“Every single player must be on top form” – BVB without Adeyemi, but with a mission against Hoffenheim

“Every single player must be on top form” – BVB without Adeyemi, but with a mission against Hoffenheim The scenario Borussia Dortmund remain in second place and can secure early qualification for the Champions League on Matchday 30 if BVB win at Hoffenheim and Leverkusen (currently fifth, 12 points behind) fail to beat Augsburg. “We want to secure Champions League qualification as soon as possible,” says BVB head coach Niko Kovac, setting out the plan for the weekend. “That would be a really good achievement, but we’ll have to give it our all.

” He has a special arrangement with his players: the team has one day off a week. If they win at the weekend, they can secure an extra day off per week. “The lads did well against HSV and Stuttgart.

Unfortunately, it didn’t work out against Leverkusen, so there was no second day off,” says Kovac, “but with tomorrow’s match, we can earn ourselves an extra day again. ” Personnel matters In addition to the known absentees (Emre Can, Felix Nmecha), Karim Adeyemi will also miss the match in Sinsheim: the attacking player is struggling with muscle problems. Yan Couto, who was recently sidelined with injury, is once again an option for the match against TSG.

Filippo Mane has rejoined team training this week. Serhou Guirassy had to cut short public training on Tuesday following a collision with Nico Schlotterbeck, but was back on the pitch the very next day. The opposition From Matchday 18 onwards, Hoffenheim occupied third place in the table, making them BVB’s closest challengers.