Terzic: Dortmund 'closer than ever' to Bundesliga glory

Edin Terzic wants his Borussia Dortmund players to capitalize on their position in the Bundesliga title race, saying they are 'closer than ever'.

Since Dortmund won back-to-back league titles between 2010 and 2012, rivals Bayern Munich have dominated, lifting the trophy for 10 consecutive campaigns.

However, excellent form since the start of 2023 in which they have lost just one Bundesliga game, against Bayern, means Dortmund are just two points behind the Bavarian side with six matches to play.

With a real chance of finally ending Bayern's title streak, Terzic hopes his side can enjoy it, telling reporters ahead of Saturday's game against Eintracht Frankfurt: "We are closer than ever to the championship trophy, and we don't want to miss this chance.

"We should start seizing this chance with everything we have as soon as possible, to make it happen.

"If we want to succeed, we all have to be ready to go the extra mile. We have to invest everything to take advantage of our starting position. For that, we need a home win on Saturday."

Dortmund would be level on points with Bayern if they hadn't conceded a 97th-minute equalizer in 10-man Stuttgart last time out, and Terzic feels his players are heading into the final stretches of the campaign" with a part of anger”.

Terzic also revealed there was a 'question mark' over the availability of Niklas Sule, Nico Schlotterbeck and Anthony Modeste for the clash with Europe-chasing Frankfurt, although he said : "They have already been able to increase the intensity of training, so we have to wait and see.”