Champions League
BVB coach Terzic fighting in the difficult final spurt of the first half of the season
Dortmund coach Edin Terzic demands full concentration from his professionals for the final sprint of the first half of the season. photo
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Things will happen quickly for BVB in the next few days. After the game in Milan, there are further tricky tasks in the Champions League and Bundesliga as well as the cup.
When asked what he wanted to focus on in the coming “Weeks of Truth”, the 41-year-old replied: “The Weeks of Truth have already started for us with the first competitive game in the cup against Schott Mainz. That’s how we’ll go through the whole thing season. We want to push ourselves to the maximum every day.”
After the Champions League game at AC Milan, there will soon be further tricky tasks in the Bundesliga against league leaders Bayer Leverkusen (December 3rd) and pursuers Leipzig (December 9th). BVB will also face VfB Stuttgart in the cup (December 6th) and at home against Paris Saint-Germain in the European premier class (December 13th).
Terzic reminded his professionals to view all competitions as equal: “We sat down in the summer and said that we no longer make a difference who we play against and which competition we play. The only difference we want to make is between win and lose.”
A win in Milan would pave the way to the round of 16 of the Champions League and give us courage for the further tests of maturity: “It cannot happen to us that this game is not important for us from the first minute. We have worked for something. We “We are at the top after four match days and have the best starting position,” said Terzic, looking at the table in Hammer Group F, which BVB leads.