Dortmund have the following players out for this game:
Sven Bender
Neven Subotic
Jakub Blaszczykowski
Ilkay Gundogan
And have both Lewandowski and Hummels in doubt, which tells me they are not 100% anyway. So very thin line up, but the real question is if that deserved 3-0 defeat on the weekend was in fact a good thing? Before that loss they were on a good winning run and high on confidence, and maybe needed a good loss to bring them to back to the ground. After all, they much inferior team then last year.
Zenit have the following players out:
Danny
Cristian Ansaldi
Replaceable players. Zenit on the other hand have been enjoying the Russian winter break by training and playing friendlies in warmer climates, I am sure they will be fresh and ready for this game. Their last competitive game was in fact a large 4-1 loss to Vienna. I am sure, similarly to Dortmund, it did more good than bad to them for this game.
Any takes?
Sven Bender
Neven Subotic
Jakub Blaszczykowski
Ilkay Gundogan
And have both Lewandowski and Hummels in doubt, which tells me they are not 100% anyway. So very thin line up, but the real question is if that deserved 3-0 defeat on the weekend was in fact a good thing? Before that loss they were on a good winning run and high on confidence, and maybe needed a good loss to bring them to back to the ground. After all, they much inferior team then last year.
Zenit have the following players out:
Danny
Cristian Ansaldi
Replaceable players. Zenit on the other hand have been enjoying the Russian winter break by training and playing friendlies in warmer climates, I am sure they will be fresh and ready for this game. Their last competitive game was in fact a large 4-1 loss to Vienna. I am sure, similarly to Dortmund, it did more good than bad to them for this game.
Any takes?