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Dortmund (AP) - Borussia Dortmund is, according to goalkeeper Roman Bürki, under the direction of the new coach Edin Terzic, on the way to old strength.
“We have definitely made a big step forward.
You can see that we have a plan, ”said the 30-year-old Swiss on Tuesday.
Above all, the attitude within the team has changed positively: “There is a little more life in it, that was often missing.
We did extremely well in the last few games and brought in emotions.
In terms of feeling, we are on the way up again and find it easier to get back to what Dortmund actually is. "
Since the change from soccer teacher Lucien Favre to Terzic on December 13th, BVB has won four out of five competitive games.
With the 3: 1 in the Bundesliga top game at RB Leipzig last Saturday, the fourth placed the gap to the front runner FC Bayern to five points.
Bürki avoided declarations of war on the competition, but reminded the Revierclub of the minimum goal: "We have to qualify for the Champions League, anything else would be a big disappointment."
However, Bürki assessed the failure of clock generator Axel Witsel, who will be out until the end of the season after a torn Achilles tendon, as a handicap in the title race: “That is a bitter loss.
Axel is also an important personality in the dressing room.
We hope that he can be back on the field sooner than planned. "
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Despite the clear upward trend, the goalkeeper warned of the next opponent from Mainz, although the bottom of the table on Saturday (15.30) in Dortmund is only considered a blatant outsider.
«In the top games we have less trouble than against opponents who are rather low.
It will be a difficult game, we have to find solutions. "
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