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BVB bring back Salih Özcan

Borussia Dortmund have reacted to Felix Nmecha's injury by bringing back midfielder Salih Özcan from VfL Wolfsburg. The Turkey international had joined Wolfsburg on loan last summer.

Özcan has been under contract with Borussia Dortmund since the summer of 2022 and has since made 49 Bundesliga and 16 Champions League appearances in black and yellow.

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Niko (Kovac, ed.) likes to say: If you can\u2019t win, you shouldn\u2019t lose<\/i>. And so the same applies here: if you can\u2019t be first, you should at least be second. There were 6,000 Dortmund fans in the stadium today, so you have to keep giving your all. Köln had three corners after just five minutes, then we got a corner and ended up in the lead without quite knowing how. It wasn\u2019t a good phase. And with an extra man, you really have to see it through to the finish line. We\u2019re obviously very happy about the three points, but we\u2019re not entirely satisfied. We still have five home games left, and our fans will spur us on.\u201d<\/p>\nSebastian Kehl<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cWe almost let the game slip away. That can\u2019t be our standard. We expect every Borussia Dortmund player to give their all every weekend. Now we only have matches on Saturdays. It\u2019s all about getting your head in the right place for these tasks. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t manage to do that for 90 minutes today and were almost punished for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Kehl.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Kehl-1772917555557\"><\/b><\/p>\nNiko Kovac <\/b>(on Sky): \u201cWe won a game tonight in which we didn\u2019t play well \u2013 as a coach you are allowed to be annoyed about that. We lost against Bayern last week, but I still liked the way we played. Today we won, but I didn\u2019t like the way we played at all. We weren\u2019t sharp enough. If everyone runs one metre less, then you\u2019re missing tackles somewhere, you\u2019re missing challenges, and ultimately you\u2019re missing what you need to stay in the game. If it had happened to us, I would have been just as upset as Lukas (Kwasniok on the penalty scene, ed.). Yan Couto doesn\u2019t see the ball, but his hand is still on it. And according to the rules, we couldn\u2019t have complained if there had been a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\nFelix Nmecha<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cThere are definitely issues we need to discuss, but it\u2019s generally difficult to find a new focus now that Bayern are out of the picture. We have to stay positive. It was an important win for us. But I want us to kill off games like this more quickly in future. We mustn\u2019t just focus on the negative aspects now. We\u2019ve lost two games in the Bundesliga so far. It\u2019s not as if we\u2019re doing badly in the league\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Nmecha.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Nmecha-1772917585937\"><\/b><\/p>\nMaximilian Beier<\/b> (on Sky): "I would have liked to see a bit more confidence, but a win is a win. We now have nine games left, we want to win all nine \u2013 and then we'll see where we end up. It still hurts a bit, a bit of red, a bit of blue, but I don't blame him (referring to the scene with Köln's Jahmai Simpson-Pusey that led to the red card, ed.). He was trying to win the ball. So it's all good." \nTranscribed by Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Beier.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Beier-1772917597207\"><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Lars Ricken<\/b> (on Sky): \u201cIf we had lost today, the other teams would have been back in contention. We are second and want to stay there. Niko (Kovac, ed.) likes to say: If you can\u2019t win, you shouldn\u2019t lose<\/i>. And so the same applies here: if you can\u2019t be first, you should at least be second. There were 6,000 Dortmund fans in the stadium today, so you have to keep giving your all. Köln had three corners after just five minutes, then we got a corner and ended up in the lead without quite knowing how. It wasn\u2019t a good phase. And with an extra man, you really have to see it through to the finish line. We\u2019re obviously very happy about the three points, but we\u2019re not entirely satisfied. We still have five home games left, and our fans will spur us on.\u201d<\/p>\nSebastian Kehl<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cWe almost let the game slip away. That can\u2019t be our standard. We expect every Borussia Dortmund player to give their all every weekend. Now we only have matches on Saturdays. It\u2019s all about getting your head in the right place for these tasks. Unfortunately, we didn\u2019t manage to do that for 90 minutes today and were almost punished for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Kehl.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Kehl-1772917555557\"><\/b><\/p>\nNiko Kovac <\/b>(on Sky): \u201cWe won a game tonight in which we didn\u2019t play well \u2013 as a coach you are allowed to be annoyed about that. We lost against Bayern last week, but I still liked the way we played. Today we won, but I didn\u2019t like the way we played at all. We weren\u2019t sharp enough. If everyone runs one metre less, then you\u2019re missing tackles somewhere, you\u2019re missing challenges, and ultimately you\u2019re missing what you need to stay in the game. If it had happened to us, I would have been just as upset as Lukas (Kwasniok on the penalty scene, ed.). Yan Couto doesn\u2019t see the ball, but his hand is still on it. And according to the rules, we couldn\u2019t have complained if there had been a penalty.\u201d<\/p>\nFelix Nmecha<\/b> (in the mixed zone): \u201cThere are definitely issues we need to discuss, but it\u2019s generally difficult to find a new focus now that Bayern are out of the picture. We have to stay positive. It was an important win for us. But I want us to kill off games like this more quickly in future. We mustn\u2019t just focus on the negative aspects now. We\u2019ve lost two games in the Bundesliga so far. It\u2019s not as if we\u2019re doing badly in the league\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Nmecha.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Nmecha-1772917585937\"><\/b><\/p>\nMaximilian Beier<\/b> (on Sky): "I would have liked to see a bit more confidence, but a win is a win. We now have nine games left, we want to win all nine \u2013 and then we'll see where we end up. It still hurts a bit, a bit of red, a bit of blue, but I don't blame him (referring to the scene with Köln's Jahmai Simpson-Pusey that led to the red card, ed.). He was trying to win the ball. So it's all good." \nTranscribed by Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-reaktionen/34-Beier.jpg\" data-assetref=\"34-Beier-1772917597207\"><\/p>\n","exportedType":"text/html"},"id":"editable-4e754267a6","prio":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"prio","title":"Prio (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"headline":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"headline","title":"Headline","multiValue":false,"value":"Reactions: \u201c...the coach is allowed to be annoyed about that\u201d","exportedType":"text/plain"},"author":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"author","title":"Author","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"teaserType":"relatedContent","match":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"content-fragment","name":"match","html":"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/football/profis/2025_2026/22/2569269_25_1_fc_koeln-borussiadortmund<\/p>","title":"Related Match","multiValue":false,"value":"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/matches/football/profis/2025_2026/22/2569269_25_1_fc_koeln-borussiadortmund","exportedType":"text/plain"},"externalId":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"externalId","title":"External ID (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":"1204024810","exportedType":"text/plain"},"displayOnHome":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"displayOnHome","title":"Display in news wall on homepage","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"url":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"url","title":"Vanity URL (LEAVE EMPTY FOR AUTOMATIC VANITY URL. 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On Saturday evening, BVB celebrated a 2-1 (1-0) away win against 1. FC Köln in a fantastic football atmosphere in Cologne-Müngersdorf thanks to goals from Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier, but had to endure more nervous moments than they would have liked.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Borussia Dortmund go into the last ten matchdays of the 2025/26 Bundesliga season with a win. On Saturday evening, BVB celebrated a 2-1 (1-0) away win against 1. FC Köln in a fantastic football atmosphere in Cologne-Müngersdorf thanks to goals from Serhou Guirassy and Maximilian Beier, but had to endure more nervous moments than they would have liked.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"Personnel matters \n<\/b>Compared to the match against Bayern Munich the previous weekend, Niko Kovac made four changes: Serhou Guirassy, Julian Brandt, Julian Ryerson and Ramy Bensebaini replaced Fabio Silva, Karim Adeyemi, Yan Couto (who all moved to the bench) and Emre Can (cruciate ligament rupture). Carney Chukwuemeka and Filippo Mane were also absent. Niklas Süle made a return to the squad. \n<\/b><\/p>\nThe match \n<\/b>Köln, playing in a 4-2-3-1 formation, dominated the opening quarter of an hour, earning six corners and creating two good chances. BVB did not register their first shot until the ninth minute (Sabitzer). Once again, a Ryerson corner led to the opening goal. Ache's headed clearance fell to Beier, who played a sharp ball into the centre from outside the box. Guirassy stretched his right leg out to connect with the sole of his boot and force the ball over the line to give the Black & Yellows a 1-0 lead (16).  \n<\/b><\/p>\nAfter half an hour, Köln were still dominating possession, with 60%, but Dortmund were now much more secure, letting their opponents come at them and waiting for their moments to pounce on the counter. One such moment came in the 40th minute, with Guirassy latching onto a clearance and driving towards goal, but FC keeper Schwäbe made the save to keep the score at 1-0. . At half-time, possession was evenly balanced, as was the number of tackles, but not the number of players: Köln's Simpson-Pusey was late on Beier, hitting him with his studs up on the Achilles tendon, and was initially shown a yellow card, but after VAR intervention, it was changed to a straight red (45+2).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-spielbericht/35-Guirassy.jpg\" data-assetref=\"35-Guirassy-1772908066012\"><\/p>\nThanks to a fairly solid defence, BVB continued to control the game with an extra player \u2013 \u201cfairly\u201d because Kobel had to pull out all the stops against Kaminski in the 57th minute. Individual class made the difference in this evenly matched game. After a one-two, left-sided attacker Brandt found himself in a good position on the left of the box and slotted home to make it 2-0 on the hour mark.<\/p>\nBVB increased the tempo, at least in phases. When Özkacar got to the ball a fraction of a second earlier than Silva on his shot attempt (66), a penalty for BVB was rightly rescinded after a VAR review of the footage. Two minutes before the end, the home side pulled one back to make it 2-1 with a deflected shot from Kaminski. There were turbulent scenes in added time, with the home side claiming loudly for a possible handball from Cuoto, but the referee was unmoved.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-spielbericht/35-Beier.jpg\" data-assetref=\"35-Beier-1772911995685\"><\/p>\nOutlook  \n<\/b>Next Saturday, BVB will host FC Augsburg at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. Bensebaini will also be unavailable, having received his fifth yellow card of the season. \n<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>1. FC KÖLN 1\u20132 (0-1) BORUSSIA DORTMUND  <\/b><\/h2>\nBundesliga, Matchday 25 \n <\/b>Saturday, 7 March 2026, 18:30 CET<\/p>\n1. FC Köln:<\/b> Schwäbe \u2013 Krauss (86, Heintz), van den Berg, Simpson-Pusey, Lund \u2013 Johannesson (46, Özkacar), Martel \u2013 Niang (75, Maina), Kaminski, El Mala (86, Neumann) \u2013 Ache (86, Bülter) \nSubstitutes:<\/b> Zieler, Chavez, Kainz, Waldschmidt<\/p>\nBVB:<\/b> Kobel \u2013 Bensebaini (82, Süle), Anton, Schlotterbeck \u2013 Ryerson (61, Couto), Sabitzer, Nmecha (90+1, Bellingham), Svensson \u2013 Beier (82, Adeyemi), Brandt \u2013 Guirassy (61, Silva) \nSubstitutes: <\/b>Meyer, Özcan, Inacio, Reggiani<\/p>\nGoals:<\/b> 0-1 Guirassy (16, Beier), 0-2 Beier (60, Brandt), 1-2 Kaminski (88) \nRed card: <\/b>Simpson-Pusey (45+2, foul play), yellow cards:<\/b> Martel \u2013 Bensebaini (5, suspended) \nReferee:<\/b> Siebert (Berlin) \nAttendance:<\/b> 50,000 (sold-out) at Rhein Energie Stadion \nBoris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-spielbericht/35-Grafik.jpg\" data-assetref=\"35-Grafik-1772908077888\"><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Personnel matters \n<\/b>Compared to the match against Bayern Munich the previous weekend, Niko Kovac made four changes: Serhou Guirassy, Julian Brandt, Julian Ryerson and Ramy Bensebaini replaced Fabio Silva, Karim Adeyemi, Yan Couto (who all moved to the bench) and Emre Can (cruciate ligament rupture). Carney Chukwuemeka and Filippo Mane were also absent. Niklas Süle made a return to the squad. \n<\/b><\/p>\nThe match \n<\/b>Köln, playing in a 4-2-3-1 formation, dominated the opening quarter of an hour, earning six corners and creating two good chances. BVB did not register their first shot until the ninth minute (Sabitzer). Once again, a Ryerson corner led to the opening goal. Ache's headed clearance fell to Beier, who played a sharp ball into the centre from outside the box. Guirassy stretched his right leg out to connect with the sole of his boot and force the ball over the line to give the Black & Yellows a 1-0 lead (16).  \n<\/b><\/p>\nAfter half an hour, Köln were still dominating possession, with 60%, but Dortmund were now much more secure, letting their opponents come at them and waiting for their moments to pounce on the counter. One such moment came in the 40th minute, with Guirassy latching onto a clearance and driving towards goal, but FC keeper Schwäbe made the save to keep the score at 1-0. . At half-time, possession was evenly balanced, as was the number of tackles, but not the number of players: Köln's Simpson-Pusey was late on Beier, hitting him with his studs up on the Achilles tendon, and was initially shown a yellow card, but after VAR intervention, it was changed to a straight red (45+2).<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/03/07/bl-spielbericht/35-Guirassy.jpg\" data-assetref=\"35-Guirassy-1772908066012\"><\/p>\nThanks to a fairly solid defence, BVB continued to control the game with an extra player \u2013 \u201cfairly\u201d because Kobel had to pull out all the stops against Kaminski in the 57th minute. Individual class made the difference in this evenly matched game. 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FC KÖLN 1\u20132 (0-1) BORUSSIA DORTMUND  <\/b><\/h2>\nBundesliga, Matchday 25 \n <\/b>Saturday, 7 March 2026, 18:30 CET<\/p>\n1. 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