“We have to see if this is more than just a strain” – Kovac gives Guirassy assessment

Borussia Dortmund coach Niko Kovac does not expect his striker Serhou Guirassy to have a long break. “He said he feels his thigh,” said Kovac after the 2-1 win in the Champions League against Real Betis Sevilla.

“We have to see what’s there, whether it’s more than a strain, which I don’t actually think,” explained the coach. But they didn't want to take any risks. The winning scorer, Konstantinos Karetsas, came on for the attacker in the 34th minute.

In the Bundesliga, BVB will face newly promoted SV Elversberg at the weekend. If Guirassy cannot be there, “then of course we hope that he will be there in the next game, after the international break,” said Kovac.

“I came from the toilet, I didn’t get many instructions”

In the previous game, Kovac was able to celebrate Karetsas' debut goal and the important home win against Real Betis Sevilla. After four matchdays, BVB is now in a good position with nine points in the league phase of the Champions League and is within reach of direct participation in the round of 16.

“I feel great,” Karetsas said on DAZN after his man of the match award and was modest: “Fabio Silva deserved the man of the match award, he had a goal and an assist.”

Before the Greek's winning goal (72nd minute) - his first competitive goal in a Borussia jersey - his teammate had put Dortmund in the lead shortly after the break (49th). Karetsas went into the game relatively unprepared: “I came from the toilet, I didn’t get many instructions.”