Wolfsburg vs Borussia Dortmund preview - DFB-Pokal rivals to rehearse final
Posted Friday, May 15, 2015 by PA
Wolfsburg meet Borussia Dortmund this Saturday in what will be little more than a dress rehearsal for the main event between the two clubs, which will take place in Berlin at the end of the month.
The two sides head to the capital on May 30 for the DFB-Pokal final, where a trophy will be at stake.
The stakes are not so high this weekend, however.
The Wolves have already qualified for the Champions League while Dortmund have moved into a qualifying berth for the Europa League, but that does not mean it will be a dead rubber.
"It's going to be a highly interesting Bundesliga match," said Wolfsburg coach Dieter Hecking.
"Dortmund do still need points if they are to finish sixth and qualify for Europe without having to rely on winning the cup final."
Hecking therefore expects it to be a dress rehearsal in every sense of the term.
"I'm sure they will play with their strongest team here," Hecking said. "So it promises to be an exciting game to watch."
That team may include Marco Reus, who is back in the Dortmund squad after a three-week injury absence and likely to get some minutes under his belt with a view to having him in tip-top condition for the cup final.
"We've not been preserving him, he's just not been given the green light by the medical department yet, which is why he has not been able to play," said Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp.
"It wouldn't make any sense to take a player out for three weeks without reason anyway. But he was able to warm up yesterday and we hope he can train normally and be an option."
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