Paris (dpa) - Thomas Tuchel does not see the reunion with his former club Borussia Dortmund as an opportunity to pay old bills.
"This game is not a stage to work on anything. Things have been worked up and processed for me. Now we have a draw and play football against each other," said the coach of the French football champions Paris St. Germain of "Welt am Sonntag" ,
The striking headlines, which remind him of his separation from BVB in summer 2017 before the round of 16 first leg of the Champions League on Tuesday (9pm / DAZN) in Dortmund, Tuchel can hardly win: "I decided not to be the focus of the whole To make history, but to prepare the team well. It has nothing to do with it. "
From 2015 to 2017, Tuchel was BVB's successor to Jürgen Klopp. After the bomb attack on the Dortmund team bus, tensions between him and the club's management had increased. Above all, his relationship with BVB managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke was seen as broken. After the cup victory in 2017, both sides went their separate ways prematurely.
With all due respect for the atmosphere in the Dortmund stadium, Tuchel sees his team well prepared for the round of 16: "I know very well what energy is coming up there. But that's why I don't walk through the cabin with my forefinger all the time. We already have some guys who are used to the stadiums of the world and who I trust to show their best tennis on this stage too, "said Tuchel.
Interview of the "Welt am Sonntag" - with costs
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