Bayer and BVB in front of “light” tasks

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Champions League

Bayer and BVB in front of “light” tasks

Leverkusen is looking to break Moscow’s defense. Dortmund is the clear favorite against Legia Warsaw. At the beginning of the Champions League, both Teams only one goal: A prelude to victory. For the heavy tasks.

Quickly the embarrassing performance in the Bundesliga at the
0:1 against newly promoted RB Leipzig, a tick and a exclamation mark in the Champions League. This could Ticker the Motto for Borussia Dortmund before the next away game at Legia Warsaw (kick – off: Wednesday, 20:45 CEST-20:30 in the DW-live ). However, BVB captain Marcel Schmelzer puts the Finger in the wound: “The game in Leipzig was a good taste for the game in Warsaw. The play for the first time in 21 years in the Champions League and plowed land, such as the Leipzig.”

More concentration also called BVB-Boss Hans-Joachim Watzke. “There are six games in the group stage, because you must allow as few slips as possible.” A victory is mandatory for the German Vice-champion against the Polish tables-Twelfth, because in the second group round duel with defending champion Real Madrid and Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is already in view. The third candidate in the Dortmund group Sporting Lisbon.

With offensive power against a defensive force

Bayer Leverkusen want the back wind blowing from the
spectacular 3:1-success over Hamburger SV in the match against CSKA Moscow. Especially for the Finnish striker Joel Pohjanpalo it ran in the Bundesliga, fantastically – first, he introduced changes to his Team via a hat-Trick for the victory. “Against Moscow to be a difficult game awaits us. But if we win, it’s a Super week,” said the attacker. Now a starting XI in the Premier class, waving to the 22-Year-old: “The last games have given him extra self-confidence, he can also play from the beginning”, made him coach Roger Schmidt of hope.

A candidate for the starting eleven? Joker Pohjanpalo (2.v.r.)

“The anticipation is huge. It is a goal to survive the group”, dampened midfielder Lars Bender, however, to great expectations. In the previous year Leverkusen had missed the K. o.-round. Hard, the loss of Karim Bellarabi weighs, the hurt is true until the end of the year. For this, Schmidt is able to plan again with Kevin Volland, who had broken a Finger.

The defensively strong Russians bribe in this season due to their efficiency. In six League games-Moscow, conceding just one goal, is unbeaten and table second. “The last years have shown that CSKA Moscow is ultra-difficult to play, because they play in the defensive composite together for a long time, so you will need to retrieve Top services,” warned coach Schmidt. Other opponents of the Leverkusen are
Tottenham Hotspur and AS Monaco.