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For Borussia Dortmund's coach Edin Terzic, the game at VfL Wolfsburg in the fight for a place in the Champions League is almost like a final.

"With regard to Wolfsburg, it is definitely a final," said Terzic before the Bundesliga match on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky).

“If Wolfsburg pulls eight points away after the game, they're only three games away.

But maybe fourth place would still be possible, depending on how Frankfurt plays in Leverkusen. "

The Dortmunders want to finish fourth and thus reach the Champions League. Fifth, they are currently five points behind third Wolfsburg and four behind fourth Frankfurt, who will play at Seventh Leverkusen on Saturday. “We were already eleven points behind Wolfsburg. But we always exemplified optimism because we are still playing against them, "said the coach." We managed to break that down to five points. After the final whistle, there should only be two. The chance of this is very good. "

And that, although defense chief Mats Hummels is missing a yellow card.

"Mats is playing an outstanding season and is leading in many statistics in this position," said Terzic, who is also considering a tactical change to the back three because of the failure: "But I've also read a statistic that we won six out of seven games without Mats and have drawn once. "

"If we win the game, we'll be gone"

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The return of Jadon Sancho gives rise to hope.

The England international made a half-hour comeback in the 2-0 win against Union Berlin during the week after almost two months of injury.

On the VfL side, the importance of the game is rated similarly.

“It has a bit of a final character - but for Dortmund even more than for us,” said coach Oliver Glasner: “One thing is clear: If we win the game, we will be away from Borussia Dortmund.

We want to achieve that.

When you're in third place so close to the end of the season, there can only be one goal: We want to get into the Champions League. "

Before the important home game against Borussia Dortmund, the hosts are worried about the use of their season promoter Ridle Baku.

The German U21 international has "a bit of problems with the calf.

We will only decide on the day of the match whether a mission is smart and makes sense, ”said Glasner.