Speaking of in-form strikers lying in wait … Erling Haaland is on Dortmund’s bench. Not a bad man to be able to call on.
Ex-Burnley striker Rouwen Hennings has 14 goals in the Bundesliga this season but is on the bench for Fortuna Dusseldorf today. Maybe Rosler is saving him for a game they have a better chance of winning.
I am mainly here for Uwe Rosler.
I have currently got a bit of Espanyol v Alaves on. There is some sort of crowd noise being offered to keep you focused on the action. I definitely think the background chants help, as I struggled to get up for the early games that were completely silent.
It’s always good to see Sancho in action, as he continues to blossom into a world class footballer. I was speaking to a former Watford academy captain yesterday who was explaining to me how confident Sancho was as a kid, something you need to make it to the very top. It probably helps having such ludicrous levels of ability, too.
Fortuna: Kastenmeier, Hoffmann, Ayhan, Berisha, Karaman, Thommy, Stober, Giesselmann, Zimmermann, Suttner, Sobottka
Subs: Rensing, Morales, Kownacki, Ofori, Zanka, Skrzybski, Hennings, Bormuth, Zimmer
Borussia Dortmund: Burki, Hakim, Hummels, Akanji, Guerreiro, Can, Brandt, Zarad, Piszczek, Can, Witsel, Sancho
Subs: Hitz, Schulz, Haaland, Balerdi, Morey, Schmelzer, Pherai, Reyna, Raschl
Good afternoon!
Football is still back. If Dortmund lose this, however, German football is over for another season. A loss for Lucien Favre’s side would open the door for Bayern Munich to seal the title by beating Borussia Monchengladbach at home later on.
Not that Dortmund should really be losing to Fortuna Dusseldorf, who currently reside in the relegation playoff spot. Under new boss Uwe Rosler Fortuna have only lost once in nine games, which was against Bayern. Although, it should be pointed out they have drawn six of those.
Rosler is just the first of many Manchester City connections today. Fortuna have Zak Steffan on loan from the Etihad, while Dortmund possess the sons of two for City players in the form of Erling Haaland and Giovanni Reyna, not to mention Jadon Sancho preparing to terrorise defenders.
We are all hoping the Bundesliga title race carries on for a little bit longer but there are no certainties in football.
Should be a cracker!
Kick off: 2.30pm (BST)