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Berlin (dpa) - At least the polonaise through the dining room of the noble palace hotel in Berlin's Grunewald was befitting the matter.
But despite all the friends about the first title in four years, the professionals from Borussia Dortmund were denied a crashing party night this time - not only for Corona reasons. The day after the 4: 1 (3: 0) in the cup final over RB Leipzig, they left the capital for Frankfurt. «Unfortunately, the cup final is not the season finale. Now the team has to deliver the greatest performance and win in Mainz - just three days after winning the cup. That will be damn difficult, ”said club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke.
With the fifth triumph in the competition after 1965, 1989, 2012 and 2017, the cup winners' hunger for success is far from satisfied.
After all, the most important goal of the season for the Bundesliga fourth is still in danger.
While the team was still celebrating on the lawn of the Olympic Stadium, Watzke gave the direction for coach Edin Terzic: "Now he has to crown his first six months with qualification for the Champions League," he commented hopefully.
The Favre successor, who was promoted to head coach on a temporary basis in December, will also fulfill his next mission and lead the team to victory in Mainz on Sunday (6 p.m.).
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The imposing appearance in the final gave everyone involved courage for the league's final spurt. "I feel a lot of pride because we went a very good way," said Terzic. After the last five Bundesliga victories in a row and the triumph of Berlin, the difficult season for BVB can end in a conciliatory manner. Terzic was combative: "We swore on the way to Berlin that we wanted to win both Bundesliga games as cup winners."
The high-flyer coach, who, by his own admission, has never drunk a drop of alcohol, experienced the greatest triumph of his young career as if in a frenzy. «I've been part of Borussia Dortmund's staff since 2010. Here in Berlin, I've been to almost every corner of this stadium to see a cup final. I looked at the award ceremony from behind and looked at it from the other side. To be on the podium yourself today is unbelievable - an indescribable feeling, "enthused the 38-year-old German-Croatian.
In just a few months, Terzic has achieved a remarkable standing in the professional world.
With the cup win, the headlines about the interest of other clubs should continue to increase.
He countered the hint that success makes you sexy with a smile: “I don't look in the mirror now and think it's sexy.
I was an assistant coach before, had very happy years and I'm not afraid of the future. "
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Even in Berlin, Terzic had to answer the question several times whether it was really an option for him to work with future BVB head coach Marco Rose in his old role as assistant coach from the summer. Annoyed, he waved it off: "It's a day-to-day business, we get pissed off all the time when things don't go well, now just treat us to the evening to enjoy it." Terzic received a direct congratulation from Rose: "Of course I saw the final and I was also happy for Dortmund," said Rose before his last home game with Borussia Mönchengladbach. "I also sent a message or two to Edin Terzic."
Intoxicated by the rousing performance of the Terzic team, Watzke issued a formidable testimony: "He took over the team in December, it was half dead. And he brought it to life, which is a huge achievement of his first coaching station." The club boss still believes that the new coach jewel will remain: “A few weeks ago, he extended his long-term contract, with the clear understanding of how things will continue. He's a Dortmund boy, he feels the club, he breathes the club. " Nevertheless, one is ready to talk if Terzic should move to another club: "Edin has the key in his hand."
It speaks for the new team spirit developed under the direction of Terzic that after the final whistle in the Olympic Stadium, the team neither placed one of the two double goal scorers Erling Haaland and Jadon Sancho, nor the strong captain Marco Reus at the center of their jubilation.
Instead, the Pole Lukasz Piszczek, known as a tireless worker, was celebrated like a power winner.
“I've always said that I renewed my contract because I wanted to end my career with a championship or a trophy.
We did it today, ”commented the outgoing Piszczek.
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Watzke looked just as blissful as the full-back, who is revered as a model professional in Dortmund.
After the many setbacks this season, the club boss made no secret of his satisfaction with winning the title: “Maybe someday we will stop saying that we are no longer number two in German football.
It was the seventh cup final during my tenure.
You won't make it into the cup final seven times if you don't have a meaning. "
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