The former West http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Germany-c2904 international seems to retract his previous declaration about the Bundesliga champions’ status in club football, after Hans-Joachim Watzke urged his German rival team to show some respect towards
them.
Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has changed his earlier statement about his league counterparts Borussia Dortmund’s value in European football. The club official had claimed that Dortmund will always be behind Bayern in terms
of success and would never be able to become more famous than Der FCB side outside the country.
The 60-year-old previously stated that the German double winning side were only successful in domestic football compared to the FC Hollywood club’s success on the European front, reaching twice in the finals of the UEFA Champions
League in the last three years, although the BVB did win the premier competition in 1997.
On the other hand, Bayern have won the prestigious trophy four times and are always challenging for the tournament. Last year, Die Roten lost to English Premier League side http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 on penalty kicks in the final of the competition;
therefore, they will look to mount a challenge for the prestigious trophy again this season.
Die Borussen general manager Hans-Joachim Watzke was not pleased with Hoeness’ remarks about his team and asked him to pay tribute to the Ruhr side’s accomplishments over the last two seasons. Dortmund won the league and DFB-Pokal
cup last term with another league triumph the year before that.
The club president has now stressed that he would never disrespect the achievements of his team’s fierce competitors and will praise them for their honours. He said that winning back to back titles is a major achievement and defeating
Die Bayern in both Bundesliga and German cup was a huge accomplishment for the BVB outfit.
"I would definitely not disparage any of the good work Dortmund do," the 60-year-old former Bayern Munich and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/1-FC-Nuremberg-c38162 midfielder was quoted as saying in an interview.
The two Bundesliga giants have played each other in the start of the campaign, with the Borussians facing a 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Bavarian giants in the DFL-Super Cup.
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