Spanish defender Marc Bartra said he experienced the “hardest 15 minutes” of his life when he suffered a broken wrist in the explosions that targeted Borussia Dortmund’s team bus on Tuesday inGermany. In an Instagram post, he described his feelings: “They are my everything, the reason I struggle to overcome obstacles and this has been […]
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What They're Saying: Juergen Klopp
“I heard the interviews after the game and I saw the faces of my former players and saw the shock in their eyes and that was really hard, so I forgot the game again immediately. I only thoughtabout them.” — Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp on his former players at Borussia Dortmund who had to play […]
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Just how bad did the Dortmund bomb attack have to be to call off game?
The Borussia Dortmund-Monaco match in the UEFA Champions League was played 24 hours after an explosion went off as the Dortmund team bus left the hotel where players had spent the afternoon. Initial reports were sketchy, ranging from a firecracker that cracked the back window of the bus to an explosion so loud it could […]
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Borussia Dortmund's Bartra will return to training in four weeks
Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra, who underwent surgery after breaking his wrist in Tuesday’s bomb attack on the team bus, will be back in training within four weeks.
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Iraqi with Islamic State ties arrested in Dortmund bus attack
A 26-year-old Iraqi man, believed to be a member of Islamic State, was arrested in connection with the attack on the Borussia Dortmund bus carrying players to the Dortmund-Monaco UEFA Champions Leaguegame on Tuesday. The man, identified as Abdul Beset A., traveled to Turkey in March 2015 and then to Germany in early 2016. While […]
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U.S. Abroad: Praise for Pulisic after Dortmund-Monaco
Christian Pulisic became just the fourth American — after John O’Brien in 2003,DaMarcus Beasley in 2005 and Jermaine Jones in 2008 — to play in the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League when he entered the Borussia Dortmund-Monaco game in the second half. Thecomplexion of the match, won by Monaco, 3-2, after leading, 2-0, at […]
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Strong second half after Pulisic entry not enough for Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund showed the effects of the attack on its team bus and injury to defender Marc Bartra as 24 hours later it went out and lost at home to Monaco, 3-2. The German hosts trailed 2-0 andonly got into the game in the second half after the introduction of 18-year-old American Christian Pulisic and […]
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Dispute over how UEFA rescheduled Borussia Dortmund-Monaco game
Just how was the decision taken to reschedule the Borussia Dortmund-Monaco game 24 hours after the Dortmund team bus was rocked by three explosions as it left the team hotel to the Dortmund stadiumeight miles away? After the 3-2 loss to Monaco in Wednesday’s first leg, Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel was upset with the circumstances […]
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What They're Saying: Thomas Tuchel
“Basically, we had the feeling that we were being treated as if a beer can had hit our bus, and half an hour later the decision was there that tomorrow at 6.45 p.m. That gives you a feeling ofpowerlessness.” — Borussia Dortmund coach Thomas Tuchel, upset how he said UEFA treated the attack on the […]
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Dortmund star explains terror of bus attack
How hard was it for Borussia Dortmund players to face Monaco less than 24 hours after the Dortmund team bus was rocked by three explosions (three devices packed with metal pins) as it left theteam hotel to the Dortmund stadium eight miles away? The shock of the attack was made clear by veteran midfielder Nuri Sahin […]