Borussia Dortmund Coach Edin Terzic Looks Forward to Facing Chelsea in UEFA Champions League Fixture

Borussia Dortmund Coach Edin Terzic Looks Forward to Facing Chelsea in UEFA Champions League Fixture

Byron Pillay
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:16 PM
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  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic will face their former side, Borussia Dortmund, in the Champions League
  • Edin Terzic and Graham Potter are good friends and will meet in one of the Round of 16 Champions League fixtures
  • English and German sides will clash in the Round of 16 as Manchester City face RB Leipzig and Dortmund take on Chelsea

The UEFA Champions League Round of 16 draw has served up some tasty fixtures, especially between German and English teams.

English Premier League Champions Manchester City will face RB Leipzig, while The Blues, Chelsea, will take on the Black and Yellow, Borussia Dortmund.

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Borussia Dortmund's coach Edin Terzic is looking forward to the clash with Chelsea in the Champions League, and the reunions it brings. Image: Alexandre Simoes/ Bryn Lennon
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The fixture will see Chelsea players Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic face off against their former side. It will also see Dormtund’s coach Edin Terzic face off against a close friend, Graham Potter.

Speaking after the draw, Terzic said that he was looking forward to the game and the reunions that would take place, Bulinews reported.

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"We'll be up against a top team from England. In Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Christian Pulisic, we'll be reunited with two players who recently were with us. I'm also a very close friend of the coach, Graham Potter," Terzic said.

He added that Chelsea were the type of attractive opponent they envisioned playing in the Champions League and would do their best to make it to the next round.

History on Dortmund’s side

In the last five games, the German side have come out on top more than the English side. One Versus One noted that Dortmund won three of the last five games between the two sides, while Chelsea only won one, and the other was a draw.

UEFA Champions League Draw: PSG draw Bayern Munich, Liverpool meets Real Madrid, and Chelsea meets Dortmund

The fixtures of the UEFA Champions League round of 16 are out, Sports Brief reported.

Real Madrid will face Liverpool in what will be a repeat of last season's final, while Paris Saint-Germain will play Bayern Munich in a very stern test of their aspirations of winning their first title.

The draw was conducted in Nyon on Monday, November 7, by former Real Madrid player Hamit Altintop.

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Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.
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