BVB players prepare for Bremen – Tullberg oversees first training session

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The physically stronger group leaders from Karlsruhe, who have qualified for the DFB-Pokal final and are among the favourites to win the German Championship, showed their much younger Dortmund counterparts their limits. &quot;The ball was in the air 80% of the time. And Karlsruhe won almost every aerial duel,&quot; explained Tullberg. They also won the majority of the challenges.<\/p>\n<p>BVB were unable to compensate for their missing players. With Tullberg deprived of the likes of Tyler Meiser, Luca Reggiani, Jonas Feddersen and Diego Ngambia, the U19 team travelled to Karlsruhe with a contingent of only 15 outfield players&nbsp;\u2013 including Diego Branco from the U17s. That said, Borussia did have chances to take the lead in the opening stages through Ousmane Diallo and Samuele Inacio.<\/p>\n<p>But&nbsp;KSC then seized the initiative and completely forced their opponents onto the back foot. &quot;We knew what we were up against, but we had neither the physicality nor the quality to successfully defend against Karlsruhe's mature brand of football,&quot; said Mike Tullberg. Only centre-backs Nico Adamczyk and Elias Benkara were a match for the opposition.<\/p>\n<p><b>Final home game against Mainz 05<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The hosts showed their dominance by scoring two quickfire goals before the break through Niklas Behr, before quickly upping their lead to 3-0 in the 47th minute (Jassin Manai). 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Five and a half metres from the opposition's goal, he heads the ball towards the right inner post in the opposite direction from where the keeper is running. A picture-perfect goal. His fifth and also his best for the Black&amp;Yellows so far.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Maxi, it doesn't get more precise than that. What were you thinking when you saw the cross, and what was going through your mind when the ball you had headed was travelling towards the Berlin goal?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, I could already see from the cross that the ball was going to come down in a good place. Then Jamie made space as well and I realised: I'm completely by myself now - they've forgotten about me back here! And then I just wanted to score as precisely as I possibly could.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Precision on the pitch. Like in the recent game in Lille, when he fired the ball into the right corner to secure Dortmund a 2-1 win. His sixth goal for the Black&amp;Yellows was the most important to date, opening the door to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>And precision in his private life too. Maximilian Beier has a hobby which isn't typical for a 22 year old: a sport which is booming - darts. He doesn't just have a board at home. He has also hung one on the wall at the training ground and got his teammates hooked on a game that calls for concentration and precision.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Is darts your way of calming down after an intense day of football? Does it help to reduce your adrenaline levels, especially after a game?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;For me personally, it does. I find it hard to sleep after a game. And when I can't sleep, I play a bit of darts to help me calm down.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Where and how did you discover your passion for darts?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Five, six years ago now, with a friend. We were 16 or 17 at the time.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Dartscheibe.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Dartscheibe-1743580754603\"><\/p>\n<p><b>How do your teammates react? Who tries to emulate you the most?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;After training a few of the guys stay for a bit longer and play a round. Alex Meier is good, Schlotti plays very well. Gio and Karim have a go but those two aren't quite at the same level yet. Yet!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Games consoles are very popular among your generation. Do you also spend some time on the PlayStation every now and then?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I used to a lot, I'm doing it less and less now, but I still play sometimes.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>So what do you play?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;A few different things. Call of Duty. Sometimes Fortnite. I've also played Minecraft. I've pretty much played everything there is.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>If you could only have one, would you choose darts or video games?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Darts!\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Maximilian Beier was born in the suburb of Kirchmöser in Brandenburg an der Havel, and lived there until he was 13. The town has produced several top sportspeople, the most famous being canoeist Birgit Fischer, who&nbsp;with eight gold medals and four silver medals is Germany's second-most successful female Olympian after Isabell Werth.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Have you ever met Birgit Fischer?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Unfortunately not. I've heard a lot about her, and would love to meet her one day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>When did you decide you wanted to become a professional football player?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Well, I wouldn't leave home at 13 for nothing. So it was my goal from early on to reach a professional level. But of course the feeling was always there that it might not be enough - which is what happens to so many people. But I could never have dreamed that it would work out so well.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>When did you reach the point when you thought that it would all work out?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;While I was on loan at Hanover. I was in the starting eleven more and more often and was really strongly integrated into the team. That was when I first felt like I was a professional footballer.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>How did that feel?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;When you're on the bus on the way to a game and you see fans outside wearing your shirt with your name on it, it's pretty crazy.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Gesicht.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Gesicht-1743580785966\"><\/p>\n<p>The family council made this wise decision in the summer of 2021, when the then 18-year-old transferred on loan to Hanover 96 for two years after (only) eleven appearances in competitive matches for the TSG first team. The transfer to the second league meant that he would get more time on the pitch. His coach there, Stefan Leitl, helped him to go from playing on the left wing to playing second striker: &quot;That's his best position. Maxi has an incredible dynamicism and his shots have a great finish. He also has incredible stamina.&quot; After 68 appearances (15 goals, seven assists), Maximilian Beier returned to TSG Hoffenheim two years later as a top striker.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>From the third match day of the 2023/24 season, he was in the starting eleven 29 times (more than any other Hoffenheim player). His 16 goals that season (highest total in the team) were exceeded by only one German player in the league, Stuttgart's Deniz Undav. Although the competition among the strikers was extremely high with Wout Weghorst and Andrej Kramaric, the youngster was able to hold his own, and by October 2023, the &quot;Süddeutsche Zeitung&quot; was already describing him as a &quot;discovery of the season&quot;. The clarity with which Beier acted in front of his opponent's goal was emphasised by the so-called &quot;xGoals-Wert&quot;: the number of goals he was expected to score (11.6) in the 23/24 season was significantly below the number he actually scored (16) - despite also hitting the post or the crossbar three times, which was more than any other Hoffenheimer.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Your family is very important to you. Does it help that you can get to Dortmund from Berlin on the train in three and a half hours?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, a bit at least. They mostly drive, which takes about four hours. Now I see my parents about every three weeks, but in Hoffenheim it was every three months.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>How does it make you feel on the pitch when your family are in the stadium?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It does help me a lot when I know that my parents are there watching. And my little sister.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Does she play football too?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No...&quot;<\/p>\n<p>On the 21st match day of the 2019/2020 season, Maximilian Beier became the youngest Bundesliga player in the history of TSG Hoffenheim at 17 years, three months and 21 days old, a title which by the way was previously held by Niklas Süle (17 years, eight months and eight days), now his teammate at Dortmund. The versatile striker combines speed (up to 36.4 km/h!), drive towards the goal, and a strong finish, and is also prepared to give his absolute all for his teammates when the team is on the defence. The German national player has a contract with Borussia Dortmund until 30th June 2029.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You're quite an introverted person. How was it in your first few days at BVB in summer 2024, sharing a changing room with so many national players?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I like to observe everything in the first few weeks, and I'm not at the centre of things straight away. But then, after three or four weeks or so, I warm to it.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Who do you get on best with on the team?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I get on well with everyone actually. I'd say I get on best with Gio (Reyna, editor's note), Jamie (Gittens), Schlotti (Nico Schlotterbeck), but also with some of the older ones like Pascal (Groß) and Jule (Brandt).&quot;&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you sometimes spend time together off the pitch?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, we often go out and do things together. Or like yesterday, Gio invited us over for food at his place.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Bring your dartboard with you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No. Gio has one at home.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Did he have that before you, or only because of you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Only because of me. And I put it up for him.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>So are you good at DIY as well?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wouldn't go that far. I had to watch a YouTube video (laughs), but it's not that difficult really.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>If someone needs a nail putting in a wall, could they ask you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(laughs) &quot;I hope I wouldn't be anyone's first port of call. But you could ask me I guess...&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Haende.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Haende-1743580805250\"><\/p>\n<p>Maxi's first port of call within his own four walls is called Lucia. The couple have been together for five years, and they met in school. They got their first flat together around one and a half years ago, when Maxi returned to TSG Hoffenheim from Hanover 96. Lucia studies Social Work and recently completed an internship at the Borussia Dortmund youth centre. Convenient!<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>That probably makes a huge difference - not being completely alone any more...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, like when I come back from training, there's someone at home. That's really nice!&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Does Lucia play darts as well?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;She has a go, and she's allowed to stand a bit closer to the board. Just so she doesn't get a dart stuck in my wall...&quot; (laughs)<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you have the same taste in music too? I've heard that yours is unusual.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I love Spanish music so much, and she's got on board with that a bit now too.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Have you had the chance to bring your music taste to the changing room too?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I've tried it twice before a game. But I was unsuccessful.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>What kind of songs do you listen to?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I listen to a lot of Morad. Do you know him?\u201c<\/p>\n<p><b>No, I'll google him...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Morad El Khattouti El Hormi, born 5th March 1999 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, known as Morad, is a Spanish rapper from Catalonia. He has been successful in his home country since 2019. Around the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 he had three number one hits in the Spanish charts (Source: Wikipedia).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Arme.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Arme-1743580830684\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Do you speak Spanish?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, but I can understand a bit. I once lived with someone for three years in Hoffenheim who came from the Dominican Republic. He's still one of my best friends and he plays in the second league in Spain.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Did you have a football role model when you were a child?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fernando Torres!\u201c<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you still have role models?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;When I watch football matches now, I do still watch closely, but I don't focus on one player in particular, I just focus on the ones who are playing in my position.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You can play in several positions. You have to play in several positions. Where do you see yourself most?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Next to or behind the striker. I like playing in the centre the most, as striker or directly behind the striker. I get the ball more often there, and can get into spaces where I can score goals.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Homesickness was a persistent companion in the very early years, after the transfer from Brandenburg to Cottbus. The school student even considered at times abandoning his potential professional career. His parents and his sister are still the striker's most important support mechanism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Profil.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Profil-1743581259171\"><\/p>\n<p><b>You left your familiar surroundings, your home, at a very young age. How did that work? How does a twelve-year-old approach those conversations with his parents?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It wasn't easy. But if I hadn't come up with the idea, my parents probably wouldn't have done it themselves.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>And how did you come up with the idea?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was always my dream to become a footballer.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>And then you just google &quot;sports boarding school&quot;?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, no. There would sometimes be a scouting session here and there. And at some point I was scouted.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You've experienced a lot in your short life so far. Do you sometimes miss things being easy?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Who doesn't? As a small child you don't worry about anything apart from: what am I playing next and who am I playing with? It's different now.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You can't go back in time to your childhood, but is there a part of you that wants to go back to Brandenburg after your career has ended - so in many, many years from now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yeah, sure. Why not?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But that's a while away yet. For sports director Sebastian Kehl, he is a man of the future: &quot;His development is definitely not over yet, and we will help him to get even better.&quot; Incidentally, the game against FC St. Pauli showed that you don't always need maximum precision to be part of a goal. In this case, Karim Adeyemi took advantage of a clearance by Maxi Beier and turned it into a goal that secured the 2-0 win.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Author: Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Photos: Hendrik Deckers, Alexandre Simoes<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This text was taken from the members' magazine BORUSSIA. BVB members receive a free copy of BORUSSIA every month. Click <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/borussia-dortmund/the-club/membership.html\">here<\/a> to fill out a membership application.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"<p>Pascal&nbsp;Groß pivots and then crosses the ball from the right into 1. FC Union Berlin's penalty area. Maximilian Beier positions himself slightly to the left, keeping his distance from any opposition players, and has his eye on the ball. Then a sprint and a short dive when he realises that Berlin defender Doekhi has misjudged. Five and a half metres from the opposition's goal, he heads the ball towards the right inner post in the opposite direction from where the keeper is running. A picture-perfect goal. His fifth and also his best for the Black&amp;Yellows so far.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Maxi, it doesn't get more precise than that. What were you thinking when you saw the cross, and what was going through your mind when the ball you had headed was travelling towards the Berlin goal?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, I could already see from the cross that the ball was going to come down in a good place. Then Jamie made space as well and I realised: I'm completely by myself now - they've forgotten about me back here! And then I just wanted to score as precisely as I possibly could.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Precision on the pitch. Like in the recent game in Lille, when he fired the ball into the right corner to secure Dortmund a 2-1 win. His sixth goal for the Black&amp;Yellows was the most important to date, opening the door to the quarter-final of the UEFA Champions League.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>And precision in his private life too. Maximilian Beier has a hobby which isn't typical for a 22 year old: a sport which is booming - darts. He doesn't just have a board at home. He has also hung one on the wall at the training ground and got his teammates hooked on a game that calls for concentration and precision.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Is darts your way of calming down after an intense day of football? Does it help to reduce your adrenaline levels, especially after a game?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;For me personally, it does. I find it hard to sleep after a game. And when I can't sleep, I play a bit of darts to help me calm down.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Where and how did you discover your passion for darts?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Five, six years ago now, with a friend. We were 16 or 17 at the time.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Dartscheibe.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Dartscheibe-1743580754603\"><\/p>\n<p><b>How do your teammates react? Who tries to emulate you the most?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;After training a few of the guys stay for a bit longer and play a round. Alex Meier is good, Schlotti plays very well. Gio and Karim have a go but those two aren't quite at the same level yet. Yet!&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Games consoles are very popular among your generation. Do you also spend some time on the PlayStation every now and then?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I used to a lot, I'm doing it less and less now, but I still play sometimes.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>So what do you play?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;A few different things. Call of Duty. Sometimes Fortnite. I've also played Minecraft. I've pretty much played everything there is.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>If you could only have one, would you choose darts or video games?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Darts!\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Maximilian Beier was born in the suburb of Kirchmöser in Brandenburg an der Havel, and lived there until he was 13. The town has produced several top sportspeople, the most famous being canoeist Birgit Fischer, who&nbsp;with eight gold medals and four silver medals is Germany's second-most successful female Olympian after Isabell Werth.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Have you ever met Birgit Fischer?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Unfortunately not. I've heard a lot about her, and would love to meet her one day.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>When did you decide you wanted to become a professional football player?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Well, I wouldn't leave home at 13 for nothing. So it was my goal from early on to reach a professional level. But of course the feeling was always there that it might not be enough - which is what happens to so many people. But I could never have dreamed that it would work out so well.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>When did you reach the point when you thought that it would all work out?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;While I was on loan at Hanover. I was in the starting eleven more and more often and was really strongly integrated into the team. That was when I first felt like I was a professional footballer.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>How did that feel?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;When you're on the bus on the way to a game and you see fans outside wearing your shirt with your name on it, it's pretty crazy.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Gesicht.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Gesicht-1743580785966\"><\/p>\n<p>The family council made this wise decision in the summer of 2021, when the then 18-year-old transferred on loan to Hanover 96 for two years after (only) eleven appearances in competitive matches for the TSG first team. The transfer to the second league meant that he would get more time on the pitch. His coach there, Stefan Leitl, helped him to go from playing on the left wing to playing second striker: &quot;That's his best position. Maxi has an incredible dynamicism and his shots have a great finish. He also has incredible stamina.&quot; After 68 appearances (15 goals, seven assists), Maximilian Beier returned to TSG Hoffenheim two years later as a top striker.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>From the third match day of the 2023/24 season, he was in the starting eleven 29 times (more than any other Hoffenheim player). His 16 goals that season (highest total in the team) were exceeded by only one German player in the league, Stuttgart's Deniz Undav. Although the competition among the strikers was extremely high with Wout Weghorst and Andrej Kramaric, the youngster was able to hold his own, and by October 2023, the &quot;Süddeutsche Zeitung&quot; was already describing him as a &quot;discovery of the season&quot;. The clarity with which Beier acted in front of his opponent's goal was emphasised by the so-called &quot;xGoals-Wert&quot;: the number of goals he was expected to score (11.6) in the 23/24 season was significantly below the number he actually scored (16) - despite also hitting the post or the crossbar three times, which was more than any other Hoffenheimer.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Your family is very important to you. Does it help that you can get to Dortmund from Berlin on the train in three and a half hours?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, a bit at least. They mostly drive, which takes about four hours. Now I see my parents about every three weeks, but in Hoffenheim it was every three months.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>How does it make you feel on the pitch when your family are in the stadium?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It does help me a lot when I know that my parents are there watching. And my little sister.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Does she play football too?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No...&quot;<\/p>\n<p>On the 21st match day of the 2019/2020 season, Maximilian Beier became the youngest Bundesliga player in the history of TSG Hoffenheim at 17 years, three months and 21 days old, a title which by the way was previously held by Niklas Süle (17 years, eight months and eight days), now his teammate at Dortmund. The versatile striker combines speed (up to 36.4 km/h!), drive towards the goal, and a strong finish, and is also prepared to give his absolute all for his teammates when the team is on the defence. The German national player has a contract with Borussia Dortmund until 30th June 2029.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You're quite an introverted person. How was it in your first few days at BVB in summer 2024, sharing a changing room with so many national players?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I like to observe everything in the first few weeks, and I'm not at the centre of things straight away. But then, after three or four weeks or so, I warm to it.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Who do you get on best with on the team?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I get on well with everyone actually. I'd say I get on best with Gio (Reyna, editor's note), Jamie (Gittens), Schlotti (Nico Schlotterbeck), but also with some of the older ones like Pascal (Groß) and Jule (Brandt).&quot;&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you sometimes spend time together off the pitch?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, we often go out and do things together. Or like yesterday, Gio invited us over for food at his place.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Bring your dartboard with you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No. Gio has one at home.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>Did he have that before you, or only because of you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Only because of me. And I put it up for him.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>So are you good at DIY as well?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I wouldn't go that far. I had to watch a YouTube video (laughs), but it's not that difficult really.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>If someone needs a nail putting in a wall, could they ask you?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(laughs) &quot;I hope I wouldn't be anyone's first port of call. But you could ask me I guess...&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Haende.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Haende-1743580805250\"><\/p>\n<p>Maxi's first port of call within his own four walls is called Lucia. The couple have been together for five years, and they met in school. They got their first flat together around one and a half years ago, when Maxi returned to TSG Hoffenheim from Hanover 96. Lucia studies Social Work and recently completed an internship at the Borussia Dortmund youth centre. Convenient!<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>That probably makes a huge difference - not being completely alone any more...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yes, like when I come back from training, there's someone at home. That's really nice!&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Does Lucia play darts as well?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;She has a go, and she's allowed to stand a bit closer to the board. Just so she doesn't get a dart stuck in my wall...&quot; (laughs)<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you have the same taste in music too? I've heard that yours is unusual.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I love Spanish music so much, and she's got on board with that a bit now too.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Have you had the chance to bring your music taste to the changing room too?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I've tried it twice before a game. But I was unsuccessful.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>What kind of songs do you listen to?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;I listen to a lot of Morad. Do you know him?\u201c<\/p>\n<p><b>No, I'll google him...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Morad El Khattouti El Hormi, born 5th March 1999 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, known as Morad, is a Spanish rapper from Catalonia. He has been successful in his home country since 2019. Around the end of 2021 and beginning of 2022 he had three number one hits in the Spanish charts (Source: Wikipedia).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Arme.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Arme-1743580830684\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Do you speak Spanish?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, but I can understand a bit. I once lived with someone for three years in Hoffenheim who came from the Dominican Republic. He's still one of my best friends and he plays in the second league in Spain.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Did you have a football role model when you were a child?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Fernando Torres!\u201c<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you still have role models?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;When I watch football matches now, I do still watch closely, but I don't focus on one player in particular, I just focus on the ones who are playing in my position.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You can play in several positions. You have to play in several positions. Where do you see yourself most?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Next to or behind the striker. I like playing in the centre the most, as striker or directly behind the striker. I get the ball more often there, and can get into spaces where I can score goals.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Homesickness was a persistent companion in the very early years, after the transfer from Brandenburg to Cottbus. The school student even considered at times abandoning his potential professional career. His parents and his sister are still the striker's most important support mechanism.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2025/04/02/beier-borussia/Beier-Profil.png\" data-assetref=\"Beier-Profil-1743581259171\"><\/p>\n<p><b>You left your familiar surroundings, your home, at a very young age. How did that work? How does a twelve-year-old approach those conversations with his parents?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It wasn't easy. But if I hadn't come up with the idea, my parents probably wouldn't have done it themselves.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>And how did you come up with the idea?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;It was always my dream to become a footballer.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><b>And then you just google &quot;sports boarding school&quot;?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;No, no. There would sometimes be a scouting session here and there. And at some point I was scouted.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You've experienced a lot in your short life so far. Do you sometimes miss things being easy?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Who doesn't? As a small child you don't worry about anything apart from: what am I playing next and who am I playing with? It's different now.&quot;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>You can't go back in time to your childhood, but is there a part of you that wants to go back to Brandenburg after your career has ended - so in many, many years from now?<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&quot;Yeah, sure. Why not?&quot;<\/p>\n<p>But that's a while away yet. For sports director Sebastian Kehl, he is a man of the future: &quot;His development is definitely not over yet, and we will help him to get even better.&quot; Incidentally, the game against FC St. Pauli showed that you don't always need maximum precision to be part of a goal. In this case, Karim Adeyemi took advantage of a clearance by Maxi Beier and turned it into a goal that secured the 2-0 win.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>Author: Boris Rupert<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Photos: Hendrik Deckers, Alexandre Simoes<\/i><\/p>\n<p>This text was taken from the members' magazine BORUSSIA. BVB members receive a free copy of BORUSSIA every month. 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With three rounds of matches to go before the end of the main round, Leipzig top the table with 16 points from eight games, followed by Karlsruher SC (13/7), BVB (13/7) and FSV Mainz 05 (11/7).&nbsp;The teams in first and second place in the final standings will enjoy home advantage in the round of 16.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is a top-two finish for Borussia, who will be facing a tough task at the&nbsp;Arthur-Beier-Stadion in Karlsruhe. Mike Tullberg believes that the opposition, who have just qualified for the DFB-Pokal final, &quot;are among the top five German U19 teams&quot;.&nbsp;His boys were already witness to KSC's qualities in the reverse fixture, which was contested with great intensity by both sides and which BVB won 1-0 thanks to a goal from Ousmane Diallo.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the difficult personnel situation (in Mussa Kaba and Luca Reggiani, two more key players will miss out), Mike Tullberg is in an optimistic mood: &quot;There are a lot of things going against us, but I'm confident that our young team will be able to hold their own against this opposition, which consists of much older players.&quot; Striker Diego Branco from the U17s will reinforce the squad.<\/p>\n<p><b>Team and coach targeting first place<\/b><\/p>\n<p>There is great excitement among the U17s ahead of their clash with VfL Wolfsburg, who top the table with 14 points from six games, followed by BVB (10 points/5 games), Borussia Mönchengladbach (9/5) and 1. 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Meanwhile, in the women\u2019s Westfalenliga, there will be a Ruhr derby between BVB and Schalke 04.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"<p><b>Saturday 5 April (15:30 CEST): SC Freiburg vs. BVB<br>\n <\/b>April will begin with three away matches in a row for the Borussia Dortmund first team. The first will take the Black &amp; Yellows to SC Freiburg. BVB have won on their last two visits to the Breisgau: 3-1 in August 2022 thanks to goals from Jamie Gittens, Youssoufa Moukoko and Marius Wolf, and 4-2 in September 2023 (goals: Hummels (2), Malen, Reus). BVB also won the reverse fixture this term, with Maximilian Beier, Felix Nmecha, Julian Brandt and Jamie Gittens scoring the goals in a 4-0 victory last November..<\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday 9 April (21:00 CEST): FC Barcelona vs. BVB<br>\n <\/b>BVB will go up against FC Barcelona in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Champions League. The first leg will be played in Spain, with the return fixture at SIGNAL IDUNA PARK to follow a week later. Their first clash with the Spaniards took place on Matchday 6 of the league phase this season. BVB put up a good fight against the favourites in December and levelled the score on two occasions through Serhou Guirassy, but ultimately succumbed to a 3-2 defeat.<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday 12 April (18:30 CEST): FC Bayern Munich vs. BVB<br>\n <\/b>BVB\u2019s next away trip will to be FC Bayern Munich. The record champions are leading the table again this season. The reverse fixture last November ended in a 1-1 stalemate, with Gittens firing the Black &amp; Yellows into a 1-0 lead. Borussia won on their most recent visit to the Bavarian state capital. Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson scored in a 2-0 win almost exactly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/profis/2024/12/11/ucl-spielbericht/67M_Barcelona_Nmecha.jpg\" data-assetref=\"67M_Barcelona_Nmecha-1743331070391\"><br>\n<\/p>\n<p><b>Tuesday 15 April (21:00 CEST): BVB vs. FC Barcelona<br>\n <\/b>The return fixture will determine who makes it into the UEFA Champions League semi-finals. 81,365 spectators will be in attendance, though the demand for tickets was significantly higher. Around 150,000 club members alone have submitted 300,000 ticket requests. Last year, BVB reached the semi-finals thanks to a spectacular 4-2 victory against Atlético Madrid in the quarter-final second leg. The majority of the sell-out crowd will be hoping for another successful evening of European football.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday 20 April (17:30 CEST): BVB vs.&nbsp;Borussia Mönchengladbach<br>\n <\/b>Borussia Mönchengladbach will pay a visit to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK on Easter Sunday. The Borussia from the Lower Rhine have not won in Dortmund in any competition for more than 10 years, with BVB winning all 11 of their home games in that timeframe. The last three home games have been particularly high-scoring, ending 4-2, 5-2 and 6-0.<\/p>\n<p><b>Saturday 26 April (15:30 CEST): TSG 1899 Hoffenheim vs. BVB<br>\n <\/b>The Black &amp; Yellows will play their penultimate away game of the season against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. BVB have won their last four away matches in Sinsheim, including a 3-1 victory in September 2023. Hoffenheim have since visited SIGNAL IDUNA PARK three times (twice in the Bundesliga and once in the DFB-Pokal). The reverse fixture ended in a 1-1 draw. Reyna put BVB ahead with an early goal in the second half, only for ex-Dortmund player Jacob Bruun Larsen to equalise in stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/frauenfussball/2025/03/26/update-derby/Frauen-Derby.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Frauen-Derby-1743330767737\"><\/p>\n<p><b>Sunday 27 April (15:00 CEST): BVB women vs. FC Schalke 04<br>\n <\/b>League leaders Borussia Dortmund will take on closest challengers Schalke 04 at the end of April, with both teams locked in a fierce race for the women\u2019s Westfalenliga title. The duo are currently separated by only one point in the Westfalenliga table. Only the champions will be promoted to the Regionalliga at the end of the season. There is huge excitement for the Ruhr derby \u2013 only a few hours after the tickets went on pre-sale to members, all the seated tickets for the game had been taken. 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