A substitute today Unsere Bank: Weidenfeller, Zagadou, Sahin, Isak, Dahoud, Pulisic, Toprak #bmgbvb pic.twitter.com/lcNw4JP7bg— Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) February 18, 2018
I'm pretty excited for this. I think this will be good for him. Although I don't think this is necessarily a punishment I do think that it will give CP some healthy rage. I see him coming on for the last 20-30 minutes. Hopefully takes the chance to run at tired defenders and shows why he's so important. I don't think Gotze will be too effective as a winger so the chances of him coming on are high, even though Gladbach are in terrible form.
Looks like Gotze is in the middle. I do agree that getting some success running at tired legs may see him redeem whatever it is he lost over the winter break / his short injury.
Does it have to be punishment? Maybe they are planning on starting him in Europa league and consider this one against a struggling Gladbach a gimme so they are going with the B team of the moment here... When is the next Europa league clash? Just looking for silver linings here.
No i agree with you, I DONT think its punishment. Afterall, Toprak is being rested as well. I think its much needed rest but CP might not see it that way. Getting a little angry might be what he needs.
A closer look at the state of the pitch during Gladbach vs. Dortmund 👀 pic.twitter.com/hyLRmVNTIT— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) February 18, 2018
gladbach absolutely pummeling burki with shots. that’s been enough to score most of the time this season tbh
Fabian Johnson's "back injury" must be something serious, he's been out 73 days and 10 league fixtures already.
Couple good connections since being on. Had a ball deflected when switching and it fell fortunately to Schurrle on the left part of the box. They almost need to score again because Castro and Weigl have been struggling to shield the back four and Gladbach have been getting chances.
I’m surprised Pulisic is playing on this pitch. It’s definitely CONCACAF-esque right now and he was awfully outspoken about it. Yeah, I definitely just took a shot at his immaturity. No player is safe .
He missed some games with back problems in August as well. Currently not training with the ball and no timetable for a return
Burki has been playing on his head. Did you see the diving one handed save? He’s been struggling this year but today he’s bringing it.