No Reus, no Schurrle, no Durm and maybe no Pulisic. It is going to be very tough. Hopefully it means Passlack players.
Date: Saturday April 1st 2017 Kickoff: 15:30 local time Location: Turnhalle, Gelsenkirchen Referee: Felix Zwayer, Berlin Borussia Dortmund: Coach: Thomas Tuchel League position: 3rd League Form: L/W/W/W/L Current Bans/Injuries: Rode (Inj), Götze (Inj), Reus (Inj), Durm (Inj), Schürrle (Inj) Herne West: Coach: Markus Weinzierl League position: 9th League Form: D/D/L/W/W Current Bans/Injuries: Baba (Inj), Naldo (Inj), Uchida (Inj), Aogo (Inj), Embolo (Inj) Fun fact: Scheisse have never won the league.
Starting XI: Bürki – Piszczek, Sokratis, Bartra – Weigl, Castro – Passlack, Dembélé, Kagawa, Schmelzer – Aubameyang. Subs: Weidenfeller, Bender, Sahin, Mor, Guerreiro, Pulisic, Ginter. I still don't know why Tuchel insists on Castro.
Felix Passlack has been disappointing but is it fair to ask a young player who hardly gets min to suddenly jump in and perform like say LP? If that were the case Castro should be somewhere between Xavi and Gündogan.
Stambouli and Caligiuri fouling and sticking to Dembele like blue ass flies has worked, he got sloppier and quieter. We lack dynamism in the attacking half, Pulisic or Guerreiro on for jetlagged Kagawa may help.