Hope Dortmund can continue to fight for a higher ranking. Nuri Sahin is looking forward to the match against Leverkusen.

The 16th round of the 2024/25 Bundesliga will be staged tomorrow, and the "Yellow Bees" Dortmund will face the "Pharmaceutical Factory" Leverkusen at Signal Iduna Park. Nuri Sahin said in an interview that he hopes the team will continue to be competitive in the standings and is looking forward to challenging Leverkusen.

With goals from Malen, Maximilian Bayer and Brandt, Dortmund defeated Wolfsburg 3-1 away in the last round of the league. Dortmund is currently ranked 6th in the standings with 25 points, 2 points behind 4th-placed Leipzig, and has achieved 2 wins and 3 draws in the past 5 rounds.

Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin said, "It is extremely important to maintain competition in the standings, and I am very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, but we allowed Wolfsburg to find opportunities in the second half."

"But the short break helped us a lot, but now we are ready to start again. I am happy that the team can play again and test ourselves."

In addition, Dortmund has achieved 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 5 matches against Leverkusen, so it has a slight advantage. Speaking of the team's first game in 2025 and the opponent Leverkusen, Nuri Sahin said, "Leverkusen is a very good team with an extraordinary mentality. It will be a big challenge, but I am looking forward to playing against a team that has strong control in the game."

“We have been performing well against strong teams and we are playing at home so we definitely want to win this game. The new year starts with this game and if we can win it will be a good sign and help us accumulate more points and get into good form in the new year.”