What is Borussia Dortmund’s ideal XI for this season?

By Tushar Bahl | Jul 16, 2019

DORTMUND, GERMANY - AUGUST 03: Jadon Malik Sancho of Borussia Dortmund, Nico Schulz of Borussia Dortmund, Marco Reus of Borussia Dortmund, Julian Weigl of Borussia Dortmund, Axel Witsel of Borussia Dortmund, Paco Alcacer of Borussia Dortmund and Raphael Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund celebrate during the DFL Supercup 2019 match between Borussia Dortmund and FC Bayern Muenchen at Signal Iduna Park on August 3, 2019 in Dortmund, Germany. (Photo by TF-Images/Getty Images) /

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SEATTLE, UNITED STATES – JULY 17: Nico Schulz of Borussia Dortmund in action during the match between Borussia Dortmund against Seattle Sounders FC at the CenturyLink Field on July 17, 2019 in Seattle, United States. (Photo by Alexandre Simoes/Borussia Dortmund via Getty Images) /

Left Back: Nico Schulz

Full backs are a very important part of Lucien Favre’s game-plan, so it’s no surprise that Borussia Dortmund splashed big money to sign Nico Schulz, an established left back, both in the Bundesliga and for Germany.

Schulz is coming on the back of an impressive campaign for both club and country, and will take over the left back role at the Westfalenstadion this season.

Both Julian Nagelsmann and Joachim Löw largely used Schulz as a wing back, so it will be interesting to see how he fares in a deeper role, and with a little less protection. But Favre could also switch to a back three, just as he did for Friday’s friendly, now that he has more options at his disposal.

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