Will Adeyemi face Stuttgart: Niko Kovac gives his view | OneFootball

The clash between the pursuers promises a lot of excitement. On Saturday (November 22, 3:30 p.m.), Borussia Dortmund and VfB Stuttgart will face each other. Both teams currently have 21 points to their name.

When it comes to selecting his squad, Niko Kovač (54) can almost draw from a full roster. Ramy Bensebaini (30) is still struggling with back problems, the BVB coach revealed at Thursday’s press conference ahead of the match. Niklas Süle is unavailable. The 30-year-old defender is still suffering from a toe injury and “can’t get into any shoe,” Kovač reported. “Then you can’t do your job.” Otherwise, everyone is fit, he added.

He likes the competition within the team. “Every single player is under pressure from his teammate,” said the football coach. “We still have eight games left until Christmas, so everyone will be important for us.” In addition to five Bundesliga matches, the Black and Yellows will play two games in the Champions League as well as the DFB-Pokal round of 16 against Bayer Leverkusen.

“I can understand why it’s being brought up now”

Of their last seven matches, Dortmund played six away from home. Now, at last, there’s a home game on the schedule again. However, after five consecutive competitive wins against BVB, Stuttgart has become something of a bogey team. But the head coach plays it down. “I can understand why it’s being brought up now,” said the Berlin native, setting the tone for the duel with the Swabians. “It’s up to us to change that on Saturday. We’ve been unbeaten at home for quite some time, and we want to keep it that way.”

Kovač also commented on the Adeyemi case. The 23-year-old striker received a fine of around 450,000 euros due to possession of illegal weapons. “I’m not his father, I’m his coach. We have common goals. Every single person in this room hasn’t always done everything right. So we should put it in proper perspective,” explained the 54-year-old. “I believe that he, as well as Lars Ricken (49/sporting director of BVB, editor’s note) and the colleagues from the national team, have all said everything there is to say about it. The focus is clearly moving forward.”

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