Match Preview: Dortmund Host Frankfurt in Europa League Qualification Clash
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Did you read that right" Well? sort of. So there I was, enjoying my St. Patrick?s Day Eve with a Whiskey Old Fashioned when, out of the blue, I got a message from an unnamed writer who told me that he could not pick up the match preview that he had put his own name down for. Having nothing else to do on a Saturday evening (except, you know, get ready for a St. Patrick?s Day party, make dinner, hang out with my friends who are currently having a fun time in the living room while I sit at the computer typing) I leapt into action. For the second week in a row, by the way. Unfortunately, that is why this article is a little late. You?re welcome.
Borussia Dortmund may be Champions League quarter-finalists this season, but barring a miraculous Cinderella-story run by Edin Terzic and his boys, and a last-minute comeback by Bundesliga clubs in that super-confusing UEFA coefficient race, they?re going to have to make the top four. Unfortunately, BVB currently sit fifth, with Marco Rose and RB Leipzig two points in front. And let?s not forget Eintracht Frankfurt, who just so happen to be our opponents tomorrow, chomping at our heels in sixth. A seven-point gap may seem large, but if Frankfurt can win tomorrow it will cut that down to four, and with a dastardly schedule ahead for BVB, it isn?t out of the realm of possibility that Frankfurt could catch them, earning qualification to the Europa League, and ...
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