They did not, several players made clear, need someone to tell them how to play football. Just as significant, though, the tricks were a testament to the profile of Dortmund’s squad. But there is a cost to operating, as Dortmund does, as effectively a high-end finishing school for Europe’s next generation of stars. Many of the tenets of modern football orthodoxy are not just scoured into Dortmund’s soul, but emanated from here in the first place. Still Suspicion Holds You TightIt is remarkable, really, how complicated football can make even the simplest thing.

Source: bd News24 December 19, 2020 06:45 UTC