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BVB Player Ratings 2016-17: Defenders

By Aidan Reagh

BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 27: Marc Bartra of Dortmund celebrates after winning the DFB Cup final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund at Olympiastadion on May 27, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images)
BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 27: Marc Bartra of Dortmund celebrates after winning the DFB Cup final match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund at Olympiastadion on May 27, 2017 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Bongarts/Getty Images) /
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MUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 26: Sokratis of Dortmund looks on during the German Cup (DFB Cup) semi final soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on April 26, 2017, in Munich, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images)
MUNICH, GERMANY – APRIL 26: Sokratis of Dortmund looks on during the German Cup (DFB Cup) semi final soccer match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at the Allianz Arena on April 26, 2017, in Munich, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

Sokratis

With Mats Hummels departing last summer for the team that didn’t get relegated to the third division in Munich, Sokratis became Dortmund’s star defender. The 28-year-old Greek bully of a defender was one Thomas Tuchel could always rely on to deliver a performance. Unfortunately, a side effect of having Sokratis is the obtaining of many yellow cards.

Sokratis held a splendid passing accuracy percentage of 88% and only committed one error (which only led to a shot, but no goal). Thanks to other teams not playing nice each summer and stealing Dortmund talent, fear at the back of the mind will be the potential loss of Sokratis. One can only hope that is just a haunting nightmare and will not become a reality to endure.

Player Grade: B

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