"Achieving something special": Sammer on Dortmund’s title chances | OneFootball

And then there were only six. Weeks ago, FC Bayern Munich seemed uncatchably out of reach. After 18 matchdays, the record champions were eleven points ahead of Borussia Dortmund. But the tide has turned. Now, Matthias Sammer (58) has commented on BVB’s title chances.

After Munich’s 5-1 thrashing victory in Leipzig, the club from Säbener Straße was heading toward championship number 35. However, after a surprising 2-1 home defeat against FC Augsburg and a disappointing 2-2 draw at Hamburger SV, the world looks a little different. Within two weeks, Dortmund has made up five points on the league leaders.

“That’s three points less than before the winter break,” calculated Nico Schlotterbeck (26) after the hard-fought 3-2 win last Sunday against bottom club 1. FC Heidenheim on DAZN. The BVB defensive chief announced: “That’s why I can say that we want to attack now.” And further: “As BVB, you have to have the ambition to tell the fans: Yes, we want to become champions!”

Praise for Schlotterbeck

The center-back’s confident attitude meets with great approval from Sammer. “I find it refreshing when Nico Schlotterbeck speaks out after the game. I like courageous players,” explained the BVB advisor on the Sky show “Sammer & Basile – Der Hagedorn Talk.” That is “worthy of all honor.” Even if the statement is made in a situation where one “perhaps couldn’t expect” a title. The championship coach of 2002 will now “as always, keep a close eye on whether everyone wants it or just a few.”

Despite the small comeback, Sammer still sees the serial champions in pole position. “It’s only up to Bayern Munich whether it becomes a title race, because I believe they are by far the best,” praised the Dresden native of the industry leader.

Nevertheless, the 58-year-old welcomes Schlotterbeck’s goal. “If you want to achieve something extraordinary and only argue in ordinary terms,” Sammer is convinced, “your body and mind will not follow you. He has now said it, and I think that’s good.”

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