Final season’s Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund will tackle Barcelona within the quarterfinals, due to a slim win over LOSC Lille.
The Bundesliga giants secured a 2-1 victory over the French membership final evening, resulting in a 3-2 win over combination.
Dortmund’s win meant they may tackle Barcelona within the quarterfinals, which guarantees to be a particular match for Niko Kovac as he can reunite along with his former assistant, Hansi Flick.
Dortmund gamers on dealing with Barcelona
Whereas Kovac spoke fondly concerning the prospect of dealing with Flick’s Barcelona, Dortmund gamers sounded cautiously optimistic about dealing with the Catalans within the subsequent spherical.
Emre Can, for one, mentioned that Dortmund are able to battle it out for a spot within the semifinals.
“Soccer is performed for these sorts of matches. We wish to go there, we wish to benefit from the match and put in a powerful efficiency. Our aim is to qualify and we’ll struggle for it. We’ll see what occurs,” Can mentioned (h/t BVB.de) after the Lille sport.
Emre Can is prepared for the Barcelona take a look at (Photograph by Christof Koepsel/Getty Pictures)
Other than Can, Dortmund goalkeeper Gregor Kobel additionally talked concerning the prospect of dealing with Barcelona within the subsequent spherical.
The Swiss goalkeeper admitted that Dortmund will likely be underdogs for this encounter however admitted he’s stoked about the opportunity of
“We’re the underdog towards Barcelona. They’re a terrific opponent, and it’ll be a really powerful match, however there’s nothing higher than taking part in within the Champions League quarterfinal towards Barcelona,” he mentioned.
This received’t be the primary time Barcelona will likely be dealing with Dortmund within the UCL this season as the 2 had met through the league part as nicely.
The Catalans had been in a position to safe a 3-2 victory on that event. Nonetheless, lots has modified since, together with the Dortmund crew now being coached by Niko Kovac.