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This week is clearly under the sign of Red Bull for Dortmund. At the weekend, the Borussia got to do it with RB Leipzig, next Thursday the sister club from Salzburg in Signal Iduna Park. If so much Red Bull is healthy for Dortmund in such a short time? The active fan scene at least boycotted the guest appearance in Leipzig and will convincingly not travel to Salzburg.
Against Leipzig showed the Borussia a passable performance and remained unbeaten in the league under Peter Stoeger. The single players from Salzburg are qualitatively classified among those from Leipzig, but the team is currently in magnificent shape. Both the team from Dortmund, as well as that from Salzburg is aware that the host is the favorite in this game. Nevertheless, the bulls are currently bursting with self-confidence and dare in Dortmund a lot. This wide breast does not come from anywhere. Salzburg has been unbeaten in all competitions for 30 matches – and in the European Cup for 13 matches.
Dortmund:
The draw for the round of 16 of the Europa League conjured head coach Peter Stöger a smile on his lips. After all, comes with Red Bull Salzburg a team from his home country to Dortmund. For Stöger, as well as for his assistant coach Manfed Schmid this duel should therefore have a special status. For the club, this starting position is quite advantageous because the coaching team knows the next opponent very well and can prepare accordingly well.
Since Stöger took over the position as coach of Borussia Dortmund, the team never went out in the league as a loser from the square. From eighth, the team climbed to third place in the table and finished 42 points. But the playful performances in the last matches left quiet criticism. The last three games all ended in a 1-1 draw and, from a playful point of view, were not exactly the icing on the cake. In the last round of the Europa League was against Atalanta Bergamo made the climb with Ach and noise. In the second leg in Bergamo Marcel Schmelzer scored just before the end of the decisive goal in the first knockout round.
Dortmund currently has some failures to complain about. Shinji Kagawa, Andriy Yarmolenko, Raphael Guerreiro, Jadon Sancho, Eric Durm and Sebastian Rode form the current military hospital of the Borussia. However, this should not be a serious problem for Dortmund, because none of these players is one of the top performers. With Reus, Schürrle, Götze, Pulisic, Batshuayi and the recovered Philipp Stöger has enough options for the offensive and also on the defensive are all players except Guerreiro and Durm available.
Red Bull Salzburg:
The bulls from Salzburg are currently in great shape. As already mentioned, the team of coach Marco Rose has been unbeaten for 30 (!) Games and also in the Europa League they have not suffered a defeat for a long time. Salzburg has quite intense weeks behind it. In the last league round, the Bulls defeated the traditional club Rapid Wien 1-0, in the Austrian Cup they played the regional league Austria Klagenfurt 7-0 on the wall and previously they decided the top match against Sturm Graz with 4: 2 for themselves. In the semifinals of the Europa League RB Salzburg eliminated the Spanish representative Real Sociedad with a total score of 4: 3 and thus rose to the next round.
Coach Marco Rose is aware that in comparison to the last match against Rapid Vienna, much more has to be done to survive Borussia Dortmund. Especially in the odds, the bulls have yet to increase – against Rapid Vienna left the offensive players from a few big opportunities. From a personal point of view, Rose has no problems to complain about. The use of two players is questionable. South Korean striker Hee Chan Hwang suffered a bruise against Rapid and midfielder Diadie Samassekou suffered a minor concussion on his brief.