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Dortmund (dpa) - Full throttle into the season finale.

Encouraged by the 4: 1 (3: 1) over Werder Bremen and the mistakes of the competition, the Dortmunders struck belligerent tones.

The four-point gap to a Champions League place strengthened the belief in a happy ending. The race to catch up should be continued successfully on Wednesday (8.30 p.m.) in the home game against Union Berlin. “We're not taking our foot off the accelerator, we want to step on it even harder. Now we want to show everyone that we are really ready to achieve our goal, ”promised coach Edin Terzic.

In the games against Union Berlin and next Saturday at VfL Wolfsburg, third in the table, it will become clear whether Borussia, apparently beaten two weeks ago, can still achieve their most important goal of the season.

After two wins in Stuttgart (3: 2) and against Bremen, Marco Reus believes that Borussia, known for their moodiness, is on a stable course.

“Overall, we have shown a good reaction to everything over the past few weeks.

And we got another chance to qualify for the Champions League.

Everything is open, but we mustn't give up any more, ”said the BVB captain at Sky.

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Erling Haaland made an impressive return just in time for the difficult rest of the program with games against competitors Wolfsburg, Leipzig and Leverkusen. After four games in the BVB jersey without a goal, the Norwegian force of nature struck Bremen twice (34th penalty kick / 38th). This was the 13th time he scored at least twice in the Bundesliga and thus contributed to BVB (49 points) becoming the big winner of the 29th matchday after the defeats of the fourth from Frankfurt (53) and the third from Wolfsburg (54) advanced. "Compared to the games before, we brought him into play much more often and he rewarded himself with two goals," praised Terzic.

Just as combative as Borussia, Bremen will tackle the next game on Wednesday. Because after the last five defeats in a row, the duel of the table 13. (30 points) with the one rank lower FSV Mainz 05 (28) to a key game in the fight to stay in class. Only a few minutes after the defeat in Dortmund, coach Florian Kohfeldt swore his team to the next task: «I expect that we won't look for excuses against Mainz. We're still in a good position, but Wednesday is what counts. But I know my team well and know that they have the mentality for it. "

After a strong start and the 1-0 lead by Milot Rashica (14th), Werder seemed on the way to a coup, but lost control of the game for a short time with the equalization of Borussia by Giovanni Reyna (29th) - and was punished for it with three goals before half-time.

"We gave everything away in 16 minutes," complained the coach.

Nevertheless, he hopes that Bremen's relegation worries will be dispelled by the end of the week: "In the upcoming games against Mainz and at Union Berlin we have the chance to steer a lot in the right direction for us."

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