There is a daily press conference at Borussia Dortmund’s winter training camp in La Manga (except on game days), and on Thursday it was Mats Hummels’ turn to face the media.

Mats Hummels on the training camp:

The training has become more intense, now we all have to improve our fitness.

…the captaincy:

I wasn’t always able to fill it as much as I had hoped as I had my own issues to deal with, but this is hopefully a thing of the past. Sebastian Kehl is the boss of the group, even without a captain’s armband, and he’s supporting me a lot. This here has been a good transition for me.

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…the season so far:

In the first half of the season we had a problem with self-confidence. Our goal is to get it back by playing our own game. Physical fitness is paramount. That was not the case in the first half of the season, and unfortunately this often leads to making wrong calls.