Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen preview - Schmidt excited ahead of debut - 7M sport

Borussia Dortmund vs Bayer Leverkusen preview - Schmidt excited ahead of debut



Posted Saturday, August 23, 2014 by PA

New Bayer Leverkusen coach Roger Schmidt is looking forward to one of the most appealing debuts he could have imagined in his first ever Bundesliga match this weekend.

The former RB Salzburg coach takes his side to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday evening, and he cannot wait to set foot inside the Westfalenstadion.

"The anticipation levels are huge," said Schmidt. "Of course we want to play a top game there.

"We've got one of the most attractive away games of the season straight away."

Saturday evening's top-billed Bundesliga clash pits together the teams who finished second and fourth last season.

Dortmund preceded Leverkusen by 10 points, but Schmidt is keen to prove that gap has reduced over the summer.

"We want to build on the momentum gained in our first game of the season (in the DFB-Pokal)," he said at a press conference.

"We will fight with all we've got to get something from Dortmund.

"I'm sure that if we can show the courage and conviction in the things we do, then I am going to enjoy this game."

Schmidt may stick with the same side which defeated Alemannia Waldalgesheim 6-0 last weekend, although he does have some more alternatives in the form of Lars Bender and Kyriakos Papadopoulos.

Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp is without injured new signing Adrian Ramos, but Ciro Immobile could make his Bundesliga debut.

There will be no place for World Cup winner Mats Hummels, though, with Klopp saying he "still needs a bit more training in his legs, and he will be given that," while Roman Weidenfeller may also be left out, as he was in the DFB-Pokal last weekend.



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