Edin Terzic salvages Dortmund’s season to leave a yellow legacy | Andy Brassell
17-May-2021 12:21:25 | The Guardian
The stand-in coach, a die-hard fan, wrote his place in club history with a trophy and a return to the Champions League
If you’re not into schmaltzy Instagram moments, look away now. In the aftermath of the DfB Pokal final, Edin Terzic published a then-and-now photo. The first was from 2012, of him in the stands of Berlin’s Olympiastadion at the equivalent showpiece back then with his fellow supporters – casual cap fashionably perched, scarf tucked up tight and wearing zip-up BVB casual wear. The second was – as the caption pointed out – nine years on, with Terzic on the Olympiastadion’s pitch, cradling the bejewelled Pokal trophy and wearing a satisfied smile.
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Sat: Arminia Bielefeld 1-1 Hoffenheim, Augsburg 2-0 Werder Bremen, Freiburg 2-2 Bayern Munich, Hertha Berlin 0-0 Cologne, Leverkusen 1-1 Union Berlin, Mönchengladbach 1-2 Stuttgart, Schalke 4-3 Eintracht Frankfurt. Sun: Leipzig 2-2 Wolfsburg, Mainz 1-3 Dortmund
Lewandowski himself matched Gerd Müller’s 40-goal season record at Freiburg, paid tribute to him via a T-shirt, received a guard of honour and then missed a seemingly unmissable chance to break the record in the second half. “I never though this could happen,” Lewandowski said to Sky. “I’m very proud to share the record.”
Wolfsburg clinched their top four spot with a draw at Leipzig on Sunday night, though it looks doubtful that coach Oliver Glasner will stay to lead them into the Champions League, “We’re going to have a big party and then later there’s time to talk about me,” he told Sky.
Werder Bremen finally lost patience with Florian Kohfeldt, replacing him with club legend Thomas Schaaf after the damaging 2-0 defeat at Augsburg which leaves them in the relegation playoff place, again. They need to beat Borussia Mönchengladbach on the final day with automatic relegation, the play-off spot or safety all possibilities – the three scenarios also open to Köln and Arminia Bielefeld.
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