The head coach of Liverpool Jurgen Klopp in September will briefly become a football player.
Borussia Dortmund confirmed that her former coach, and now Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp will participate in the farewell match of goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller.
37-year-old Weidenfeller finished his career at the end of last season, playing for the "bumblebee" 349 matches in the Bundesliga for 16 seasons in the club. 7 of these seasons he performed under the guidance of Jurgen Klopp.
Together they twice won the German championship, won the German Cup and reached the Champions League final in 2013. Now Clopp and Weidenfeller will meet for the last time at Signal Iduna Park.
Borussia announced the participation of Klopp in the video posted on Twitter. On it Jurgen there is a following dialogue:.
Klopp: I would like to play again.
Weidenfeller: I have a great idea. Why do not you come to my farewell match on September 7th?.
Klopp: Anyone who wants to see Clopp and Weidenfeller again in action should take this opportunity, because we are no longer young. This farewell match will be "grandios".
A GRANDIOS UBERRASCHUNG! Schaut mal, wer sich fur Roman Weidenfellers Abschiedsspiel am 7. September angekundigt hat! Wer von Euch ist noch dabei? Tickets: https: // t. co / KI3notXGJg pic. twitter. com / RUUwfHbzLW - Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) July 27, 2018.
Clopp's last word contains a reference to one of the most memorable moments of Weidenfeller in Borussia. After the victory in the Bundesliga in 2011, Weidenfeller, in an interview with one of the guest TV channels, began to speak in English, and then switched to German: "I think we're the grandiose saison gespielt".
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Saying goodbye to Weidenfeller, fans of Borussia have made T-shirts "You are 16 grandiose saison gespielt" (you spent 16 great seasons -.
Weidenfeller became one of the eight players in the history of Borussia, to whom the club arranged a farewell match.
Michael Ballack, Thorsten Frings, Marcio Amoroso, Everton, Dede, Sebastien Kael, Sven and Lars Bender and Kevin Grossskreutz have already confirmed their participation in this game..