Terzic: “I totally respect Lopetegui”

The coach of Borussia Dortmund, Edin Terziche said after winning the Champions League in Seville (1-4) in Ramon Sanchez-Pizjuan, -which gave way to the official announcement of the dismissal of his counterpart Julen Lopetegui-, who has “great respect” for the Basque coach and “felt the reaction of his players, despite this defeat”.

“I have talked to him and I have a lot of respect for him. I wish him the best; we want to win next week (and Seville), the next day of the group, and we will try to do things as much as possible, but this is an issue that I prefer not to say more,” said the German coach in a press conference about the dismissal of his colleague .

For Terzic“today everything did not go well and we did not forget what happened on Saturday thanks to this result”, he indicated in reference to the final defeat of Dortmund in Bundesliga he is new Cologne (3-2), but stressed that “tonight it’s about ‘Champions League’ and put five points of margin in front of Seville“.

“We achieved it tonight and we are very happy”, stressed the German coach of Croatian origin, who lamented, however, that they conceded “a goal soon in the second half”, 1-3, although “the positive” is that this time the goal of the rival, the Sevilleit doesn’t “confuse” them.

He pointed out that, from that moment on, his team put “another equipment” and, in addition, remained “solid in defense”, although they had to “accept” that they “give chances against a team. that needs to hit tonight”.

Asked about next Saturday’s league clash Bayern Munichthe technician of Dortmund He described it as “important for German football” and also for his team, although he specified that now “it is time to rest and try to take advantage of the spirit of this match for the next one”.