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After a long season with a lot of midweek
matches, Borussia is on the home stretch. Many Warm Up and Match Reports have
been written and nearly all available football phrases have been used. Right
now, there is only one match left before Borussia will contest in one of the
most important matches in the club history. But before, we have the possibility
to put the icing on the cake of this beautiful season by sending TSG Hoffenheim
back to the depths of the eighth division.The Dortmund fans, meanwhile, raised the roof for their team, even in
defeat. It showed immense
class, or emboldened mass drunkenness, or
perhaps some combination of the two. Which only
made me love them more.
London Evening Standard
In times when the (German) football world revolves around Wembley and nothing else seems to matter, it is odd to travel to a city like Wolfsburg (Could one actually call this assembly of cars, factories and car factories a city?) and play a Bundesliga game that is of no importance at all. 
This Saturday, at 3.30 pm Borussia’s last away-game of the current Bundesliga season will take place in Wolfsburg. Although our 2nd place (and consequently also the qualification for the Champions League 2013/14) is achieved, this match is not necessarily unimportant. On the one hand we still have a score to settle with the Vfl after they unfortunately defeated us last year, and on the other hand this can be seen as the first test for the final against our dear rival Bayern in the Wembley Stadium. 
In a match more intense than expected, the
reigning champion Borussia Dortmund achieved an in the end satisfying draw
against the upcoming champion and Champions League final opponent Buyern
Munich. Despite the absent importance caused by this fixture at this time of
the season, both teams did show what this matchup is really and will always be
about: prestige. And like so often in the last couple of years, they offered
much excitement to the audience. As a final rehearsal before Wembley, both squads
showed a passionate performance without really giving 100%. And although the personnel rotation was given
on both sides, it was obvious that the long season filled by a lot of midweek
matches left its marks.
The clash of the Bundesliga giants is coming up this Saturday and nobody seems to care. In recent years the duels between our beloved Borussia and the Bavarian moneybags have been the highlights of the season. Matches to remember. Matches were championships were won and lost. And then the unforgettable night in Berlin where we made the historic double reality. Saturday’s match is about nothing much. Bayern will remain first, we’ll end up second. The rest of the season is overshadowed by the historic all-German final in Wembley.
Tuesday, April 30th, 2013 will be the day always remembered for Borussia Dortmund advancing to the Final of the Champions League 2012/2013. However, nobody will remember the day for the loss against Real Madrid though. Maybe the last fifteen minutes of the match will stay in the minds of the Borussian supporters for the apprehension of the third goal, but in the end, the loss and the last minutes don't matter. Borussia survived the Bernabéu, survived Real Madrid and is one of the two finalists in this year's Champions League. Even two days later, it still sounds unreal but equally awesome and legendary.
The big stage! Maybe the four best teams in the world! Germany against Spain! It's crunch time, boys and girls! Borussia Dortmund have the historic chance to make it to the Wembley final. With a comfortable 4-1 win in Wetfalenstadion, the black-yellows now have to go Estadio Bernabeu and defend the lead.
Surely, even if there is a saying like the next match is the most important one, Borussia Dortmund's 2-1 in Düsseldorf was a better warming up for next Tuesday's clash against Real Madrid CF. The black-yellow ones lined up a B-team, that lacked precision. Still it was enough to earn 3 points on the road.
The 3rd encounter with the royals from Madrid in this season lies behind us, the 4th is to follow. Between these two matches of international importance stands another task which seems to be almost forgotten by the majority of black and yellow supporters: Fortuna Düsseldorf is waiting for us, hoping to gain some points what would be connected with a huge step for them in the direction of staying up in the highest German League. Although Borussia does not have to win this game necessarily (and to us it appears to be more a space filler with the use of avoiding that we become crazy while waiting for next Tuesday) they will invest as much as possible in a victory. The essential question: What is possible in this special situation?
Let me help
you paint a picture, my fellow Borussia fans, let me help your mind to linger
in the past and feel the joy of the last 90. minutes of football that we just
witnessed a few hours ago. A whole stadium covered in black and yellow. Chants,
well known to us, sung by man and women, standing arm in arm, echo down on the
field. Players getting cheered onwards to do their best and players pushing
themselves to their limits to deliver us a feast of football!
