“After the game in Rome everyone said it was the end of the world”

Thanks to the 1-1 draw against Lazio Roma, BVB will qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League ahead of schedule on Wednesday. However, the price for this is high.

One point in the home game against the Romans is enough for Borussia Dortmund to qualify for the knockout stage in the premier category. Lucien Favre has to pay dearly for the round of 16.

First star forward Erling Haaland tore a muscle fiber in the last training session and, like Emre Can, has to go through the important match. The Norwegian will probably have to wait until January. Then central defender Mats Hummels was injured during the match and striker Raphael Guerreiro had to leave the field.

This is probably one of the reasons why coach Lucien Favre is satisfied with his team’s performance at the press conference. “We played without Haaland and Can and after tonight there were even more players. We can be satisfied, we are qualified. “

“This is not a penalty, this is theater”

The Swiss does not regret the group victory that was initially lost. “At the moment I am thinking about our injured players. I’m not interested in the rest, the first place is irrelevant, ”says Favre. He is upset about the three points lost for another reason: “In general, we should win 1-0, because for me it was not a penalty.” For Favre, Milinkovic-Savic is too easy to fall after the duel with Schulz. “Incredible. It is not a penalty, it is theater. He is exaggerating,” says the 63-year-old.

Indeed, the penalty pronounced for Lazio seems moot after just over an hour. Sporting director Michael Zorc also said in an interview with “Sky”: “You can only have one opinion. So VAR is no longer necessary if such a wrong decision is made. ”

Dortmund corrected the false start

The same opinion is also in the study “blue Sport”. “Of course he doesn’t play the ball. But that’s just a wanted penalty.” And for me it is not. I would like the referee to approach the striker and say: ‹Try not to act like this› », analyzes Urs Meier. Marco Streller agrees: “There is no penalty for me either, but the striker does it intelligently.”

However, the end result in Dortmund is the joy of qualifying for the round of 16, which was already in doubt long after the defeat in Rome (1: 3). Lucien Favre, in particular, did not forget it, noting several times Wednesday night: “After the game in Lazio, everyone said it was the end of the world. Now we are qualified and that is the most important thing! “

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