Applause in front of the hotel, "Heja BVB" calls at the airport and a lot of fans in Black Yellow: Borussia Dortmund has been welcomed in Krasnodar with open arms 1200 km south of Moscow between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

The flight from Dortmund to the south of Russia in the Airbus A321 took nearly three and a half hours. The flight was redirected around the Crimean peninsula and landed softly on the airstrip of the Metropolis of 900 000 inhabitants. There were clouds in the sky, however the temperature was very pleasant at 16 degrees. Tomorrow evening the temperature is forecast to fall by nine degrees, which is still very pleasant.

Thomas Tuchel said on the evening of the press conference: "we are happy to come here. The climate is very mild. It is nice to be able to train here and to play tomorrow evening." (br)