Final season’s Champions League finalists within the quarterfinals, due to a slender win over LOSC Lille.
The Bundesliga giants secured a 2-1 victory over the French membership final night time, resulting in a 3-2 win over mixture.
Dortmund’s win meant they are going to tackle Barcelona within the quarterfinals, which guarantees to be a particular match for Niko Kovac as he can reunite along with his former assistant, Hansi Flick.
Dortmund gamers on going through Barcelona
Whereas Kovac spoke fondly concerning the prospect of going through Flick’s Barcelona, Dortmund gamers sounded cautiously optimistic about going through the Catalans within the subsequent spherical.
Emre Can, for one, mentioned that Dortmund are able to battle it out for a spot within the semifinals.
“Soccer is performed for these sorts of matches. We wish to go there, we wish to benefit from the match and put in a powerful efficiency. Our purpose is to qualify and we’ll battle for it. We are going to see what occurs,” Can mentioned (h/t ) after the Lille sport.
Other than Can, Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel additionally talked concerning the prospect of going through Barcelona within the subsequent spherical.
The Swiss goalkeeper admitted that Dortmund shall be underdogs for this encounter however admitted he’s stoked about the potential of
“We’re the underdog towards Barcelona. They’re an amazing opponent, and it’ll be a really robust match, however there’s nothing higher than taking part in within the Champions League quarterfinal towards Barcelona,” he mentioned.
This gained’t be the primary time Barcelona shall be going through Dortmund within the UCL this season as the 2 had met throughout the league part as properly.
The Catalans have been capable of safe a 3-2 victory on that event. Nonetheless, lots has modified since, together with the Dortmund crew now being coached by Niko Kovac.