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Felix Nmecha ruled out with knee injury

Borussia Dortmund will be without Felix Nmecha in the coming weeks. Interim coach Mike Tullberg made the announcement at the press conference prior to the Champions League game against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Nmecha sustained an injury to his knee in the match against Werder Bremen last Saturday and had to be substituted. "Felix unfortunately injured himself early in the match and will be out for weeks," Tullberg said.

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Paula Reimann motiviert die Mannschaft im Kreis.

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However, Leverkusen's Maza scored the one decisive goal in the first half following one of the few situations in which the Dortmund defence was not perfectly organised. Bayer needed just six shots on goal to win, the same number as BVB three days earlier in the league. The team with the significantly higher shot ratio (16-6 for Leverkusen on Saturday, 18-6 for Dortmund on Tuesday) lost the game.<\/p>\n"My team still played well throughout the game. We could have scored one or two goals in the first half," said Niko Kovac, referring to Karim Adeyemi's two top chances in the 40th and 42nd minutes. If they had been converted, the game might have had a different outcome. Then Leverkusen would have had to take the initiative and then... see above...<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/12/03/dfb-nachbericht/25-Kovac.jpg\" data-assetref=\"25-Kovac-1764759431282\"><\/p>\n\u201cBayer defended well and scored against us with their first attack,\u201d said Kovac: \u201cWe had enough players behind the ball. Maza (Leverkusen\u2019s goalscorer, ed.) had already lost the ball two or three times, but it still fell at his feet. Details make the difference at this level. Today, Leverkusen had the luck that we had three days ago.\u201d<\/p>\nAnd if you\u2019re not lucky the first time, ask Jürgen Wegmann, because bad luck usually follows. 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BVB had 11-0 corners in front of a full house and had 55% of possession. However, Leverkusen's Maza scored the one decisive goal in the first half following one of the few situations in which the Dortmund defence was not perfectly organised. Bayer needed just six shots on goal to win, the same number as BVB three days earlier in the league. The team with the significantly higher shot ratio (16-6 for Leverkusen on Saturday, 18-6 for Dortmund on Tuesday) lost the game.<\/p>\n"My team still played well throughout the game. We could have scored one or two goals in the first half," said Niko Kovac, referring to Karim Adeyemi's two top chances in the 40th and 42nd minutes. If they had been converted, the game might have had a different outcome. 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We still have a long season ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/12/02/dfb-stimmen/27-Schlotterbecl.jpg\" data-assetref=\"27-Schlotterbecl-1764716812313\"><\/p>\nNico Schlotterbeck<\/b> (on ARD): \u201cWe had a decent game, we needed to equalise before half-time, then it would have gone in a different direction. In the second half, we lacked a bit of punch. Leverkusen simply scored one more goal and defended well. The two missed chances before half-time hurt. Then the game would have been more open. The game simply changed after Leverkusen\u2019s goal. They scored the opening goal, and the rest was bitter today. Nevertheless, we still want to achieve a great deal. We\u2019ve done well in the league and we\u2019re sixth in the Champions League. But of course today hurts a lot. I\u2019m also very downhearted. 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We can\u2019t make up for that again this season. We had set ourselves extremely high goals and unfortunately we\u2019re out now. We wanted to be brave, we wanted to go for it; man against man, when we had to, without the ball. We wanted to go extremely far in this competition in particular, but unfortunately we didn\u2019t make it \u2013 extremely bitter. We\u2019ll keep going, we\u2019ll push hard in the Bundesliga and in the Champions League. We still have a long season ahead of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/12/02/dfb-stimmen/27-Schlotterbecl.jpg\" data-assetref=\"27-Schlotterbecl-1764716812313\"><\/p>\nNico Schlotterbeck<\/b> (on ARD): \u201cWe had a decent game, we needed to equalise before half-time, then it would have gone in a different direction. In the second half, we lacked a bit of punch. Leverkusen simply scored one more goal and defended well. The two missed chances before half-time hurt. Then the game would have been more open. 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