Kloppo on Reus' leaving the ball for Lewa to shoot:
Right he is, that was absolutely exquisite. Outstanding performance on Saturday.
In my eyes, he's the best German player in the Bundesliga, maybe even best German player along with Özil. I fell in love with him when he played for Mönchengladbach, but like him even more now than he's in Dortmund of course. It's impressive that he ditched both Bayern and Real to play for and stay at Dortmund. All players growing up in that area (Özil, Neuer) seem to leave for bigger clubs as soon as they have the chance, which has been a problem for clubs like Dortmund, Schalke, Bochum etc. It's not surprising, because those are not attractive places to live in (especially if you've grown up there), and those clubs normally don't get much recognition. But Reus shows it can be worth it. Just classy.
Klopp, in my eyes, is the best coach in the world right now, for what he did both with Mainz and Dortmund.
Mainz: Brought them back to the first league.
Dortmund: Turned a mediocre side that were struggling to reach the 12th place in the Bundesliga into a world-class side that oozes young talent, wins two consecutive lead titles, a domestic double and reaches the UCL final. And all that considering that Dortmund was nearly bankrupt a few years ago.
So Klopp has proven himself at two different clubs and both of the times created something truly great from scratch, without having funds nor great players like Messi etc at his disposal. And he hasn't changed a bit in all these years. He's still practically the same he was 10 years ago, passionate, a bit crazy, outspoken and with a sense of humour. But that's personal taste.
As for Dortmund, they are currently stronger than Bayern. They don't have the depth Bayern has, so we will see if they can keep it up, but right now, they're better. The thing with Dortmund is, they can beat anyone when they're motivated. They have this David versus Goliath mentality. They will never have the best players in the world, or the quality squad Real has, simply because they don't have the financial means. But they don't really need to, either, to beat those teams. We have seen it with Real. So are they better than Real and Barca? It doesn't matter. They certainly can beat them, though (emphasis on can). (Plus, as someone said, it's mostly Messi and a few others that keeps Barca in the top 3 constantly - tactics-wise we certainly weren't in the top 3 last season).
Having said that, I must admit Dortmund was the club of my childhood and my absolute favourite until I got interested in Barca. That's why I might sound a little biased. But seeing them flourish and being considered among the best even by Non-Dortmund fans makes me very happy.
Right he is, that was absolutely exquisite. Outstanding performance on Saturday.
In my eyes, he's the best German player in the Bundesliga, maybe even best German player along with Özil. I fell in love with him when he played for Mönchengladbach, but like him even more now than he's in Dortmund of course. It's impressive that he ditched both Bayern and Real to play for and stay at Dortmund. All players growing up in that area (Özil, Neuer) seem to leave for bigger clubs as soon as they have the chance, which has been a problem for clubs like Dortmund, Schalke, Bochum etc. It's not surprising, because those are not attractive places to live in (especially if you've grown up there), and those clubs normally don't get much recognition. But Reus shows it can be worth it. Just classy.
Klopp, in my eyes, is the best coach in the world right now, for what he did both with Mainz and Dortmund.
Mainz: Brought them back to the first league.
Dortmund: Turned a mediocre side that were struggling to reach the 12th place in the Bundesliga into a world-class side that oozes young talent, wins two consecutive lead titles, a domestic double and reaches the UCL final. And all that considering that Dortmund was nearly bankrupt a few years ago.
So Klopp has proven himself at two different clubs and both of the times created something truly great from scratch, without having funds nor great players like Messi etc at his disposal. And he hasn't changed a bit in all these years. He's still practically the same he was 10 years ago, passionate, a bit crazy, outspoken and with a sense of humour. But that's personal taste.
As for Dortmund, they are currently stronger than Bayern. They don't have the depth Bayern has, so we will see if they can keep it up, but right now, they're better. The thing with Dortmund is, they can beat anyone when they're motivated. They have this David versus Goliath mentality. They will never have the best players in the world, or the quality squad Real has, simply because they don't have the financial means. But they don't really need to, either, to beat those teams. We have seen it with Real. So are they better than Real and Barca? It doesn't matter. They certainly can beat them, though (emphasis on can). (Plus, as someone said, it's mostly Messi and a few others that keeps Barca in the top 3 constantly - tactics-wise we certainly weren't in the top 3 last season).
Having said that, I must admit Dortmund was the club of my childhood and my absolute favourite until I got interested in Barca. That's why I might sound a little biased. But seeing them flourish and being considered among the best even by Non-Dortmund fans makes me very happy.
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); Kloppo usually finds Bayern's weak point and makes enough use of that to get a draw or even win. 
