Ten Dortmund national players are not part of the DFB squad, three of whom scored the goals in the 3-1 win against Frankfurt. Mats Hummels and Emre Can show understanding for the national coach – and now want to fight.
Spring begins on Wednesday and Borussia Dortmund is not a case for meteorological special investigators. Sports director Sebastian Kehl simply made a promise and immediately corrected himself when he said after the 3-1 win against Eintracht Frankfurt and the defense of fourth place in the table on Sunday evening, shortly before the two-week international break: “This victory was important in order to get on this A place to hibernate… I mean: to linger in order to go into the important next few weeks with confidence.”