CL: Borussia Dortmund v Monaco live on Freeview tonight

Pre-match quotes from both coaches :

Thomas Tuchel, Dortmund coach
We are not in a difficult position. We have had one bad result, a well-deserved [4-1] loss at Bayern [on Saturday]. We have asked the players to put that defeat behind them. Sometimes that makes sense, just to forget a game, especially when you are playing Saturday, Wednesday, Saturday.

Monaco have lots of players who impress us. We think they have outstanding individual quality, but they are also very compact as a team and athletically very strong. They have big personalities and many top talents. Usually it is a 50-50 game, but the momentum currently is a little bit on their side. But we feel ready for this great game, to show all our strengths and to win it.

Leonardo Jardim, Monaco coach
Radamel Falcao's return means more quality and experience in our side. We have noticed the difference [he makes] before in the Champions League. We know we have a couple of problems with Sidibé and Bakayoko missing, but we must rely on our strength-in-depth.

It will be a very intense game against a very good side with very good players. They have more European experience than we do, which is an advantage, and they have a deeper squad. We will have to play to our strengths and show who we are. But we also have to be wary of their quality when defending. There has to be a balance.

It is not easy trying to play at full intensity every three days. I don't know if a team ever went from the third qualifying round to the quarter-finals. We have had the most games of any team so far.


The last sentence by Jardim is the most telling. They've got Bakayoko suspended this evening, a massive loss as he does all the donkey work in midfield, then add Djibril Sidide who misses the game with appendicitis and possibly Benjamin Mendy also, who has been nursing a groin injury.

Theoretically. Dortmund are also missing a lot of players. Götze, Reus, Schürrle, Durm, Castro.

Three (!!) explosive devices detonated at the Dortmund bus. Game has been called off, says Bild. Will be played tomorrow.

Police say it was professional explosives, hidden in a hedge alongside the buses' road. They found a written message at the location, no mention of the content, they're investigating whether it's authentic.

What's the reaction to the game being rescheduled for tomorrow at 5.45pm? Too soon for my liking, though guaranteed security will be tightened, questionable whether U.E.F.A have fully accounted for the shock aspect a lot of the Dortmund players will no doubt be feeling about one of their own.

On A positive note, #bedforawayfans casts what is the vast majority of Dortmund fans in a different light compared to a small minority who shamed the club earlier in the season.

Of course, it must be said that this hospitality probably wouldn't be forthcoming if an English club was the opposition. Questionable reputation..

Good. And good luck to Dortmund later. Game should have been put back a week.

Looks like Dortmunds nerves are shot after last night. Monaco ahead