Legia Warszawa vs Borussia Dortmund - Borussia Dortmund know they cannot afford to too many mistakes at Legia Warsaw

Posted Wednesday, September 14, 2016 by PA

Borussia Dortmund know they cannot afford to make too many mistakes as they take on hosts Legia Warsaw in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The German side lost to Leipzip in the Bundesliga at the weekend and CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke believes they need to learn from the errors they made.

Speaking to Dortmund's official website, he said: "There are only six group games, so you can't allow yourselves many slip-ups. On the other hand it will be a similar situation to the one in Leipzig.

"Legia are delighted to be back in the Champions League.

"They will go into the match with the same euphoria and the same passionate support that Leipzig had in our Bundesliga match at the weekend.

"We need to be prepared for this. It would be great if we could pick up some points in Warsaw."

Dortmund will be without talisman Marco Reus after he suffered a setback in his recovery from injury.

The 27-year-old has been out of action since May when he sustained a groin problem and despite reports he could be back in time for the Champions League game, he has now been ruled out.

Watzke added on sport1.de: "I'm not a doctor, but we do have a bit of a delay.

"Today is September 13 and there are 30 days in September, so that means we still have 17 days. Therefore, we still have a few days."

Legia will end Poland's 20-year absence from the Champions League on Wednesday night when they face Dortmund.

The side qualified after they won the Polish Championship (Ekstraklasa) for the 11th time in the 2015-16 season. They have not been part of the Champions League since 1996 when they were knocked out in the quarter-finals.

Legia will be without Michal Kucharczyk and Michal Pazdan for their first Champions League group match against Dortmund due to injury.

According to legia.net forward Kucharczyk, who played in all six qualifying rounds, scoring two goals, has been struggling with an ongoing foot problem and defender Pazadan was ruled our after picking up a calf injury in training.