Stand: November 9, 2024, 3:41 p.m
Von: Florian Bajus
PressSplit
Borussia Dortmund plays its last game before the international break against Mainz 05. Nuri Şahin can hardly wait for the final whistle.
Dortmund – After the victories in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig and in the Champions League against Sturm Graz, the next challenge awaits Borussia Dortmund.
Borussia Dortmund is struggling
In the away game against Mainz 05, BVB wants to achieve their first away win in the Bundesliga and send the final signal that they are on the right track despite all the injury problems.
However, the game against the Rheinhessen, who are intense and aggressive, threatens to be a show of strength. The decimated squad is struggling, the English weeks cost a lot of grain.
Şahin is happy about the upcoming international break
Julian Ryerson got fit in time to replace the suspended Ramy Bensebaini at left-back, but with Yan Couto and Donyell Malen there are only two professionals on the bench – and Couto “is on the move, but there won't be much today “said Nuri Şahin Sky pessimistic about using the full-back.
The BVB coach emphasized that he was “not worried” at Ryerson because the Norwegian was only able to take part in team training once, but was “rested” again after the injury resulting from exhaustion. Nevertheless, Şahin is longing for the international break.
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“We have to do it again today and then we have a short break when the boys get a little grace from the national team,” said the 36-year-old, who still expected 100 percent commitment in Mainz: “You know that’s no excuse at all may be.”
However, without Gregor Kobel, Waldemar Anton, Niklas Süle, Bensebaini, Giovanni Reyna, Karim Adeyemi and Julien Duranville, Şahin lacks the options to maintain the pressure during the game. Only Malen will be able to provide an impulse – but whether that will work as well as it did against Graz remains to be seen.
