We've had this weakness
at set pieces for a while.
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We don't defend them well. No one
feels responsible with zonal marking.
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We need to make a massive improvement.
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It's a question of concentration.
When you use zonal marking,
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you have to jump into action
when the ball is coming.
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You have to keep an eye on the ball and
any opposing player entering your area.
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Some players are taller
and out-jump you for the header.
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But that wasn't the situation.
It was a completely free header.
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One, two or three players were sleeping
and weren't where they should have been.
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And I think that is the problem.
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You have to be 100% present
for 90 or 95 minutes.
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That's football.
Or else you get punished.
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It was very frustrating.
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To be honest,
at that moment I was thinking,
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"I don't think we can score another."
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I was playing in position 9 at the end,
which is a different position for me.
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Axel fought his way through brilliantly.
I didn't know if he still had the ball.
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He did that really well.
Then he saw me and played me in.
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I was in the box,
Christian was in a better position.
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It was an important moment,
as it sealed the win.
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I clenched my fists
after the final whistle,
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because it was important.
We hadn't won a few games
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and we have a young team
that has to deal with the situation.
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If we'd played like that in the
away games in Nuremberg or Augsburg,
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we'd have got a different result.
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But you get phases like that in a season
and I hope we've put this one behind us.
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Of course you always want
to be at the top of the table,
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but we still have them to play,
and we have nine matchdays left
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to turn things around again.
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No one can waltz through 34 matches
without any setbacks.
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In England,
Jürgen Klopp is having a great season,
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but he also had
a 7-point lead over Man City.
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But you can't shake Man City off.
We haven't shaken off Bayern Munich,
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or they've overtaken us
on goal difference,
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not because we have played dreadfully,
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but because they won
13 out of 14 matches.
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If a team wins 13 out of 14 games,
you can't shake them off.
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Both teams had poor phases,
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Bayern in the first half of the season,
us in the second, in February.
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Now we're entering the home stretch.
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STOCK MARKET LAUNCH
OCTOBER 2000
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It was a surprise
to see a football club go public.
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Because it was a first, and because
it was Borussia Dortmund,
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because you'd have expected
that more of Bayern Munich.
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But ultimately this step
was taken to raise capital,
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because as it turned out later,
even at this point they were seeing
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serious precursors
to the impending financial crisis.
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I came to Borussia Dortmund
in the 2001/02 season
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as a very young player from Freiburg.
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Matthias Sammer was my manager
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and, with his passion,
he inspired me to come to Dortmund.
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Amoroso never tracked back.
Or Ewerthon.
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Sammer said,
"Dedé, tell them they have to get back!"
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But they didn't come back.
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"No, I'm staying up here
and resting until you give me the ball."
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And it worked.
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MATCHDAY 34, 2001/02
05.04.2002
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We became German champions in my first
season, in the last game against Bremen.
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Ewerthon scored the goal
in the 80th minute,
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and we became the German champions.
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GERMAN CHAMPIONS 2002
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There were relatively expensive players
in the team by this time.
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Tomáš Rosický,
Jan Koller, Márcio Amoroso.
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Players that would exceed the
financial means of Borussia Dortmund,
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unless the club qualified
for the Champions League every season.
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DORTMUND - CLUB BRUGGE
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE QUALIFIER
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In the summer of 2003, it happened.
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They didn't qualify
for the Champions League.
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Catastrophe. We saw the images
of Gerd Niebaum sitting in the stadium
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when they lost to Club Brugge
in the qualifying round,
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and he sat hunched over, supporting
himself on the barrier in front of him.
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I'm not great with numbers,
but it was a fine line,
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and this tragic story
then took its course.
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But I'm the last person to say,
"That's got nothing to do with me."
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As the manager at that time
you have to take responsibility and say,
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"Man, it might have been possible,
if we'd reached the Champions League.
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Perhaps we could have done certain
things better." No question about it.
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First of all, we approached the team
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and discussed a reduction in wages.
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We said that we wanted
to retain 20% of wages.
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We didn't force anyone.
Those discussions were not easy.
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But even now I'm still very grateful
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for the acceptance
that those players were able to muster.
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It was the consequence of Niebaum
and Meier's high-risk financial policy.
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Added to that, they were investing
a stadium expansion.
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The two main grandstands had extra tiers
added in three expansion phases,
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then the legendary south stand
was created,
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where 26,000 fans can stand,
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which is unique in Europe.
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From a normal financial point of view,
it should never have been built.
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It was fall 2004.
Reinhard Rauball was elected president
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in November, after Niebaum resigned.
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I had a close and trusting relationship
with Reinhard Rauball from day one.
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He asked me to take responsibility.
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I never wondered if I'd be
at Dortmund for ten years.
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The question for me was, "Will we
still exist in the three months?"
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The pressure was unbelievable, sure,
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but I didn't shirk my responsibilities.
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To be honest, there was no competition,
no one else would do it.
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I stayed at a hotel for months
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and at first
I didn't take a salary at all,
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because there was no money.
So I had no financial incentive.
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It was a really crap time.
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We had no money, debts of 122 million,
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we played at a stadium
owned by a Commerzbank fund...
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Since we had no money,
the team was no good anymore. Horrific.
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In principle the stadium was sold.
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Future transfer proceeds
from Tomáš Rosický and the like
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were assigned.
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Future proceeds from ticket sales
were assigned.
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All of that had to be reversed.
We drew up a plan to do that,
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but this plan had to be approved
by the investors in the fund,
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to allow the continued existence
of Borussia Dortmund.
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When it came to the actual vote,
I was asked
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not to attend.
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It was in this room,
the room that he previously occupied.
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He wanted to come.
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It was a valiant attitude of his,
to want to face the situation.
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He said, "We have to fight."
I said, "Fight, yes. But we'll do it."
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I was worried
that too many people would say to him,
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"You brought this upon us.
Why should we help you now?"
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To have prepared it all
and worked hard on it,
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and then to be treated
as persona non grata...
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that is painful.
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I thought it was the right decision
not to allow
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this conflict to crop up in the meeting,
so I said,
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"No, it's better if you stay here."
And he didn't want that.
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Then I resorted to the measure
available to me by law,
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I issued an instruction and said,
"No, we're doing it this way."
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We'd lost to Stuttgart the night before.
The mood wasn't good.
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For the first few hours,
the atmosphere was so hostile
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that I thought we were done for.
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If 75% of the Molsiris Fund investors
hadn't approved our restructuring plan,
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we'd have been finished that day.
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Next morning I'd have gone to
the local court to file for bankruptcy.
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That would have meant instant relegation
to the District C-League.
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We sat there, after going through it all
and making the presentations,
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and everyone had to vote.
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The result was due to appear above us,
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and we waited and waited and waited.
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No one said a word.
You could hear a pin drop,
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because everyone was
anxiously awaiting the result.
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There was a TV screen,
and bang... the number appeared.
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It was in the region of 100,
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so we could end the day
the way people do in Dortmund.
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The debt-ridden Bundesliga club
Borussia Dortmund
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has avoided bankruptcy
for the time being.
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This came as their stadium's owners
approved the club's restructuring plan.
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Germany's only listed football club
hopes that this
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will ensure it remains solvent
for the coming year.
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MARCH 2019
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Axel has a muscle tear
in the hip flexor muscle area.
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On his left side.
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With professional footballers,
muscle injuries are our biggest problem,
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as they are the most common.
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We classify these muscle injuries.
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This is a medium-severe muscle injury.
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CLUB DOCTOR
It should take around
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three weeks of rehabilitation
to make a full recovery.
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After the last match against Stuttgart,
I was in a lot of pain.
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I've sustained a muscle injury.
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It's going to take some time.
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But I feel...
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I feel better now.
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Axel is our centerpiece.
He dictates our rhythm.
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Players follow his lead.
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We had a similar situation up front
in recent weeks with Marco Reus.
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Of course it hurts us,
but in the run-up to a match
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I don't like making it an issue,
as you're just creating excuses.
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And you're also
slightly degrading the other players,
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who have to
pull the chestnuts out of the fire.
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Paco has muscle problems, too.
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And Mario has a bit of a problem
with his ribs.
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He also caught a cold.
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The upshot is that all three are out.
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I trained two or three times last week,
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but I could still really feel my rib.
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It was bitter, after the Stuttgart game,
to be ruled out with a broken rib.
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Especially with a difficult away game,
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tricky conditions and tough opposition.
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We'd like to field a full-strength team
for this game.
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Hertha Berlin is traditionally
a tough away game for us.
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It has been for years.
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So it's frustrating.
But what can we do? Give up?
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MATCHDAY
03.16.2019
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Berlin was a difficult task,
because they've developed very well.
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They're particularly strong
against strong opposition.
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In particular,
they've managed to get good results
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against technically good teams,
including Bayern,
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SPORTS DIRECTOR
and against all the top teams.
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I think we last won away in Berlin
five years ago.
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So we need
a top performance here to win. Period.
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We also knew that in the south,
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they were all hoping
that we'd falter in Berlin.
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Above all I knew that
we would only succeed with emotionality.
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We were at lunch and Mr. Watzke
said he wanted to say a few words.
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He told us that
he would also award us a bonus
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if we won the game.
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He said, "We're in this position
because you've been playing well."
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"We are so close.
We can become legends."
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"People will still
be talking about us in 15 years,
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saying we became champions.
They'll know the names of all the team
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that won the champions shield.
We don't have to win, but we can."
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It can sharpen the senses
to hear something different.
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If I make a counterpoint,
I try to do so at an emotional level.
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A bit warlike, but not too much.
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"If you want to win in Berlin,
you must be willing to suffer,
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to take the pain,
or you won't succeed."
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If you do that once in a while to set
the mood, it's probably productive.
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If you make that appeal every week,
no one listens after three weeks.
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Right, let's get to it!
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Everything was perfect
in terms of the conditions,
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the rain, the greasy surface.
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All the ingredients were there
for a great showdown.
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A lot of Dortmund fans were there.
I heard there were up to 20,000.
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SPORTS JOURNALIST
The atmosphere was like a cup final.
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We conceded what to me
was an unnecessary goal.
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In the future it would be good not to
concede goals that aren't well-executed.
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If we play another team
that destabilizes us,
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and they score a great goal,
then you say, "Bravo." End of story.
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But with the goals
we concede sometimes, it's difficult.
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It's my job to hold it.
And I tried to.
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I discussed it just now
with the goalkeeping coach.
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He thought, as I did,
that the ball took a strange bounce,
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as it was suddenly up by my nose,
and then it was in the goalmouth.
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Unfortunate...
That was unfortunate for me today.
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No one knows the exact rule.
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It's a natural reaction when the ball
is shot at your face from a meter away,
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to raise your hand. I didn't plan
to do that. It's just a reflex.
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I didn't make much of a protest,
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because I knew
I played the ball with my hand.
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Normally it goes to the
video assistant referee, when your hand
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doesn't make the body bigger.
That didn't happen.
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Sometimes you play well and score,
like today or against Leverkusen.
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Sometimes you make mistakes. You have to
learn from them and keep going.
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For me, it was one of the best games
of the season. If not the very best.
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But it takes two to tango.
It was two great teams.
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Hertha Berlin put in
a great performance, too.
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But Borussia Dortmund were being driven
by a virtually irrepressible will
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to win the match,
despite the most adverse of conditions.
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92nd MINUTE OF PLAY
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Jadon pulled his marker
with him into the box.
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I wanted to play a one-two with him,
but I saw there wasn't enough space.
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Then he saw me,
and I just had to stick my foot out.
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It was pure relief then. We knew
it was the last move of the game,
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our last chance
of taking all three points.
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Had it not been for Marco,
we wouldn't have won in Berlin. Period.
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The 92nd-minute goal was scored by Marco
because Marco is predestined for that.
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CEO
Other players may not have scored.
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My heart is still racing,
so it's hard to analyze it already.
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But the way I saw it,
we played with incredible will,
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trying to turn it around
after we went 1-0 down.
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I just read that we had
25 shots on goal, away at Hertha Berlin.
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A record for the season. Outstanding.
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A huge compliment to the team,
because you could see today,
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in the 2nd half, they wanted to win
with every fiber of their bodies.
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Chapeau, I take my hat off.
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In fact that is the DNA of this team,
of this club,
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to go for it,
to play an aggressive game.
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It reminded me a bit of the approach
in the Jürgen Klopp years.
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SPORTS JOURNALIST
The physicality, the aggressiveness.
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That also gets the fans on your side.
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After the massive effort
that they put in,
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to seal such a dramatic win
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so late in the game,
that's really invigorating.
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It also gives you mental strength.
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That match really impressed me.
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Every season, you get four or five
situations you can draw strength from.
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That was definitely one of them.
That much is obvious.
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We just believed in ourselves.
We knew we could do it.
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GOALKEEPER
We created chances, and I think...
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I can say it here in private. If you win games...
- Yeah!
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If you win games like this, you can
win the title at the end of the season.
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MENTALITY OF CHAMPIONS
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EPIC!
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He gets the ball here.
He's got this solution.
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They'll move across, but not to here.
It's impossible.
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There are two of them. This far is
impossible. He has lots of options.
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Lucien is a football enthusiast.
A real purist.
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What interests Lucien most of all
in the football business is the ball.
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Lucien is someone
who spends all day every day
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thinking about football.
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He comes to here.
He can go inside. Risk.
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He can go deeper,
play a one-two with him. Or with him.
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And he can...
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He can go here.
He stays put, and the ball goes there.
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If they don't stay here.
Understand? Okay.
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When I was 20 I was already
interested in tactics. Everything.
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I talked about it with the other players
and with the manager.
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MANAGER
That always interested me.
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He loves attacking play with lots of
possession. That's important for us.
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After each match
he goes into every last detail
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of what we didn't do well.
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Stay level! That's important.
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Because we have a young team,
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he also likes to work on all
the young players' weaknesses.
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After training,
they stay another 10 or 15 minutes.
467
00:42:18,720 --> 00:42:21,920
It doesn't seem like much,
but in the end it's important.
468
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:28,280
I think the players appreciate it,
when a manager
469
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:32,680
not only deals with
the tactical macrocosm, so to speak,
470
00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:36,840
with match plans and so on,
but also give specific tips
471
00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,720
on what to do in individual situations.
472
00:42:40,080 --> 00:42:42,920
That brings the manager
and the player closer together,
473
00:42:43,360 --> 00:42:46,920
because of this technical competence,
particularly with details.
474
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:50,240
He doesn't need a big stage,
or to be grandiose.
475
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:52,880
That makes him likeable for the fans,
476
00:42:53,240 --> 00:42:55,840
It creates appreciation for him
in the players.
477
00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:01,080
I often see him
coaching individual players.
478
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:04,080
Him and the player
doing particular exercises.
479
00:43:04,440 --> 00:43:06,880
Taking the ball, keeping the ball up,
skills exercises.
480
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,680
He really explains things.
I've never seen that before.
481
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:13,720
I know the player may find it awkward
482
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:16,960
to train alone with the manager,
483
00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,880
but he gets it across very well,
484
00:43:20,240 --> 00:43:23,240
and the players
make great progress as a result.
485
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:30,720
We have to keep working hard.
Not working, but working hard.
486
00:43:31,120 --> 00:43:36,280
People underestimate that, thinking
they're all fit and can do everything.
487
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,920
Sorry, that's not the truth.
Far from it, far from it.
488
00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,720
There are many, many things to improve.
489
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:50,800
I remember a player
when I was at Mönchengladbach: Dante.
490
00:43:51,160 --> 00:43:54,400
His left foot was okay.
He was left-footed.
491
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:59,000
But as a central defender, we wanted him
to play in both directions,
492
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,320
right and left.
493
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:05,480
After training sessions,
he would work on it,
494
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:10,400
and he succeeded. Three or four
months later, he was much better
495
00:44:10,760 --> 00:44:14,760
with his left foot,
and much better with his right foot.
496
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:18,880
He could make 50-meter diagonal passes
with either foot.
497
00:44:22,040 --> 00:44:24,160
Ronaldo, what does he do?
498
00:44:24,520 --> 00:44:25,920
He's 34.
499
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,200
He stays for a long time
after training.
500
00:44:29,560 --> 00:44:32,120
All players say that about him.
501
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:38,200
He does stretching, strength, technical
exercises. He works in front of goal.
502
00:44:38,560 --> 00:44:41,200
That's the truth,
and it's no coincidence.
503
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:45,480
Every player,
whether they're 18 or 30,
504
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,480
can improve.
505
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:56,840
Lucien is the decision-maker.
Exclusively so.
506
00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:02,320
But the coaching team is very
open, constructive and also critical.
507
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:05,160
We discuss many things.
The way we do it
508
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:09,160
is that Manni takes care
of the set pieces,
509
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:13,480
both offensively and defensively.
He's in charge,
510
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:18,360
although ideas are also thrown in
by Lucien, me and our analysts,
511
00:45:18,720 --> 00:45:22,400
as well as by the goalkeeping coach.
It's the same with me.
512
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:27,600
I'm responsible for opposition analysis.
I watch our next opponents,
513
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,720
I analyze it all
and I make a presentation to the team.
514
00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:44,840
Everyone feels what an open,
kind and warm-hearted person Lucien is.
515
00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:49,480
He's extremely polite,
and that's how it is working together.
516
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:54,040
It gets a bit more hectic
in the heat of a match, of course,
517
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:58,720
but basically he's a very
structured, polite and nice man.
518
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:09,040
He never loses his composure,
even if something was really bad.
519
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,320
I think many players appreciate that.
520
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:15,040
He sets great stock
in the way people treat each other,
521
00:46:15,400 --> 00:46:17,720
himself with us,
and us among ourselves.
522
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,280
Everyone realizes
that respect and discipline
523
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:24,040
are the two most important qualities
for having success.
524
00:46:26,400 --> 00:46:28,440
Yes, that's good.
525
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:36,000
Mr. Favre, what's your impression
of the players? Are they fighters?
526
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:40,200
I think he's someone
who is totally invested in his job.
527
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:45,760
He looks after everything that
constitutes the original job of coach.
528
00:46:46,120 --> 00:46:50,000
But everything else that
in the last few years and decades
529
00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,720
has become part of the job of manager,
530
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:59,040
public relations, appearing on the
touchline, giving press conferences,
531
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:03,080
everything that interests
us journalists and many fans,
532
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:05,160
all of that is...
533
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,320
I wouldn't say he's contemptuous of it,
534
00:47:08,680 --> 00:47:11,720
but it's something he doesn't do gladly.
535
00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:16,240
Our collective and individual
performances are what's most important.
536
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:19,280
I have good relations with journalists,
537
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,800
but sometimes even I say,
"That's not on!"
538
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,960
What I don't like
is the lack of precision.
539
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:31,160
They want to sell something sensational,
and they exaggerate.
540
00:47:31,520 --> 00:47:35,080
I hardly watch TV, and I read...
541
00:47:36,160 --> 00:47:39,000
Usually I don't read papers.
542
00:47:51,840 --> 00:47:54,480
I was really wasted,
543
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,600
which may have been noticeable
in some interviews.
544
00:47:57,960 --> 00:48:00,960
And I don't remember much
that makes any sense.
545
00:48:01,320 --> 00:48:03,760
ON THE CHAMPIONS' PARTY 2011
I do remember one thing.
546
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:05,680
I'm not sure if I ever told anyone.
547
00:48:06,040 --> 00:48:10,880
I actually woke up on a truck
in the garage. All alone.
548
00:48:11,240 --> 00:48:14,560
I remember that, but I have
no idea about the hours before that.
549
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:18,560
Nobody asked,
"What's with the coach?" or anything.
550
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:23,720
I woke up, climbed out of the truck
and found myself in a big factory hall.
551
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:29,760
Then I walked across the yard
and saw the silhouette of a man.
552
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,800
So I whistled,
because I can whistle quite loudly,
553
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:39,000
and I noticed the silhouette
slowed down a little.
554
00:48:39,360 --> 00:48:42,040
So I waited and I saw Aki Watzke.
555
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:47,320
So Aki and I were the only people
on this huge yard.
556
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:52,760
Jürgen was finished. He always
partied the hardest of everyone.
557
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:55,240
He said to me,
"Aki, I have to get out of here."
558
00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:58,320
So I said, "Jürgen,
let's get out of here.
559
00:48:58,680 --> 00:49:03,000
Let's try our luck. We'll just keep
walking until someone passes."
560
00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:07,080
But it wasn't that easy,
because the city was closed off.
561
00:49:07,440 --> 00:49:10,200
But after ten minutes or so,
a car passed.
562
00:49:11,240 --> 00:49:14,280
So I jumped out onto the road.
563
00:49:14,640 --> 00:49:19,480
Aki held up an old Mercedes on the road.
564
00:49:19,840 --> 00:49:24,080
It was a Turkish feller,
in a station wagon.
565
00:49:24,440 --> 00:49:30,080
And Aki says,
"Take us to the Italian."
566
00:49:30,440 --> 00:49:32,160
"No, I won't drive you there."
567
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:36,680
So Aki reaches into his pocket,
finds 200 euros and says, "You will."
568
00:49:37,040 --> 00:49:39,920
He sees the money, "OK".
Aki sits in the front, I sit back.
569
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,120
I kept slamming my head into the side,
570
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:44,240
I was a little tired,
571
00:49:44,600 --> 00:49:47,960
and I kept hearing, "cluck cluck cluck".
572
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,640
"What's going on here?"
I thought I dreamed it.
573
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:53,720
But I didn't.
The trunk was full of chickens.
574
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:56,440
There were chickens. That's correct.
575
00:49:56,800 --> 00:50:01,040
But there were also three dead rams
he had just slaughtered.
576
00:50:01,400 --> 00:50:03,200
But he probably didn't notice that.
577
00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:07,280
But those rams spread
a pervasive smell through the car,
578
00:50:07,640 --> 00:50:10,640
which wasn't a Mercedes,
it was a Ford Transit.
579
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,560
But nobody will be surprised
that I was a bit more sober than him.
580
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:19,480
Then we had to drive through
all the road blocks.
581
00:50:19,840 --> 00:50:23,760
We went through the road blocks,
with Aki shouting out the window.
582
00:50:24,120 --> 00:50:26,480
"Oh, Herr Watzke! Please pass."
583
00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,960
That was... I don't remember much more.
584
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:35,440
We drove to the city center like that.
585
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:39,080
I dropped Jürgen off with his family.
586
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:47,320
The second year went much better.
I made sure I paced myself.
587
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:02,360
We came out of a very difficult time.
We had had big financial problems.
588
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:07,200
The stadium was still full, we were
still seen as a Champions League club.
589
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:12,120
But we didn't have the horsepower
to live up to our reputation.
590
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,480
We had to give up our best players,
591
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:18,120
A to make money,
B to lower our wage budget.
592
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:26,040
Jürgen was a lucky find in 2008.
593
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:29,080
We fit together like peas and carrots.
594
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:33,960
Jürgen suited Borussia Dortmund,
595
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,680
the Ruhr area, our region,
as if he had been born here.
596
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,360
We had lost our confidence
in that period
597
00:51:41,720 --> 00:51:43,760
and he basically kissed us awake.
598
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:47,280
From day one,
it was a win-win situation.
599
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:51,480
The club needed a manager
with low budget expectations,
600
00:51:51,840 --> 00:51:54,400
and I needed a club
that would give me the chance
601
00:51:54,760 --> 00:51:58,080
to grow to the next level.
602
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:02,600
Because Mainz had been
like a playground for us.
603
00:52:04,960 --> 00:52:10,240
I wasn't aware of the severity of
Borussia Dortmund's financial situation
604
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:13,000
when I arrived in 2008.
605
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:16,960
But I quickly found out
that it was no picnic.
606
00:52:17,800 --> 00:52:22,480
Because of our financial trouble,
together we developed the philosophy
607
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:26,560
to build things back up slowly,
one step at a time.
608
00:52:28,680 --> 00:52:32,440
Considering where Dortmund came from,
what Klopp pulled off here,
609
00:52:32,800 --> 00:52:36,280
with his ability to captivate everyone
and cover all the bases...
610
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:40,520
He became a role model figure
for so many people in the city.
611
00:52:40,880 --> 00:52:45,360
To create that and then translate
your philosophy into successes,
612
00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:48,560
all within three years...
That's extraordinary.
613
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:56,040
MATCHDAY 1, 2008/09
08.16.2008
614
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:04,960
We put together a team
who were clearly not the best 11 players
615
00:53:05,320 --> 00:53:07,600
ever signed by Borussia Dortmund,
616
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:12,360
but when you put them all together,
they complimented each other well.
617
00:53:12,720 --> 00:53:17,600
It was tight-knit group
who all worked hard for each other.
618
00:53:22,080 --> 00:53:28,120
It was a group of wild dogs who
went at anyone wearing a different kit.
619
00:53:28,800 --> 00:53:31,800
It was a very fortunate
combination of events.
620
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:37,440
Getting a team like that for the little
money the club paid at the time...
621
00:53:37,800 --> 00:53:39,280
They really won the lottery.
622
00:53:39,640 --> 00:53:42,200
We'd go forward
with immense speed.
623
00:53:42,560 --> 00:53:45,080
Hitting on the break
was our greatest strength.
624
00:53:51,120 --> 00:53:54,320
Everyone tried their best
to help the others.
625
00:53:54,680 --> 00:53:56,720
Everyone held back their ego.
626
00:53:57,080 --> 00:54:00,840
Everyone was like that.
We really wanted to work as a team.
627
00:54:01,200 --> 00:54:05,920
The connection between Jürgen Klopp and
the team was very passionate and close.
628
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:10,280
He was incredibly involved
in the development of his boys.
629
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,960
He picked them very carefully
and nurtured them,
630
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:18,240
but he could also
be quite unpleasant at times.
631
00:54:21,200 --> 00:54:23,720
Kloppo is always fired up.
That's his strength.
632
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:28,360
Like with most people, his greatest
strength is also his Achilles' heel.
633
00:54:28,720 --> 00:54:32,440
Back then, he found it hard to relax
634
00:54:32,800 --> 00:54:35,320
or to accept that some boys
might be tired.
635
00:54:35,680 --> 00:54:37,720
He wanted us to always give it our all.
636
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:40,560
So of course we'd sometimes clash.
637
00:54:44,600 --> 00:54:48,760
You had to keep up with him,
if you couldn't you were lost.
638
00:54:49,120 --> 00:54:52,080
He had a clear vision,
which he implemented completely.
639
00:55:08,520 --> 00:55:12,760
I had just turned 18, it was
my first season, I'd just left school.
640
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:15,560
Everything was new
and I was always nervous.
641
00:55:15,920 --> 00:55:17,480
It was just unbelievable.
642
00:55:28,120 --> 00:55:29,880
He was the man who made the difference.
643
00:55:30,240 --> 00:55:32,560
On the one hand,
we demanded that of him,
644
00:55:32,920 --> 00:55:35,640
his dribbling and the one-on-ones,
645
00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:37,920
but our team also needed
646
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,800
an 18-year-old to assume responsibility.
647
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:44,920
I think the goal against Hanover
is symbolic of that,
648
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,000
when he dribbled past
four or five players.
649
00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:51,240
The energy was lacking
in the stadium and the squad
650
00:55:51,600 --> 00:55:54,000
and he woke up the entire team.
651
00:55:54,360 --> 00:55:57,480
After that, we overwhelmed Hanover,
but he initiated that.
652
00:55:58,960 --> 00:56:01,480
From the first moment, we all said,
653
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:05,720
"OK, we'll see him at the Ballon d'Or
and I hope he will remember us."
654
00:56:06,080 --> 00:56:09,640
Because we all saw that he was
an incredibly talented footballer.
655
00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:16,800
MATCHDAY 32, 2010/11
04.30.2011
656
00:56:28,960 --> 00:56:31,920
The first league win
came as a surprise to us as well.
657
00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,960
When we were 2-0 up against Nürnberg
on matchday 32
658
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:38,320
and Nobby Dickel announced that
Cologne were ahead against Leverkusen...
659
00:56:44,600 --> 00:56:47,200
That will always give me goosebumps.
660
00:56:48,200 --> 00:56:54,560
GERMAN CHAMPIONS 2011
661
00:56:55,800 --> 00:57:01,560
We didn't really have time to prepare.
It wasn't supposed to happen.
662
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:07,280
Because nobody dreamed that Leverkusen
would lose at home to Cologne.
663
00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:12,600
But then it did happen and
the following hours were like a trance.
664
00:57:17,040 --> 00:57:20,000
We knew we were champions,
so you look at each other and think,
665
00:57:20,360 --> 00:57:25,680
"Awesome. This is just what we've worked
so hard for and it's really happening."
666
00:57:26,040 --> 00:57:30,160
It was such a great feeling
to win it with that team,
667
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:34,160
because we were all
very close friends.
668
00:57:34,520 --> 00:57:36,760
We spent so much time together.
669
00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:39,040
It was very special.
670
00:57:41,440 --> 00:57:44,320
An extremely strange evening followed.
671
00:57:44,680 --> 00:57:47,960
I actually doubt
that could happen today.
672
00:57:48,320 --> 00:57:53,160
It's only a few years ago, but somehow
it feels like it was a different age.
673
00:57:53,520 --> 00:57:57,000
It came at a perfect time for Dortmund,
674
00:57:57,360 --> 00:58:00,600
because for many years the club
had made it hard for fans.
675
00:58:00,960 --> 00:58:04,480
It almost went bankrupt,
with one foot in the grave,
676
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,040
and suddenly there's this resurrection.
677
00:58:07,400 --> 00:58:10,680
And with a team
that was very easy to identify with.
678
00:58:11,040 --> 00:58:13,880
That was probably
the best time in the club's history,
679
00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:18,080
although the '97 Champions League title
has greater sporting value.
680
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:21,560
Who is German champion?
BVB Borussia
681
00:58:21,920 --> 00:58:25,320
Who is German champion?
Borussia BVB
682
00:58:28,840 --> 00:58:30,440
That video is world famous.
683
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,960
With Neven standing bare-chested
on a car. Fantastic.
684
00:58:34,320 --> 00:58:39,040
That team was only a little worse
at playing football than at partying.
685
00:58:39,520 --> 00:58:42,320
German champion is only BVB
686
00:58:42,680 --> 00:58:45,920
Only BVB, only BVB
687
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:58,600
GERMAN CUP FINAL 2012
05.12.2012
688
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:04,320
This climaxed with us winning
the league again in 2011/12.
689
00:59:04,680 --> 00:59:07,280
We even won the double that year,
690
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:10,880
which was a first
in the history of Borussia Dortmund.
691
00:59:14,520 --> 00:59:17,440
Bayern were great that day,
they really caused us problems,
692
00:59:17,800 --> 00:59:19,920
but we were so clinical.
693
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:22,960
We played really well.
Lewy was exceptional.
694
00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:32,560
Winning a final
is something different than a league.
695
00:59:32,920 --> 00:59:36,600
Bayern must have played 50 finals
and never conceded more than two goals
696
00:59:36,960 --> 00:59:40,600
and then they conceded five.
It was extraordinary.
697
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:54,440
Winning the double
on that pitch in Berlin,
698
00:59:54,800 --> 00:59:59,000
I think that was the most beautiful
moment in Aki Watzke's football career,
699
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:02,320
the most beautiful moment
in his life at Borussia Dortmund
700
01:00:02,680 --> 01:00:05,000
after taking over in difficult times.
701
01:00:06,360 --> 01:00:10,560
You're always inclined
to glorify the past,
702
01:00:10,920 --> 01:00:15,440
but the collaboration between me,
the sports director and the manager,
703
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:18,680
that's unbeatable.
It will not happen anymore.
704
01:00:19,040 --> 01:00:22,080
No matter how good the manager
and the sports director are.
705
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:26,720
This cooperation,
especially on the human level...
706
01:00:27,080 --> 01:00:32,040
That was a unique experience.
You can't even put it into words.
707
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:41,960
The 5-2 against Bayern Munich was the
match that evoked the most emotions,
708
01:00:42,320 --> 01:00:45,000
but in retrospect
it also hurt us the most.
709
01:00:46,920 --> 01:00:51,840
That evening, somewhere in Munich
after this severe humiliation,
710
01:00:52,200 --> 01:00:56,720
someone made the firm resolution:
"This will not go on.
711
01:00:57,080 --> 01:00:58,720
SPORTS JOURNALIST
We will fight back."
712
01:00:59,080 --> 01:01:03,640
And history would show
that the empire did indeed strike back.
713
01:01:10,080 --> 01:01:14,880
CL QUARTER-FINAL RETURN LEG 2013
04.09.2013
714
01:01:16,720 --> 01:01:19,200
SCORE 1-2
91st MINUTE OF PLAY
715
01:01:25,920 --> 01:01:28,000
There's nothing to say
about the Malaga match.
716
01:01:28,360 --> 01:01:31,480
You should just watch
and listen to the BVB TV recording.
717
01:01:31,840 --> 01:01:33,840
There is nothing better
in a bad moment.
718
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:38,480
Just let it run and then...
"now the miracle of Dortmund begins".
719
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:40,560
And off he goes. Sensational.
720
01:01:40,920 --> 01:01:43,840
Now the miracle of Dortmund begins.
721
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:47,920
Throw-in, Schmelzer, Lewandowski
with the cross to the middle,
722
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:51,600
Schieber, Reus...
Reus in the middle! Get it in!
723
01:01:51,960 --> 01:01:53,720
Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal! Goal!
724
01:01:54,080 --> 01:01:57,800
Goal! Goal! Goal!
725
01:01:58,160 --> 01:02:01,240
Goal for Borussia Dortmund!
726
01:02:01,600 --> 01:02:04,960
3-2, we're all flipping out!
727
01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:08,200
All of Borussia Dortmund
are on the pitch!
728
01:02:08,560 --> 01:02:11,640
I don't believe it! I don't believe it!
729
01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:15,000
3-2 for Borussia Dortmund!
730
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:17,640
I don't even know who scored!
731
01:02:18,000 --> 01:02:20,400
I really don't give a damn!
732
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:23,000
I think it was Reus. I don't know!
733
01:02:23,360 --> 01:02:27,600
Santana!
- It was Santana! Felipe Santana!
734
01:02:27,960 --> 01:02:30,800
Friends, this is awesome!
735
01:02:31,160 --> 01:02:34,120
That match was special.
It felt incredible.
736
01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:35,960
Incredible.
737
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:38,560
Very liberating.
738
01:02:44,920 --> 01:02:48,640
Dortmund had played a fantastic season
in the Champions League.
739
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:53,400
But then, just before what was
considered the most important match
740
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,680
in the Champions League,
at home against Real Madrid,
741
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:00,800
news was leaked
that caused a lot of shock.
742
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:05,440
Not just at Borussia Dortmund,
but in the whole city.
743
01:03:07,360 --> 01:03:10,040
I think I was already in bed
or on my way to bed.
744
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,680
I believe it was late on Monday night,
when Michael Zorc texted me.
745
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:19,360
He wrote, "Mats, I wanted to tell you,
as it will be in 'Bild' in an hour."
746
01:03:19,720 --> 01:03:22,360
I was at home, when the doorbell rang.
747
01:03:22,720 --> 01:03:26,680
Mario was outside with my consultant,
who worked for both of us.
748
01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:30,080
So I thought,
"What are they doing here?"
749
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:32,120
I'd just made myself dinner.
750
01:03:32,480 --> 01:03:36,040
There were a few moments when I thought,
"Who will I tell first?
751
01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:40,400
What order makes sense?
Who should I tell in person?"
752
01:03:40,760 --> 01:03:45,480
Then Mario told me he was moving
to Bayern Munich the following season.
753
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:48,400
I thought, "No, you're joking!"
754
01:03:51,520 --> 01:03:55,280
I remember I didn't sleep much
that night, or not at all.
755
01:03:55,640 --> 01:04:00,520
Because it really hit the community
that we had built up there.
756
01:04:03,080 --> 01:04:07,640
I wouldn't have been too pleased
if Marco, Mats, Schmelle or Lewy
757
01:04:08,000 --> 01:04:10,720
had all gotten up and said,
"We're moving away."
758
01:04:11,080 --> 01:04:13,880
We had a special relationship.
We'd won a lot together.
759
01:04:14,240 --> 01:04:17,400
That's why I could understand
that they weren't pleased
760
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:21,080
and that the news
wasn't too well-received.
761
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,960
But I'd made up my mind
and I wanted to do it.
762
01:04:24,320 --> 01:04:26,880
Decisions are never easy.
763
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:30,360
You can't assume
that everyone will like what you do.
764
01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:35,640
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL
765
01:04:36,280 --> 01:04:39,280
During the press conference
the day before the Madrid match
766
01:04:39,640 --> 01:04:44,280
I had to make sure the proverbial
Dortmund soul wouldn't rip Götze apart.
767
01:04:44,640 --> 01:04:48,400
We needed him to be
in top form to beat Real Madrid.
768
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:51,240
Right from the start,
the fans made a lot of noise.
769
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:56,640
They supported the team. Mario provided
the assist early on to go 1-0 up.
770
01:05:05,080 --> 01:05:07,920
After the break,
a 20-minute frenzy followed,
771
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:11,480
with Lewy's goals, 2-1, 3-1 and 4-1.
772
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:23,520
Then came the showdown in Wembley.
773
01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:27,360
They went through to the final
against Bayern Munich.
774
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:31,920
Unbelievable, a German-German final
on the holy pitch.
775
01:05:32,960 --> 01:05:37,320
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
05.25.2013
776
01:05:43,240 --> 01:05:47,000
I'll never forget, on the eve of
the Champions League final in London,
777
01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:50,800
Jürgen Klopp said to me, "The history
we've written here in recent years
778
01:05:51,160 --> 01:05:54,840
is so magical, what will we do
if we win tomorrow?
779
01:05:55,200 --> 01:05:57,200
It'll be over."
780
01:05:57,560 --> 01:06:00,480
From insolvency management in 2005/2006
781
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:03,480
to winning the Champions League in 2013.
782
01:06:04,240 --> 01:06:07,920
Maybe it would have been too much.
We had so much luck in those years.
783
01:06:08,280 --> 01:06:14,120
Decisions we made two years earlier
would turn out to be essential later.
784
01:06:14,480 --> 01:06:17,760
We really rode our luck in those days.
785
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:25,240
We were the better team. Bayern took
the lead, but we were in the game.
786
01:06:25,600 --> 01:06:28,520
Bayern really had to be aggressive.
787
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:31,800
They made a ton of niggling fouls.
788
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:35,320
Then we equalized, 1-1,
with Ilkay's penalty.
789
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:39,000
The match was open,
both teams at the end of the season.
790
01:06:39,360 --> 01:06:43,360
We had a little more
left in our tank than Bayern.
791
01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:46,160
That's how it looked to me.
792
01:06:46,520 --> 01:06:48,160
But Bayern had Robben,
who scored the goal.
793
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:22,560
That defeat hurt more than losing the
Champions League final normally would.
794
01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:27,680
But to know we were losing Mario Götze,
the greatest talent we ever had
795
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:30,040
to our arch-rival Bayern Munich...
796
01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:37,160
That really hurt. Because if the team
that played at Wembley in '13
797
01:07:37,520 --> 01:07:39,800
had stuck together for two more years,
798
01:07:40,160 --> 01:07:42,920
they would have most likely
won the Champions League.
799
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:45,680
That team was one in a million.
800
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:50,800
Unfortunately, we had to give it up.
We didn't have the finances to keep it.
801
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:05,880
There he is, the thinker and doer.
802
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:10,640
The critic. How are you?
- Come sit down.
803
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:17,240
I spent four years with Borussia
Dortmund's biggest rival Bayern Munich.
804
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:22,560
When I started there, 2011-2012,
Dortmund were double-winners.
805
01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:27,160
They won the double in 2012
and were Germany's number one.
806
01:08:27,520 --> 01:08:33,640
Of course I had
a few arguments with Aki Watzke,
807
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:36,480
but also with Jürgen Klopp.
808
01:08:39,600 --> 01:08:43,320
That's the way it is in football.
Friendships are hard to maintain.
809
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:46,840
When one guy works for Bayern
and the other for Dortmund,
810
01:08:47,200 --> 01:08:51,360
and considering that
we're both extremely ambitious,
811
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:53,600
CEO
there's no place for friendship.
812
01:08:55,280 --> 01:08:59,680
Of course, as sporting director
of Bayern Munich, it's only normal
813
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:05,080
that he realized the best way
to weaken us was to sign our players.
814
01:09:05,440 --> 01:09:08,080
But at the time, of course I cursed him.
815
01:09:08,440 --> 01:09:11,720
You're right
to call Bayern the favorites.
816
01:09:12,080 --> 01:09:15,720
Of course Mario and Lewy
were outstanding
817
01:09:16,080 --> 01:09:19,800
and it was Bayern's mission
to get the best players, not the worst.
818
01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:23,360
If they have to come from rivals,
then so be it.
819
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:25,760
That's difficult.
820
01:09:26,120 --> 01:09:31,480
We had to find common ground again
when we met again.
821
01:09:31,840 --> 01:09:37,440
There were several discussions.
About three or four, I think.
822
01:09:37,800 --> 01:09:40,080
To see if we could clear the air or not.
823
01:09:40,440 --> 01:09:44,640
People who were connected
to both him and me
824
01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,760
repaired our line of communication.
825
01:09:49,120 --> 01:09:50,680
That's how it came about.
826
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:56,400
Before the match in Berlin, I spoke to
the team for the first time in ages.
827
01:09:56,760 --> 01:10:00,480
Really?
- I pulled all the stops. Three hours before the match.
828
01:10:00,840 --> 01:10:02,480
All the stops.
829
01:10:03,560 --> 01:10:05,680
That worked out pretty well though.
830
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:11,080
It's cold in here.
A cold wind blows through Dortmund.
831
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:18,320
You have to call a spade a spade
if you want to analyze it...
832
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:21,760
A hot topic right now
is Sancho and Manchester United,
833
01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:28,360
both his discussions with the club
and mine with the consultants.
834
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:33,320
A meeting did take place.
Man United invited the consultant.
835
01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:38,600
But according to what I know,
the consultant told the club
836
01:10:38,960 --> 01:10:42,680
that no matter
how much money they offer,
837
01:10:43,040 --> 01:10:47,000
we won't let him go this summer.
838
01:10:47,360 --> 01:10:54,000
But the player also has no intention
of taking that step this summer.
839
01:10:54,360 --> 01:10:58,320
We're not constantly
receiving faxes or emails,
840
01:10:58,680 --> 01:11:03,080
saying, "We're offering this or that".
That's a myth.
841
01:11:03,440 --> 01:11:06,400
It's really more subtle, more indirect.
842
01:11:06,760 --> 01:11:10,240
Normally it's first explored
through third parties,
843
01:11:10,600 --> 01:11:15,080
to find out if there is
any willingness to let a player go.
844
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:18,440
I think clubs first try to find out,
845
01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:23,480
"How serious are Borussia Dortmund when
they say they won't let a player go?"
846
01:11:23,840 --> 01:11:26,120
In this case,
we're quite serious about it.
847
01:11:26,480 --> 01:11:28,360
Very serious even.
848
01:11:28,720 --> 01:11:34,160
I had to call them to order and get
a little louder to keep it constructive.
849
01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:39,920
Usually it begins after transferring
a player to Borussia Dortmund.
850
01:11:40,280 --> 01:11:45,120
They don't come to us because
Dortmund is the center of the world,
851
01:11:45,480 --> 01:11:48,120
but because we offer certain features
852
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:54,000
that they don't find at other clubs,
especially for young players.
853
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:57,160
We put faith in young players.
854
01:11:57,520 --> 01:12:02,120
That's part of our approach
to developing the club
855
01:12:02,480 --> 01:12:08,080
and being competitive
with the top 12 to 16 clubs in Europe.
856
01:12:08,440 --> 01:12:12,880
We're lacking a little
in terms of sales from normal business,
857
01:12:13,240 --> 01:12:16,440
so we have to try
to compensate a little.
858
01:12:16,800 --> 01:12:18,600
Sancho.
- Sancho, correct.
859
01:12:18,960 --> 01:12:21,360
Sometimes players develop very quickly
860
01:12:21,720 --> 01:12:25,440
and you're almost overwhelmed by it,
like with Jadon.
861
01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:30,640
And then it's always good
to remember what you discussed before.
862
01:12:31,000 --> 01:12:37,640
You don't just want to develop players,
but also benefit from their quality.
863
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:40,560
Scoring goals in the stadium
is our first priority.
864
01:12:40,920 --> 01:12:45,360
We should talk about a topic
we already broached a bit internally.
865
01:12:45,720 --> 01:12:50,360
There's a saying, which is easy
for me to say: "failure is expensive".
866
01:12:50,720 --> 01:12:55,160
You always have to make sure
you maintain a capable team
867
01:12:55,920 --> 01:12:58,400
who can achieve
the goals you set as a club.
868
01:12:58,760 --> 01:13:04,760
And, yes, they've had to lose
players at times for financial reasons.
869
01:13:05,120 --> 01:13:07,080
That's Borussia Dortmund's way.
870
01:13:07,440 --> 01:13:09,840
They're not Barcelona or Real Madrid,
who don't have to.
871
01:13:10,200 --> 01:13:12,800
Bayern don't have to either.
Dortmund do sometimes.
872
01:13:13,160 --> 01:13:16,520
But when it gets out of hand,
you're not a big club.
873
01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:19,640
In my eyes, though,
Borussia Dortmund is a big club.
874
01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:23,760
That's why, especially when
there is no pressing need,
875
01:13:24,120 --> 01:13:28,560
it would be a fatal sign
if we just became a selling club.
876
01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:43,200
I'm really starting to get nervous.
877
01:13:43,560 --> 01:13:46,760
It gets even worse when
you're in the delivery room.
878
01:13:47,120 --> 01:13:53,560
The thing is, I've been on pins
and needles for three weeks now.
879
01:13:53,920 --> 01:13:55,520
And, uhm...
880
01:13:56,720 --> 01:13:59,280
You're eager for it to happen
at some point.
881
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:02,960
That Thursday, two days before the game,
I asked our manager
882
01:14:03,320 --> 01:14:08,840
if I could sleep at home,
because my wife was very pregnant
883
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:12,480
and could have gone
into labor any moment,
884
01:14:12,840 --> 01:14:17,000
so it was important to me
to be with her from Friday to Saturday,
885
01:14:17,360 --> 01:14:21,960
before I had to go to the hotel.
That's what we agreed.
886
01:14:23,840 --> 01:14:28,840
MATCHDAY
03.30.2019
887
01:14:29,280 --> 01:14:33,440
Sometime around 8 o'clock, my wife
came in, as she'd woken up earlier.
888
01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,560
She said,
"I think it might be starting."
889
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:38,800
So I was very excited.
890
01:14:39,160 --> 01:14:45,040
So I called the manager and told him
my wife was having contractions
891
01:14:45,400 --> 01:14:47,000
and that I couldn't come to the match.
892
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:49,640
I think he didn't get it
at first though,
893
01:14:50,000 --> 01:14:53,120
because five minutes later,
Edin called me and said,
894
01:14:53,480 --> 01:14:57,360
"Marco, what's happening?
Are you coming or not?"
895
01:14:57,720 --> 01:14:58,920
I said, "No, I'm not coming."
896
01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:05,560
Then we drove to the hospital
and waited for the baby to be born.
897
01:15:05,920 --> 01:15:11,480
Meanwhile, as the baby only arrived
in the evening, I watched the game.
898
01:15:11,840 --> 01:15:14,760
One hand on my wife,
one hand on my cellphone.
899
01:15:15,640 --> 01:15:19,760
MATCHDAY 27
03.30.2019
900
01:15:20,360 --> 01:15:23,280
Of course, our plans had included Marco.
901
01:15:23,640 --> 01:15:28,840
But he was at the hospital,
so it was a matter of hours.
902
01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:33,560
And, well... We have to adapt quickly.
903
01:15:33,920 --> 01:15:36,440
And we have to be very clever.
904
01:15:36,800 --> 01:15:40,240
We have to defend very well
and attack very cleverly.
905
01:15:40,600 --> 01:15:43,000
Because this team can counter well.
906
01:15:43,360 --> 01:15:45,280
They have many athletic players.
907
01:15:45,640 --> 01:15:48,920
They're dangerous on the break
and in set pieces.
908
01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:53,120
Welcome to matchday 27...
909
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:59,320
I've missed less than five matches
in the last 20, 25 years.
910
01:15:59,680 --> 01:16:02,360
I won't miss any matches
in the next 25 years,
911
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:05,160
CEO
as long as I can get around.
912
01:16:05,880 --> 01:16:10,360
Is the security under control?
- Everything was checked. - Great.
913
01:16:10,720 --> 01:16:16,320
When I arrived, we had 144 employees. I
knew everyone personally. Now we're 800.
914
01:16:16,680 --> 01:16:22,000
That year, we had a turnover of 75
million. We made 539 million last year.
915
01:16:22,360 --> 01:16:27,280
But we were 122 million in the red
and the stadium was no longer ours.
916
01:16:27,640 --> 01:16:31,800
Now we have zero debt and the stadium
is ours again, it's completely paid off.
917
01:16:35,080 --> 01:16:40,560
I also see that football is on the verge
of becoming too commercial.
918
01:16:40,920 --> 01:16:44,960
I don't like it either. But no matter
how much we say we resent the fact
919
01:16:45,320 --> 01:16:49,360
that the figures keep rising,
which is true. We do set limits.
920
01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:52,680
We only raise ticket prices
to match the rate of inflation.
921
01:16:53,040 --> 01:16:58,880
As Borussia Dortmund,
we have a sense of socio-political duty,
922
01:16:59,240 --> 01:17:02,120
because of our origins
and because of the region.
923
01:17:02,480 --> 01:17:05,120
We're happy to do that,
it's part of our conviction,
924
01:17:05,480 --> 01:17:11,760
but we also have to go along to a degree
or give up our international ambitions.
925
01:17:12,120 --> 01:17:13,720
Nobody wants that either.
926
01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:18,080
That's a typically German attitude,
"Let me have my cake and eat it too".
927
01:17:18,480 --> 01:17:23,040
I CAME HERE WITH MY FATHER AS A CHILD
AND HE CAME HERE WITH HIS FATHER
928
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:29,480
My colleagues all know that you
can't talk to me on a match day.
929
01:17:29,840 --> 01:17:32,560
I'm in a tunnel on days like that.
930
01:17:32,920 --> 01:17:36,560
I have stomach ache
and I get more and more nervous.
931
01:17:38,880 --> 01:17:41,880
All that's really hard about this job
is the tension.
932
01:17:42,240 --> 01:17:44,760
For me, every defeat is a disaster.
933
01:17:45,120 --> 01:17:46,840
It's as if it were my own business.
934
01:17:47,200 --> 01:17:53,160
When you're at the head of the company,
you feel responsible for everything.
935
01:17:53,520 --> 01:17:56,000
But when you're sitting in the stands,
936
01:17:56,360 --> 01:17:59,280
from the moment they kick off,
you're powerless.
937
01:17:59,640 --> 01:18:02,760
That creates internal pressure.
That imploding feeling.
938
01:18:08,400 --> 01:18:10,440
Pass him on the outside!
939
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:19,280
We're not even playing football.
940
01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:21,400
Of course Marco is missing.
941
01:18:21,760 --> 01:18:26,680
And because Marco is out,
we lack a bit of edge.
942
01:18:27,040 --> 01:18:31,480
He was hard to replace today, especially
since we trained with him in mind.
943
01:18:41,120 --> 01:18:43,000
Fourth best away team.
944
01:18:43,360 --> 01:18:45,200
We'd better not go behind.
945
01:18:45,560 --> 01:18:48,440
I think we didn't play well.
946
01:18:48,800 --> 01:18:51,720
We didn't have good rhythm,
not enough tempo in the game.
947
01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:55,040
Wolfsburg are physically strong.
They passed forwards well
948
01:18:55,400 --> 01:18:57,880
and they even had some chances.
949
01:19:15,920 --> 01:19:17,240
Shit!
950
01:19:17,600 --> 01:19:21,160
The day after a league match or
a European Cup match, my body aches.
951
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:25,160
I also lose one and a half kilos
during the match,
952
01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:29,960
because I tense up completely
and all my muscles are working hard.
953
01:19:30,320 --> 01:19:31,800
I can hardly get up the next day.
954
01:19:39,840 --> 01:19:43,000
He didn't even touch him.
He just fell over from weakness.
955
01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:48,480
We're not even getting shots on goal.
956
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:55,960
90th MINUTE OF PLAY
957
01:20:17,960 --> 01:20:22,520
And then he smashes it in. That was
the third or fourth time this season.
958
01:20:22,880 --> 01:20:28,640
It's extraordinary, but not good for the
heart. Though maybe in the long run.
959
01:20:36,440 --> 01:20:40,160
It was one of those moments when you
think, "That could define the season."
960
01:20:40,520 --> 01:20:46,440
When you look back in May or in ten
years, that's the moment when you say,
961
01:20:46,800 --> 01:20:50,000
"This is where we became champions.
Not in the match against Munich.
962
01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:54,840
We realized if we believed in ourselves,
we could win those matches."
963
01:21:16,880 --> 01:21:20,760
When you win, serotonin and endorphin
rush through your body.
964
01:21:21,120 --> 01:21:24,400
It's like being intoxicated.
It's probably addictive, too.
965
01:21:34,960 --> 01:21:39,960
It was really a present at that moment.
Those two goals by Alcácer.
966
01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:42,840
Everyone was full of joy.
967
01:21:43,200 --> 01:21:48,080
Then we heard Bayern had dropped points.
We were top of the table again.
968
01:21:48,440 --> 01:21:55,040
Considering that we were going to
Bayern next, that was really big news.
969
01:21:55,400 --> 01:21:57,760
Because it turned
the league situation upside-down.
970
01:21:58,120 --> 01:22:01,040
There's somthing almost mythical
about Bayern.
971
01:22:01,400 --> 01:22:04,080
You think that once they're on top,
you can't pass them.
972
01:22:05,280 --> 01:22:06,920
Perfect. Perfect.
973
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:11,280
We're heading to Munich
as league leaders, which I prefer.
974
01:22:11,640 --> 01:22:17,000
Of course we shouldn't go there thinking
Bayern are under pressure now.
975
01:22:17,360 --> 01:22:20,880
Bayern have always known pressure.
They're almost immune.
976
01:22:21,240 --> 01:22:24,400
We should go there
feeling we have to and want to win.
977
01:22:31,280 --> 01:22:34,280
DORTMUND LEAGUE LEADERS AGAIN
978
01:22:59,840 --> 01:23:03,000
The manager has scenes in his head
he considers important,
979
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:07,280
and we have scenes in our heads
that are important.
980
01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:11,320
Those scenes are then passed on
to our analysts and edited together.
981
01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:15,480
Then everyone watches the analysis
and reports what they're noticed,
982
01:23:15,840 --> 01:23:20,600
in what scene what player
did what right or wrong.
983
01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:26,120
OK, guys. Good morning.
Let's do the analysis.
984
01:23:26,480 --> 01:23:30,240
We need to work on
985
01:23:30,600 --> 01:23:34,040
tactical ball-winning up front,
986
01:23:34,400 --> 01:23:37,040
we need to move more
and play more compact.
987
01:23:37,400 --> 01:23:40,440
I think we...
988
01:23:40,800 --> 01:23:42,880
It wasn't compact enough, I think.
989
01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:46,760
After the Wolfsburg match,
the main topic was
990
01:23:47,120 --> 01:23:49,600
that sometimes
we weren't compact enough.
991
01:23:49,960 --> 01:23:51,520
Compactness in defending.
992
01:23:51,880 --> 01:23:55,800
That in combination with a lack of pace,
those were the main themes.
993
01:23:56,160 --> 01:23:59,320
That's dangerous.
Ball loss here. Counter.
994
01:23:59,680 --> 01:24:01,960
He should play more calmly here.
995
01:24:02,320 --> 01:24:05,600
The counter is dangerous.
The cross doesn't come in.
996
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:11,600
This... He plays here...
Abdou, Jadon, he crosses.
997
01:24:11,960 --> 01:24:16,120
This is dangerous, boys.
He shouldn't cross here.
998
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:19,880
We played badly in the beginning.
999
01:24:20,240 --> 01:24:23,680
We can't allow that
in the next matches.
1000
01:24:24,040 --> 01:24:27,360
When you play against Bayern Munich,
you have to defend really well.
1001
01:24:27,720 --> 01:24:32,600
You have to be good in possession,
you have to be able to counter,
1002
01:24:32,960 --> 01:24:38,800
but you also have to survive phases
where you sit deep and defend deep.
1003
01:24:39,160 --> 01:24:43,320
They have a lot of ways to score a goal
and you have to be prepared.
1004
01:24:43,680 --> 01:24:46,520
You have to play along,
you have to ramp it up sometimes.
1005
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:50,840
It's multi-faceted. That's why it's
very hard to play in Munich.
1006
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:02,520
In the second half of the season,
1007
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:07,480
Dortmund were lagging behind
until the match against Wolfsburg.
1008
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:11,920
So you travel to Munich as league leader
and have a chance to pull away.
1009
01:25:12,280 --> 01:25:15,200
That means you're actually
in a very comfortable position.
1010
01:25:18,800 --> 01:25:23,320
It looked as though Borussia Dortmund
were mentally up to the task
1011
01:25:23,680 --> 01:25:26,240
of facing Bayern in Munich,
1012
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:30,280
and Bayern were under pressure
after dropping points in Freiburg.
1013
01:25:30,640 --> 01:25:33,160
So, you go there full of anticipation.
1014
01:25:33,520 --> 01:25:37,760
I think that
rarely have so many Dortmund fans
1015
01:25:38,120 --> 01:25:40,640
SPORTS JOURNALIST
looked forward to the match in Munich.
1016
01:25:41,000 --> 01:25:43,840
Because everyone was very confident.
1017
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:46,800
MATCHDAY
MUNICH
1018
01:25:47,200 --> 01:25:49,040
Good morning.
1019
01:25:54,960 --> 01:26:00,160
Today I'm a bit more nervous than usual,
before a normal Bundesliga match.
1020
01:26:00,520 --> 01:26:03,880
Everything around it,
the media coverage, it's brutal.
1021
01:26:04,240 --> 01:26:07,800
You can't escape it.
You're confronted with it everywhere.
1022
01:26:08,160 --> 01:26:11,800
That's fine though.
It means we've accomplished something.
1023
01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:18,720
You can't walk a meter
in any direction in Germany
1024
01:26:19,080 --> 01:26:21,040
without people asking you about it.
1025
01:26:21,400 --> 01:26:24,600
It's the first time in years
that everyone's this excited.
1026
01:26:27,640 --> 01:26:32,080
This year we have a situation where
the league is undecided until the end,
1027
01:26:32,440 --> 01:26:34,760
probably until the last matchday.
1028
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:38,400
So of course there is much more
excitement before this match.
1029
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:42,040
Because you feel like this day
might be decisive.
1030
01:26:42,400 --> 01:26:46,520
The match feels like a final,
and how do you deal with that?
1031
01:26:47,200 --> 01:26:50,440
MATCHDAY 28
1032
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:53,760
There's not much to say.
A lot is at stake today.
1033
01:26:54,120 --> 01:26:57,360
It makes a difference whether
you play Bayern on matchday 2
1034
01:26:57,720 --> 01:26:59,880
or a few matches before the end.
1035
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:04,600
There is more of an adrenaline rush.
No question about it.
1036
01:27:10,960 --> 01:27:13,600
I just saw a new poster.
1037
01:27:13,960 --> 01:27:17,680
You don't have to be a psychologist
to see it's meant to intimidate.
1038
01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:26,440
I should ask some of my colleagues
if that's just for us or not.
1039
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,760
I think they hang up a few more
when we come.
1040
01:27:32,360 --> 01:27:34,880
We just saw it when we drove by.
1041
01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:38,240
They hung up their league titles
all around the stadium.
1042
01:27:38,600 --> 01:27:41,160
That's why it's time
that changed this year.
1043
01:27:48,240 --> 01:27:52,520
What sets Bayern apart from all
the other teams is their consistency.
1044
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:58,600
The concentration and endurance
they show over 34 matchdays,
1045
01:27:58,960 --> 01:28:03,480
approaching each game with the
conviction there can be only one winner,
1046
01:28:03,840 --> 01:28:07,160
which to them is Bayern Munich.
1047
01:28:07,520 --> 01:28:09,800
And that's where we have to go, too.
1048
01:28:10,160 --> 01:28:13,600
When our opponents arrive
at our stadium, they should think,
1049
01:28:13,960 --> 01:28:15,800
"We can't win here."
1050
01:28:16,160 --> 01:28:19,920
You've got everything to win this game!
You need courage!
1051
01:28:20,280 --> 01:28:23,080
It will be important to keep Bayern
away from the goal.
1052
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:27,840
They will play an extremely high line.
The usually have a lot of possession,
1053
01:28:28,200 --> 01:28:31,680
so it's important
that we keep possession ourselves.
1054
01:28:32,040 --> 01:28:35,000
That we get some relief
and that we become dangerous.
1055
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,080
We just need courage today.
1056
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:39,720
Come on, men!
1057
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:52,360
It's the ultimate match.
The Bundesliga's prize attraction.
1058
01:28:52,720 --> 01:28:55,720
The global media attention is enormous.
1059
01:28:56,080 --> 01:28:58,800
I think it's broadcast live
in over 200 countries.
1060
01:28:59,160 --> 01:29:01,520
And it arouses a lot of emotions.
1061
01:29:22,440 --> 01:29:24,840
Matches like these
often come down to details.
1062
01:29:25,200 --> 01:29:29,080
In the beginning,
Mo Dahoud had a huge chance.
1063
01:29:29,440 --> 01:29:32,160
If it had gone in,
it would have changed the game.
1064
01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:45,240
They were very dangerous at set pieces.
1065
01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:47,520
We knew that before the match.
1066
01:29:47,880 --> 01:29:51,280
We saw that in the videos.
1067
01:29:51,640 --> 01:29:55,880
They're especially dangerous
from corners, as they proved today.
1068
01:29:56,240 --> 01:29:59,320
We have to step up our game.
1069
01:30:02,120 --> 01:30:04,160
We know where the ball should go
1070
01:30:04,520 --> 01:30:08,560
and we have 3, 4, 5 guys
who are 1.90 meter tall.
1071
01:30:08,920 --> 01:30:12,120
In that match,
many balls fell right for us.
1072
01:30:12,480 --> 01:30:14,720
Some days you just know
where the ball's going to go.
1073
01:30:15,080 --> 01:30:18,120
You just know,
"If I go there, the ball will follow."
1074
01:30:29,160 --> 01:30:32,680
We lost too many headers
and struggled with the set pieces.
1075
01:30:33,040 --> 01:30:35,440
Our positioning was bad.
1076
01:30:35,800 --> 01:30:39,240
It's been a problem in this half
of the season, and it was fatal here.
1077
01:30:39,600 --> 01:30:43,240
The match started with a huge chance
for Mats Hummels and then he scored.
1078
01:30:43,600 --> 01:30:48,760
All set pieces and aerial duels, where
we weren't ready and nobody took charge.
1079
01:30:51,080 --> 01:30:53,600
That can't be explained by tactics.
1080
01:30:53,960 --> 01:30:58,720
If you take a closer look at the videos,
it was also about timing.
1081
01:30:59,080 --> 01:31:03,400
It's about when you jump
and about determination.
1082
01:31:03,760 --> 01:31:08,080
I think that's why it went wrong
in those situation.
1083
01:31:08,440 --> 01:31:10,080
There was a lack of determination.
1084
01:31:12,560 --> 01:31:16,200
Bayern pressed very well,
but we also couldn't deal with it.
1085
01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:20,360
We barely even tried.
And that's how Bayern like to play,
1086
01:31:20,720 --> 01:31:24,200
they use tight pressing
to win the ball
1087
01:31:24,560 --> 01:31:27,080
and then they're off.
1088
01:31:32,280 --> 01:31:36,360
Zagadou, 19 years old,
an extremely talented defender,
1089
01:31:36,720 --> 01:31:38,600
but he's not always focused.
1090
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:41,440
Lewandowski isn't even pressing him
at that moment.
1091
01:31:41,800 --> 01:31:44,040
He probably can't explain it himself.
1092
01:31:44,400 --> 01:31:48,200
Something like that can always happen
when you let a player like him play.
1093
01:31:48,560 --> 01:31:52,000
On the other side, you've got Hummels,
who's 19 years older.
1094
01:31:54,200 --> 01:31:58,840
Then we just defended,
or put in a showing on the pitch,
1095
01:31:59,200 --> 01:32:01,720
like children playing against men.
1096
01:32:03,040 --> 01:32:06,040
We didn't really have duels.
1097
01:32:06,400 --> 01:32:09,680
In situations like that,
you need to get physical.
1098
01:32:10,040 --> 01:32:12,520
But if there are no duels,
that's difficult.
1099
01:32:12,880 --> 01:32:17,040
Up until the 45th minute,
we didn't make a single foul,
1100
01:32:17,400 --> 01:32:21,960
which we could have used to make
a stand, to disrupt the game a little.
1101
01:32:22,320 --> 01:32:27,680
That could have maybe helped us pick up
the pace a little and wake everyone up.
1102
01:32:28,680 --> 01:32:32,360
That's rough.
It was already decided at half time.
1103
01:32:32,720 --> 01:32:34,320
It's hard to accept.
1104
01:32:34,680 --> 01:32:38,480
After winning the ball,
they could counter immediately at pace
1105
01:32:38,840 --> 01:32:43,680
technical pace, technical movement,
right movement and good ball control.
1106
01:32:46,600 --> 01:32:48,680
They really taught us a lesson.
1107
01:32:56,920 --> 01:33:01,400
I almost broke my hand at half time,
because I hit the door so hard
1108
01:33:01,760 --> 01:33:05,640
trying to force a reaction
from the team,
1109
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:08,280
but it was deathly quiet
in the dressing room.
1110
01:33:22,040 --> 01:33:25,280
I think the decisive point
was that Bayern
1111
01:33:25,640 --> 01:33:29,280
put in by far their best performance
of the season,
1112
01:33:29,640 --> 01:33:34,120
and that Borussia Dortmund
obviously had enormous problems
1113
01:33:34,480 --> 01:33:39,280
dealing with this pressure and with
the mental aspect of playing in Munich
1114
01:33:39,640 --> 01:33:43,920
and possibly making the decisive step
towards winning the league here.
1115
01:33:44,280 --> 01:33:47,200
Because they could have been
five points ahead of Bayern.
1116
01:33:49,360 --> 01:33:53,920
Today, we failed when it mattered.
We say we want to measure up to them,
1117
01:33:54,280 --> 01:33:57,760
but if you look at today and compare us,
we're still far off.
1118
01:33:58,120 --> 01:34:00,440
I think we can be happy with 5-0.
1119
01:34:00,800 --> 01:34:05,760
Unfortunately, our opponents
taught us a lesson on all fronts.
1120
01:34:06,120 --> 01:34:09,240
We never actually got into the game.
1121
01:34:11,880 --> 01:34:15,320
No balls! We're playing like children!
1122
01:34:21,640 --> 01:34:26,680
I was angry about the way we played,
because we were too scared.
1123
01:34:27,040 --> 01:34:29,880
The pressure wasn't on us,
but on Bayern.
1124
01:34:30,240 --> 01:34:33,720
That bothered me,
that we didn't play with the joy
1125
01:34:34,080 --> 01:34:36,760
and the confidence you have
when you're ahead.
1126
01:34:37,120 --> 01:34:40,520
When you lose there 5-0...
1127
01:34:41,560 --> 01:34:46,680
Of course everyone processes it
differently, but I was pissed off.
1128
01:34:47,040 --> 01:34:51,200
We have to analyze this game in detail.
That's the only way to improve.
1129
01:35:02,040 --> 01:35:12,160
EPISODE FOUR
FROM 09.13.2019 ON PRIME VIDEO
1130
01:35:21,320 --> 01:35:24,400
Yes! Yes!
1131
01:35:25,440 --> 01:35:27,360
Yes!
1132
01:35:35,720 --> 01:35:37,080
Damn it!
1133
01:35:42,800 --> 01:35:46,360
Anything is possible.
You don't know what will happen.
1134
01:35:46,720 --> 01:35:49,440
But we have to focus on our game.
101171
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