Eden Terzic previews Dortmund's Champions League final against Real Madrid
31/05/2024
Wembley Stadium, London, UK
31/05/2024
Wembley Stadium, London, UK
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00:00 [SIDE CONVERSATION]
00:12 OK, we'll continue with the head coach of Borussia Dortmund,
00:15 Edin Terzic.
00:17 Please raise your hand if you have any questions.
00:19 All right, we'll start over here again.
00:24 [SPEAKING SPANISH]
00:49 Gracias.
00:49 [SPEAKING GERMAN]
00:56 [SPEAKING GERMAN]
01:15 [SPEAKING GERMAN]
01:36 Hello, I'm David Aquino-Lato with Gazetta dello Sport in Italy.
01:40 My question will be in English.
01:42 You face Real Madrid, as you say.
01:44 You also face Carlo Ancelotti, who's probably
01:47 the king coach of this competition.
01:49 What do you think about him?
01:51 What did you learn from him, if you look up at him at some point?
01:56 Yes, I just mentioned a couple of days ago the biggest respect for him,
02:00 because he's one of the managers that not only made it with one team,
02:06 he made it with different teams in different countries
02:08 and different cultures.
02:10 And not within three years, in basically two decades,
02:14 he's been successful as a manager.
02:16 And I think that the way that he manages teams
02:20 and how the players play for him, he needs
02:23 to be a role model for every young coach.
02:25 And I feel that I'm still a young coach,
02:27 so he's one of my role models in this business.
02:31 [SPEAKING GERMAN]
02:36 In the first two games of the group stage,
02:38 Borussia didn't even score a goal but reached the final.
02:42 What factors made it possible to believe, stay focused and reach Wembley?
02:46 Yeah, you're right.
02:48 We conceded in the first two games, we conceded two goals.
02:51 The first goal was in Paris.
02:52 It was a penalty, a very harsh penalty.
02:55 So we only conceded two goals in these two games.
02:57 But the key fact was that I think we are the team
03:00 with the most clean sheets in the competition.
03:03 And then if you don't concede many chances and many goals,
03:08 it's much easier to win games.
03:09 And we are a team that is always ready to score.
03:12 And on this level, on this stage,
03:14 you need to manage to keep the opposition as far away from the goal as possible.
03:21 And this is one of the key factors.
03:23 And I think that after the first two games,
03:25 it was in the beginning of the season,
03:28 we lost very important players in the summer transfer window.
03:32 And we brought new players in and it's going to take some time.
03:35 And so we didn't manage to be on our top level in the beginning of September
03:41 when we played these two games in the group stage.
03:43 But now we are here and now we are a totally different team than down to September.
03:48 And I think that we showed, especially in this competition,
03:51 that we are ready to compete.
03:53 And now we want to show that we are also ready to fight to win the trophy.
03:56 Hi, Edin.
04:01 João Venturi, SBT Brazil.
04:03 We don't know to say how big Real Madrid is.
04:07 Everybody knows that.
04:08 Probably it's the biggest football club in the world.
04:12 A way to beat them probably is not respect them so much.
04:17 Thank you.
04:18 Yeah, we know that they are for sure in this competition,
04:22 by far the most successful team.
04:25 And if you see only this season,
04:28 they I think only had two defeats.
04:30 And these defeats have been against Atletico.
04:33 That is always a special game for them, a derby.
04:37 But we also see that we are ready to compete on the highest level.
04:42 And we always said, maybe if we play 10 times against Real Madrid,
04:46 it's going to be very difficult.
04:47 34, impossible.
04:50 But if you break it down to one game, and this is what you do,
04:52 if you go to a final, then everything is possible in football.
04:55 But the most important thing is not only to see the occasion
05:00 where we are playing Real Madrid, it's about the game.
05:03 And we played so many games this season,
05:05 all together 60 games with all the Bundesliga, Cup, Champions League
05:09 and friendly games.
05:10 So we had 60 games to prepare ourselves for the game tomorrow.
05:13 And this is our part of the story.
05:15 It's clear that they have the role as a favourite, but we don't care.
05:20 We haven't been the favourites against Atletico.
05:22 We haven't been the favourites against Paris.
05:24 It's about us, how big the favourites are going to be.
05:27 Is it 20-80? Is it 30-70? It's about us.
05:31 And if we are brave, and if we are ready to show that we are not here
05:36 to see how Real Madrid is going to lift the next trophy,
05:40 if we are here to give them a game, then we're going to have a chance.
05:43 Çiğdem Günal, TV Buspor, Turkey.
05:54 You lost the heartbreaking championship in Bundesliga last season, last year.
05:59 And today you are at the Champions League final.
06:04 How did you manage the team's feelings?
06:06 Yeah, as I just said it after the last game, last season,
06:13 this is now part of our life and now part of our way to success.
06:18 I'm honest, I don't think this is the most beautiful chapter in my life,
06:26 but this is maybe the most important chapter in my life
06:28 because it shows you that it doesn't matter how hard it feels, how tough it is.
06:35 Stand up and try it again.
06:36 And unfortunately we didn't make it to get as close as this in the Bundesliga,
06:41 but now we are here in the Champions League final.
06:43 And this is the beautiful part of our sport.
06:48 Last year we found out how tough it can be,
06:51 but now this doesn't matter anymore because we are here.
06:54 And we are here facing Real Madrid in one of the most iconic stadiums in the world.
06:58 And so we are really happy and delighted.
07:00 Edin, you said at your official start that one day it's your goal to celebrate like never before.
07:07 Why one day, tomorrow, here in this stadium?
07:10 I don't worry about that.
07:14 I remember the words.
07:14 There were a few things I said there.
07:16 Among other things, I also said, let's work as hard as never before.
07:19 And that's what's important first.
07:20 And then we can talk about the rest.
07:22 First of all, we take care of the game, as I said.
07:25 Of course, we respect the circumstances and the starting position.
07:29 That's out of the question.
07:31 But our focus and my focus as a coach must be very substantive, must be very factual.
07:36 And I'm pretty sure the best parties I've been able to experience in my life so far
07:41 are the ones you didn't plan.
07:43 And that's why we want to lay the groundwork for why we celebrate one day.
07:47 And of course we hope that it could be that far tomorrow.
07:49 Jürgen Kohrs, Ruhe Nachrichten.
07:55 Hello everyone.
07:56 Looking in the mirror or maybe also in the faces of your players,
08:00 what did you notice most in the last few days?
08:02 Prejudice, a smile or maybe lost thoughts,
08:07 or maybe a few worries?
08:09 No, really a lot of prejudice, a lot of desire.
08:12 I can only look the boys in the face.
08:18 I don't know how you feel about it, but I can only talk about myself.
08:22 If someone had told me a while ago that I would be sitting here
08:26 at the Champions League final one day before the game,
08:29 I would have said, "Oh, the tension would probably be very high, the nervousness."
08:32 To be honest, I don't feel that way as I would have expected it to be back then.
08:36 And that's simply because the boys and the entire staff give me such confidence.
08:42 We are so convinced that we will show a good game tomorrow.
08:46 We prepared so well.
08:48 I was very, very satisfied with how we performed in training in the last few weeks.
08:54 That's the reason why we can sit here with pure joy today.
08:57 Hi, Radexl Mayr, Forum Sport.
09:01 Hummels and Reus experienced the 2013 Champions League final at Wembley.
09:06 Have they given any advice and experience to the players in the team
09:10 before the tomorrow's final?
09:12 And the second question, did you think you would experience something like this
09:16 at the beginning of the season?
09:18 You are sitting right here today before the final.
09:21 Thank you so much.
09:22 The first thing is, it's not only Mats and Marco.
09:26 It was also two of my coaching staff members with Nuri Sahin and Sven Bender.
09:32 Of course, we are always in the exchange of experiences.
09:36 You can't compare everything one by one.
09:39 But of course, we are using these kinds of experiences from all our players.
09:43 We had many chats during the last weeks and last days.
09:48 It's very important also because they know how special this game is.
09:54 Maybe if you are a young player, and this was the case in 2013,
09:59 they thought, "This is my first final, and there are more to come."
10:03 But now you can feel it's not easy to get into the final.
10:07 Of course, we are talking and exchanging these kinds of experiences.
10:11 One of your colleagues outside asked me,
10:14 "Did I ever think about being in Wembley in the Champions League final?"
10:18 Ten years ago, no.
10:20 But four months ago, when we qualified for the knockout stage, yes, for sure.
10:24 Once you are there and once you see, "Okay, it's going to be a tough way,
10:27 but with every game it's getting shorter and shorter,"
10:29 then the belief increases.
10:31 Everything in life starts with a belief,
10:33 and the belief that we had was very early in the season.
10:36 Hello, Eggel Sande from Norwegian NRK.
10:39 Edvin, just a few days before the final,
10:42 Borussia Dortmund announced a new sponsorship with the weapons manufacturer, Rheinmetall.
10:48 This is a controversial deal.
10:50 What are your thoughts about the new sponsorship?
10:52 With all the respect, I'm the coach of Borussia Dortmund,
10:57 and I just mentioned how special this night before the game
11:01 and the night tomorrow will be for us.
11:03 I think that our board makes the decision,
11:06 and they also communicate their decisions.
11:08 For me, it would be the logical case if you talk to our board members
11:15 and to the decision-makers in this case,
11:18 and not to the head coach preparing the team
11:20 and breathing every second to win the game tomorrow.
11:23 Hopefully, you can live with that answer for tonight.
11:29 Edvin, tomorrow night, there will probably be 30,000 Dortmund fans in the stadium.
11:33 There are another 10,000 BVB fans here in London,
11:37 but there are expected to be over 100,000 in Dortmund, in the city.
11:41 What do you say to the fans who couldn't fly or travel to London?
11:47 First of all, I'm sorry that so many people didn't get tickets or travel,
11:55 but I'm pretty sure that they will not only dream about us,
12:08 but that they will be excited as well.
12:10 I'm pretty sure that the other numbers you mentioned
12:14 will be pretty loud tomorrow, not just yellow.
12:17 That's what we need.
12:18 No matter how far away, we need each individual to believe
12:22 that something great is possible tomorrow.
12:25 Then we will do everything to make it come true.
12:28 Hi coach, Jan Bochner, WDR.
12:31 Everyone is talking about the great qualities and strengths of Real Madrid.
12:36 What about the weaknesses?
12:38 Are there any and how well can they be attacked?
12:40 We talked about them in the coaching team and with the team,
12:43 but we don't do that in public.
12:45 I think it's also a mistake for me as a coach of Borussia Dortmund
12:51 to talk about Real Madrid.
12:53 It's just that there are things in their game that they like
12:56 and things that they don't like, both offensively and defensively.
13:00 We have prepared for that and that gives us a really good feeling
13:06 to show a good game tomorrow.
13:08 Last question here please.
13:09 Hi Edin, I'm from the Funke Media Group.
13:12 Even if it's not such a nice last question,
13:14 but Mats Hummels gave an interview, which some people read as a criticism.
13:19 Is that something you read as well?
13:21 How do you feel about that a few days before the game?
13:23 No, I didn't read it.
13:24 What was it about?
13:26 It was about your way of training and the way you play,
13:29 especially in the first half before the end, before the winter.
13:34 I really didn't read it because I want to bet everything on tomorrow's success.
13:42 But I know that I talked to Mats and I know what was said in this interview.
13:48 From his side, from my side, how he imagines things, how I imagine things.
13:53 And that's how I handle it with every player, not just with Mats Hummels,
13:56 not just with an experienced player, but with every player.
13:58 I like to have these conversations in private and I want to leave it at that.
14:02 Thank you very much. We'll continue with the training session in 15 minutes.
14:07 Thank you.
14:09 Thank you.
14:11 [Break]
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