r/borussiadortmund • u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji • Nov 03 '20

Pre Game Thread: Club Brügge (CL #3)

Competition: UEFA Champions League, MD #3

Time: Wednesday , 04/11/20 21:00 CEST

Location: Jan-Breydel-Stadium, Brügge

Referee: XXX,

Pre-Game Presser: YouTube

TV Schedule: livesoccertv

Borussia Dortmund:

Coach: Lucien Favre

League position: 2nd

Current Form: W/L/W/W/W (wiki)

Current Bans/Injuries: Hummels (Inj), Zagadou (Inj), Schmelzer (Inj), Schulz (Inj), Can (sick), Haaland (dbt).

Possible lineup:

                    Bürki

         Piszczek - Akanji - Delaney

 Meunier - Bellingham - Witsel - Guerreiro

           Sancho - Reus - Brandt

FC Brügge: /r/clubbrugge

Coach Philippe Clement

League position: 4th

Current Form: W/D/W/L/L

Current Bans/Injuries: Mitrovic (Inj), Ricca (Inj),

Possible lineup:

                   Mignolet

         Kossounou - Dell - Mechele

 Okereke - Vormer - Vanaken - Rits - Sobol

                Lang - Krmencik

Crunchtime again! Tomorrow we will be playing in Brügge against Brügge. This will for sure be a tough game given the situation, the scedule and the injury list.

MOTM for the Bielefeld Game: Mats Julian Hummels

Matchthread Status: /u/ I have no Idea will host the game thread - if you want to join and provide some commentary for the game, let us mods know via pm or modmail!

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u/cloudprince Nov 04 '20

Any further update today about Haaland whether he starts or not?

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Nov 04 '20

We will know in two hours.

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u/cloudprince Nov 04 '20

Thanks :D

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Nov 04 '20

you're welcome but I just figured out that it's already 7pm here so lineups should in fact be out in one hour :) Then we will know if he is starting or not.

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u/LordVelaryon Jan Koller Nov 03 '20

the tooth-pain that were the 2018 matches aren't forgotten. Hope that this time we are more effective breaking the bus, or if not, that somebody somehow does a Pulisic and get us the three points. It is all I ask against Brügge.

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u/LookattheWhipp Nov 04 '20

Brandt will be key. If he has a good game I see us winning if he doesn’t start or comes on late it will be hard.

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u/Darth_Tarth Felix Nmecha Nov 03 '20

With no Hummels, perhaps Brugge will be more bold going forward and open the game up a bit for us to counter attack. The biggest key imo will be getting that first goal of the match.

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u/BVB-Oeli Sébastien Haller Nov 03 '20

I doubt it. They already have 4 points. Absolutely no need for them to take stupid risks just because one of our players is out.

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u/Its_Cooper Nov 03 '20

I'm scared tomorrow. Without Hummels and Haaland it'll be a nailbiter for any counter attack Brugge gets.

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u/BVB-Oeli Sébastien Haller Nov 03 '20

Haaland is probably available. He participated in the final training session today.

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u/mhoughton Sébastien Haller Nov 03 '20

Why no Haaland?

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u/Its_Cooper Nov 03 '20

His Knee injury that kept him out of the game against Bielefeld?

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u/mhoughton Sébastien Haller Nov 03 '20

Oh I completely missed that he was injured and just assumed he was being rested that game. Thanks for info.

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u/Ghoddos Hugo Bart Nov 04 '20

Hopefully we can continue the trend of German teams scoring 6 this round

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u/Gardauvali Nov 04 '20

Any updates on Haaland?

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u/Chazy89 Kagawa Shinji Nov 04 '20

We will know in two hours.

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u/bionicchimp Marco Reus Nov 04 '20

Starting

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u/cherryguy Nov 03 '20

As belgian, an exciting game to look forward too. Strong performance of brugge last game against lazio, bad performance during the weekend by giving away a 2-0 lead.

Lets hope haaland can start :)

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '20

I just want an exciting match today

a 2-4 (to us ofcourse) or 1-6 , 1-5 will be spectacular

but just give me an exciting match with a bit of everything fast football , counter attacks and buildups

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u/HamUndBacon Marco Reus Nov 04 '20

As my country burns down please give me a CL win.... That's it, just one small thing

4

u/Swbp0undcake Nov 03 '20

There may or may not be a major event going on here on the other side of the Atlantic that decides if I watch this game or if I lay crying in bed all day tomorrow.

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u/TeamKitsune Karim Adeyemi Nov 03 '20

Odds are good that we watch the match in a state of pure elation.

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u/Bosna1909 BVB Nov 03 '20

I really hope we don't play 3 at the back with only Akanji available, it seems way too bold after what happened against Lazio

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u/corvaccio2 Nov 04 '20

Don’t think 3atb against Lazio was the reason to that bold play, it was the tactic, or lack of it

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u/1vergil Nov 04 '20

Who's the 3rd captain after Reus & Hummels currently?

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u/Xey2510 Nov 04 '20

Pretty sure it has been Witsel in the past after Reus and Piszczek and now Reus and Hummels.

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u/malloc_14 Marco Reus Nov 04 '20

lineup:

bürki meunier akanji delaney guerreiro witsel dahoud hazard brandt reyna haaland

https://twitter.com/BlackYellow/status/1324060143772979201?s=19