

Borussia Dortmund’s latest league defeat leaves die Schwarzgelben a full ten points behind the final Champions League place in the Bundesliga table. Whether or not German football’s second wealthiest and largest club will get European football at all next season lies in doubt. Regarding the current ongoing 2024/25 UCL campaign, there was more bad news on Sunday.
Midfielder Marcel Sabitzer – subbed off early in Saturday evening’s defeat – will miss at least a month with his injury incurred. Dortmund relayed Sabitzer’s downtime on Sunday without providing a specific diagnosis. It will be the case that the Austrian international – a regular in head coach Niko Kovac’s lineup in recent weeks – cannot be called upon for the two Champions League ties against Barcelona.
At the post match press conference, Kovac called the fourth league defeat under his watch “a total disaster”. The 53-year-old also put in an appearance on ZDF Sportschau this weekend.