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a day ago
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Dortmund's defensive worries deepen with Niklas Süle out for 2 months with a calf injury
DORTMUND, Germany (AP) — Borussia Dortmund's defensive worries deepened Monday with central defender Niklas Süle expected to be out for two months with a right calf injury sustained during a friendly game against Juventus. Süle suffered a muscle injury and had to go off just before halftime during Sunday's match against the Italian team. He had only replaced Mats Hummels in the 19th minute of the veteran defender's farewell game. The 36-year-old Hummels, who played for Roma last season after leaving Dortmund for the second time in 2024, was bidding an emotional farewell to the Dortmund fans. Dortmund was already without the injured Nico Schlotterbeck and Emre Can, exacerbating coach Niko Kovac's shortage of defenders before the team starts the season against Rot-Weiss Essen in the first round of the German Cup on Aug. 18. Dortmund starts its Bundesliga campaign at St. Pauli on Aug. 23. ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
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a day ago
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⚠️Bad news: Dortmund lose a key player
Yesterday, Borussia Dortmund lost their last preseason friendly against Juventus, but that wasn't the only bad Süle, who had come on for Hummels as he retired from professional football, had to leave the pitch injured, and today the worst news was confirmed. The central defender has suffered a muscle tear and will be out of action for the next two months. We'll see if the sporting management finds a replacement in the market, considering that Schlotterbeck is also in the infirmary and Niko Kovac plays with a back three. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here. 📸 Lars Baron - 2025 Getty Images
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2 days ago
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😍 Hummels back in a Dortmund shirt: how BVB welcome their legend
It's finally here. In the test match between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus Turin, Mats Hummels will play for BVB for the last time. Before the ball officially starts rolling, the 2014 World Champion was, of course, given a proper farewell by his fans in Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. 📸 INA FASSBENDER - AFP or licensors Who knows, maybe he'll convince coach Niko Kovac so much that he'll get another contract after all. We'd celebrate - and one city in the Ruhr area definitely would too. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. 📸 Lars Baron - 2025 Getty Images
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2 days ago
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😍 Hummels back in a Dortmund shirt: how BVB welcome their legend
It's finally here. In the test match between Borussia Dortmund and Juventus Turin, Mats Hummels will play for BVB for the last time. Before the ball officially starts rolling, the 2014 World Champion was, of course, given a proper farewell by his fans in Dortmund's Westfalenstadion. 📸 INA FASSBENDER - AFP or licensors Who knows, maybe he'll convince coach Niko Kovac so much that he'll get another contract after all. We'd celebrate - and one city in the Ruhr area definitely would too. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here. 📸 Lars Baron - 2025 Getty Images
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4 days ago
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Kovac: 'I feel trust, solidarity and love here'
Niko Kovac talks about what makes Borussia Dortmund special to him as a club during his interview at the BVB training camp in Saalfelden, Austria.
