...and what they had received in return by Sunday evening. He recalled the measly two away points that BVB had previously collected in foreign stadiums. "Our fans are giving the shirt off their backs to support us away from home. We finally need a win!"
Before the game against Wolfsburg, Lars Ricken gave a speech to the team in the team hotel. Ricken made it clear to the players how much time, money and passion the BVB fans would invest to be there away from home...
Bayern are interested in Jamie Gittens. Coach Vincent Kompany and Max Eberl in particular are rumoured to be raving about the player. Dortmund are relaxed about Gittens' future, also because the bosses are in intensive and good dialogue with Gittens.
The fact is that the bosses are thinking hard about how to upgrade the squad in January. However, there is said to be no unanimous opinion among the bosses. A centre-back and a full-back are on the priority list - budget up to 15 million euros.
"[...] I've learnt a lot in the past six months, a lot about myself. New facets. I'm also proud in a way that I've always remained myself and that was extremely important to me when I became a coach here, that I don't lose sight of reality."
"We played really well in the first half. In the second half, we brought the opposition into the game completely unnecessarily and then you have to tremble and get a red card."
