Borussia Dortmund will initially have to plan defensively without Niklas Süle. The defender was injured in the 2:5 against Real Madrid. BVB coach Nuri Sahin announced this on Friday and also spoke about his tactical mistakes in Madrid.

BVB will play without Süle in the away game at FC Augsburg (Saturday, 3:30 p.m.). Sahin said that the defender will probably be out until the international break on November 9th: “We hope that he will be there straight away after the international break.”

BVB will “finally reward themselves” in Augsburg

Sahin praised Süle's great fighting spirit, who injured his ankle early in the 2:5 (2:0) defeat against Real Madrid in the Champions League and “still pulled through completely.” The 29-year-old played through to the end.

BVB coach Nuri Sahin

In the case of Julian Ryerson, who was substituted with an injury in Madrid, Sahin is optimistic that he will be able to play in Augsburg again. The route for the party is clear – we want our first away win in the Bundesliga at the fourth attempt: “Our goal is to get three points there tomorrow, of course – to finally reward ourselves somehow away from home.”

Before the Augsburg game, Sahin also commented on his role in the 5-2 defeat in Madrid, where BVB was still leading 2-0 at the break: “In my opinion, we played a really good game in the first half .” and then, among other things, I lost the thread a bit with my decision and my tactical change. The 36-year-old switched to a five-man chain early in the second half, but the Madrilenians were punished with four more goals after Antonio Rüdiger's goal.

Sahin will protect his players from criticism

Dealing with his own mistakes offensively is probably also due to his responsibility to keep away criticism from players like the out-of-form Emre Can, who was unable to keep up in the duel with Vinícius Junior in Madrid: “I don't let any player of mine throw in front of the train or for. “Blame something. If anyone is responsible, it is me as a coach. For his players it is “through fire”. The fact that Can can do better than last is just as clear to his captain as it is to him as a coach.

There is certainly no need to fear criticism after the game in Augsburg for Karim Adeyemi, Julien Duranville, Giovanni Reyna and Yan Couto, who are still out.