BVB-Watzke: Attack mainly responsible for separation from Tuchel

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BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke sees the Dortmund professional bombing on April 11, 2017 as one of the main reasons for the split with then-coach Thomas Tuchel near 2 months later. “A lot of things broke there – in many areas. Something broke between the coach and me. Otherwise, there probably wouldn’t have been a separation this summer, » the Bundesliga club’s general manager said in a ‘Sky’ documentary about the attack ahead of the Champions League game against AS Monaco.

Nobody can believe « that such a turn won’t trigger anything, » Watzke said, referring to the post-crime turmoil, which is still unique in German criminal history. The main point of contention between Tuchel and Watzke in the following weeks was the decision to allow the team to play the match just one day after the attack, which drew worldwide attention. Tuchel, who now coaches FC Bayern Munich, had already criticized this just after the 3-2 defeat in the first leg of the quarter-finals against Monaco: “We would have liked more time to process this. We didn’t have that time. »

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Watzke still asks for understanding for the difficult decision the team backed at the time: « At the end of the day, there was only one truth for us. Either we play tomorrow night or we retire The politicians also expected you not to bow down to a terrorist attack. » Together with Tuchel, Dortmund’s coach with the best average points average in Bundesliga history (2.12) left after the end of the 2016/17 season – he said goodbye as Cup winner DFB and replaced by the Unlucky Dutchman Peter Bosz.

When the professionals left for the stadium in the team bus, three explosive devices placed in a hedge exploded. They injured BVB professional Marc Bartra and a motorcycle policeman. A few days later, a suspect was arrested who had speculated on a fall in the BVB share price on the stock exchange. He was sentenced on November 27, 2018 to 14 years in prison for 28 counts of attempted murder. The Sky documentary « The Attack – Attack on BVB » can be viewed from Monday.

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