Club World Cup: Respect for Ramos: BVB expects hard round of round

Sergio Ramos will be in the way of the next over $ 13 million. The respect for the duel hardness of the CF Monterrey and especially in front of the iron -hard Spanish defense legend is great at Borussia Dortmund. Led by the 39-year-old Ramos, the Mexicans received only one goal on the way to the round of 16 on Wednesday (3:00 a.m. CEST/SAT.1 and DAZN) in Atlanta against BVB at the Club World Cup.

“This is a team that is very, very good. They defined over tackling over intensity, over tackling,” said BVB sports director Sebastian Kehl. National defender Waldemar Anton prophesied, “that it goes to the matter in the duels. It can hurt. That also impressed me that it was chopped in from behind. I may have known that from the youth.”

Leader with 39: Ramos leads Monterrey

The team and defense have been leading the team and defense since the beginning of February. “In the team you always want a player like this because he embodies a lot. Sometimes playing against him is uncomfortable,” said Kehl, who played against Ramos as a professional himself. “To get one round, we will have to stretch properly,” said Kehl, who also expects a stadium full of Mexican fans. “Of course I am optimistic that we can get a round.”

With a move into the quarter-finals, where Ramos’ long-time employer Real Madrid could wait, BVB’s income at the FIFA tournament would increase to almost $ 53 million. 13.125 million dollars would then be added. Money that the 65 million euros that BVB is supposed to receive for the sale of Jamie Gitten to Chelsea FC can be used to upgrade the squad. “Of course we want to do the team better,” Kehl said about possible reinforcements in summer.

Completely different conditions in Atlanta

The Dortmunders are also in good spirits that the urgently needed increase in Atlanta succeeds in the preliminary round compared to the rather rumped ideas. “I think there is a different intensity,” said national player Pascal, regardless of the fact that the game will kick off at 9:00 p.m. local time.

Previously, the BVB had sued the extreme conditions in the daily heat on the extreme conditions on each over 30 degrees Celsius. But the 71,000 viewer Mercedes-Benz Stadium has cooled down by air conditioning. “I think that will help us,” said Groß, who has already played in Atlanta with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Also, the 34-year-old would not have a problem with the passionate, heated mood through the many Mexicans in the stadium. “I would even be happy that the feeling of a World Cup would also come across in the stadium. That was not so in the last game,” said Groß, who had played with the BVB in the last group game against Ulsan from South Korea in front of only 8,239 spectators in Cincinnati.

Great criticism in the framework conditions

The midfielder also expressed slight criticism of the framework of the tournament in the USA. “It is my hope that the tournament will pick up a bit of speed. That the stadiums will be fuller. That a little more enthusiasm is coming up,” said Groß.