By the way, I remembered my idea that Dortmund will play either in a great mood after reaching the 1/4 of the Champions League, or in a terrible mood after relegation. In both options, they should play well. Despite the fact that Schalke in recent games almost does not concede goals, theoretically they should return to the average result in the season - almost 2 goals per game. Perhaps I will bet on the victory of Dortmund with a handicap of -1 and odds of 2.46.
I see myself as betting on Dortmund win. Borussia Dortmund has been playing good matches lately in the leadership race. Maybe they will lose points because they will be tired in the match they will play with Schalke after the difficult test they will play with Chelsea, but I still see Borussia Dortmund as the winner.
I totally disagree with you on Borussia Dortmund winning their match against Chelsea because of their good football. Let's not forget that Chelsea is playing at home at Stamford Bridge and with the support of their fans coupled with the positive effect of their winning at the weekend, they're surely gonna win the match tonight against Borussia Dortmund. The only thing I think that weaken the morale of this Chelsea side later tonight is if they allow Dortmund to score first.
I know it is easy to comment on this retrospectively, but I also didn't think that Dortmund is going to make it to the next round when Adeyemi was injured and immediately before the game started Kobel also had to skip and then Julian Brandt got injured after four minutes... There was also congestion on the streets and Dortmund arrived too late at the stadium. Can you ask for anything worse? ...
Yes you can. The penalty against them and then also that the penalty was repeated, which is a weird rule.
I don't know which of the players will also be missing against Schalke, but Dortmund is a lot weaker without Brandt, Adeyemi and Kobel. They are still good enough to beat Schalke, but it's less offensive power without the two offenders.