Professional football prior to departure: Mario Götze doesn't get a farewell game with the BVB

Rio-world champion Mario Götze remains on Saturday, a last use in the Jersey of Bundesliga soccer club Borussia Dortmund denied. As the club announced that the 28-Year-old due to the DFL-hygiene concept on Saturday against TSG Hoffenheim part of the squad. Nevertheless, the offensive player is to be adopted before the last season game in the stadium officially.

Götze and his wife, Ann-Kathrin at the beginning of June had become first-time parents. Because of the common son of Rome came a few weeks early to the world, was the world champion of 2014 in the past few weeks, regularly with his wife and child in the hospital. So Gotze could not keep to the strict hygiene guidelines of the German football League (DFL).

Now it goes to the Baby, according to a BVB announcement well. However, the time for Götze is not enough to make a return to the team specified two-corona tests. So ironically, the appearance against his former employers Bayern Munich on may 26. May (0:1), his last for the Black-and-Yellow remain.

the contract of The midfielder runs at 30. June and is not extended by mutual agreement. How it goes with the 63-times national player of sports, is still open.

Witsel praises Favre

midfielder Axel Witsel before the season Finale, meanwhile, a positive conclusion is drawn. "We had set ourselves the goal, the Bayern challenge and want to push you in the best case, even from square one. But in such a strong League like the Premier League, a second place is no disgrace,“ said the 31-Year-old at Sport1. It was in this season the Maximum, said of the Belgians, and promised: "We will attack Bayern again anyway. But will probably also need to belong to, to defeat you in the direct duels. Last season we managed to do this in the first leg in the first half of the season, since then. Part of the truth, too.“

The criticism of coach Lucien Favre of Borussia can not understand professional. "We have brought under Lucien Favre in two years, around 150 points – this would be for any team in the world a Top result. He is also, if I am correctly, the BVB coach informed with the historically best points – even in front of a certain Jürgen Klopp. Also a scoring record, as we are in this season, not at a club like Borussia Dortmund en passant. So terribly wrong, he may not have made,“ said Witsel.