Opinion Borussia Dortmund
Certainly not brilliant, but a mentality monster
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BVB madness in Paris – Dortmund is in the final of the Champions League
Borussia Dortmund has reached the final of the Champions League. The Bundesliga club won the semi-final second leg at Paris Saint-Germain thanks to a 1-0 win. National player Mats Hummels scored with a header shortly after half-time.
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Borussia Dortmund has reached the final of the Champions League for the third time. Hardly anyone believed BVB could do that. The eternal second team had become a training club for top international clubs. But now romance is back, with a victory for mentality.
The family row could be programmed. After all, quite a few BVB fans had already booked a holiday – which would now have to be canceled if they actually wanted to be in London on June 1st. Not every wife or husband might like this.
But who could have expected that, especially at the end? this Season? Dortmund had nothing to do with the championship; they had already been kicked out of the cup on St. Nicholas Day. Champions League final? Anyone who would have said this to a die-hard Borussian would probably have gotten a kick out of it. According to the motto: I can fool myself.
Now it has actually happened. 27 years after winning the premier class against Juventus Turin in Munich and eleven years after the German-German final in London, which was lost against Bayern, the black and yellow are moving into the final again. Like in 2013, we’re going to Wembley again. No, no one could seriously expect that.
BVB in the Champions League final – “That was indescribable, the atmosphere was crazy”
Borussia Dortmund has reached the final of the Champions League. The Bundesliga club won the semi-final second leg at Paris Saint-Germain thanks to a 1-0 win. “That was indescribable,” said a fan who experienced the game live in an interview with WELT reporter Greta Wagener.
BVB finally prevailed in a preliminary group that was referred to as the “group of death”. Paris St. Germain, AC Milan and Newcastle United were the opponents. They are all investor constructs – clubs that invest millions more than BVB, or in the case of Paris, even more. 1.8 billion (!) Euros from Qatar have been pumped into the French club since 2011 – which Dortmund have now defeated 1-0 twice in the semi-finals, albeit with a lot of luck. And whoever managed to do this really deserved a ticket to London.
The success also underlines the strength of the Bundesliga
It is a remarkable achievement – no matter what the endgame may be. It certainly also underlines the strength of the Bundesliga, whose number of real stars is rather manageable compared to the English Premier League and the Spanish La Liga. But for Dortmund this should be of secondary importance: reaching the final documents, above all, the power of BVB, which has reinvented itself in a certain way in this Champions League season.
Bad in the crowd: Julian Ryerson celebrates with the fans
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Thanks to their strong and, above all, determined performances in the premier class, BVB managed to free themselves from a dangerous downward spiral – even though the Bundesliga season was so disappointing. Fifth place in the table behind Leverkusen, Bayern, Stuttgart and Leipzig – that is not the claim of the club, which has always seen itself (at least) as the second force in German club football.
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But what the team has achieved internationally is much more important than another runner-up finish: it has finally and impressively ended the years of discussions about supposed mentality problems. BVB has fought back its reputation. He’s finally shining again.
What remained of the Dembelés, Haalands and Bellinghams?
Because what has Borussia Dortmund been like in recent years as what feels like eternal second behind Bayern? A training club for top international clubs, but miles away from the top European clubs. What remained of the Dembelés, Haalands and Bellinghams other than a lot of money and sadness if they left as quickly as they came?
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It may seem romantic and glorified, but perhaps it is: but for a traditional club from the Ruhr area it is very important to have players who the fans can assume will stay a little longer. Even if they are perhaps not quite as brilliant, they are willing to give their all for their club and go to their limits. The BVB players, who eliminated Paris and Atlético Madrid in the quarter-finals, demonstrated the latter impressively.
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The third Champions League final in the club’s history is also a personal success for two people in charge who have been heavily criticized in recent months. The team was largely put together by Sebastian Kehl.
The sports director recently suffered a blow when young boss Lars Ricken, rather than him, was promoted to the new sports director. But not every supposed loser is actually one.
This especially applies to Edin Terzic. There was discussion in the winter as to whether he was still the right head coach. How one can be mistaken.