BVB 2012-2013 General Discussion Thread [R]

Hello. I'm visiting at the same time and planning on going to the Gladbach match. However, I have friends in the area getting my ticket. I'll be in Munich for Oktoberfest the few days after the match too.

As I used to frequently to go matches in Dortmund, I can tell you that BVB v Gladbach is always sold out. Check a fan ticket exchange site like viagogo.de.

You can always take your chances at the stadium that maybe a few tickets might be for sale or guys are outside the stadium who might sell their tickets.

 

You can try the club website, but tickets for a Gladbach match don't normally make it to public sale there.

To my knowledge, viagogo.de is the most trustworthy of the fan exchange sites in Germany. You can also try the ticket site eventim.de.

 

As long as he keeps producing, we don't give a shit.......

 

We beat up on 7th Division club SC Preußen Borghorst 7-0 in a friendly. Goal-scorers were Löwe (2), Schieber, Kehl, Grosskreutz, Bakalorz and Baykan.

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Felipe Santana missed the match with a slight abdominal muscle tear. Klopp hopes Santana will be fit for our next Bundesliga match on September 15th against Leverkusen.

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BVB: Weidenfeller (46. Alomerovic) - Fring, Meissner (63. Terzic), Hübner, Löwe - Kehl (70. Nothnagel), Amini - Hofmann (60. Baykan), Bittencourt (60. Bakalorz), Grosskreutz - Schieber



Tore: 0:1 Schieber (10.), 0:2 Löwe (27., Handelfmeter), 0:3 Kehl (40.), 0:4 Grosskreutz (48.), 0:5 Bakalorz (68.), 0:6 Baykan (71.), 0:7 Löwe (80.)

 

Which tells me he might be having some problems adjusting........

 

Much respect.

 

Dortmund: After Groin Surgery

Bender Knocking On The Door – Return To Team Practice



Some of the things you’ll find on Sven Bender’s medical record from last season are a broken jaw, torn ankle ligaments and severe facial bruising. Yet, he was still able to play in 24 matches. The current season also began with an injury for Bender. He had to undergo surgery for a hernia. The 23-year old is familiar with setbacks and the difficult road back. On Tuesday, he made a decisive step back from this latest injury. Bender practiced with the team again.


Four weeks have gone by since Professor Dr. Tomas Hoffmann performed double hernia surgery on the Borussia Dortmund player at Munich’s Maria-Theresia Hospital. Dr. Hoffmann operated on both sides of groin area, inserting plastic netting for reinforcement. Bender had “always noticed something” for quite awhile. But as is his nature, he continued to practice and play on. After the “Liga-Total Cup” in Hamburg, the extent of Bender’s injury was finally detected. A double hernia which required the aforementioned surgical procedure.


On Tuesday, Bender trained with the team again for the first time after his individual training program was raised day by day. Coach Jürgen Klopp would have taken a chance and started Bender in BVB’s 3-0 test match victory over Regionalliga club VfB Hüls if everything had gone super-superbly. However, Klopp backed off because he feels “a few things are missing” with Bender. Specifically, “explosiveness out of rotation and long passing.”


Klopp acknowledges the ball winner “has not lost much” when it comes to conditioning. Klopp said of Bender, “’Manni’ was in exceptional physical condition before the surgery. Thanks to this, the coach decided not force Bender to do “great things endurance-wise” during his rehab.


Now Sven Bender has to wait to see how he comes through team practice. Then, there might even be a chance Sven can be ready for the “Battle of Brothers” with his identical twin Lars. Borussia Dortmund meets Lars Bender’s Bayer Leverkusen team on Saturday at 3:30 PM CET.

Original article in German at this link.

 

I didn't have time to make a "proper thread" this week. Maybe we'll start a quick one with your message......

 

I'm f#cking angry too. However, we all should have known we weren't going to be undefeated forever.