JURGEN KLOPP MADE A COMEBACK TO THE DUGOUT FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE STEPPING DOWN AS LIVERPOOL BOSS, LEADING TEAM BLASZCZYKOWSKI TO A 5-4 VICTORY IN A TESTIMONIAL GAME AGAINST TEAM PISZCZEK.
BORUSSIA DORTMUND HONORED TWO OF THEIR LEGENDS THIS PAST WEEKEND, THE POLISH DUO OF JAKUB BLASZCZYKOWSKI AND LUCASZ PISZCZEK, WHO WERE BOTH PART OF THE BUNDESLIGA TRIUMPH OF 2011 AND 2012 UNDER KLOPP. THE TESTIMONIAL MATCH FEATURED FORMER TEAMMATES AND RESULTED IN A NINE-GOAL THRILLER.
THE PLAYERS INVOLVED
JURGEN KLOPP COACHED TEAM BLASZCZYKOWSKI AND HAD THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS IN HIS TEAM:
- ROMAN WEIDENFELLER
- JAKUB BŁASZCZYKOWSKI
- MATS HUMMELS
- JULIAN KOCH
- DEDE
- NEVEN SUBOTIC
- FELIPE SANTANA
- MARCIN WASILEWSKI
- PATRICK OWOMOYELA
- MORITZ LEITNER
- ANTONIO DA SILVA
- GIOVANNI FEDERICO
- KEVIN GROSSKREUTZ
- KAMIL GROSICKI
- MOHAMED ZIDAN
- LUCAS BARRIOS
- MLADEN PETRIC
- NELSON VALDEZ
- EBI SMOLAREK
TEAM PISZCZEK WAS COACHED BY KLOPP’S ASSISTANT PETER KRAWIETZ, WHO HAD THE FOLLOWING PLAYERS IN HIS TEAM:
- MARWIN HITZ
- JAROSLAV DROBNY
- PISZCZEK
- JOO-HOO PARK
- MARCEL SCHMELZER
- ÖMER TOPRAK
- SOKRATIS PAPASTATHOPOULOS
- ERIK DURM
- NURI ŞAHIN
- OLIVER KIRCH
- FLORIAN KRINGE
- GONZALO CASTRO
- HENRIKH MKHITARYAN
- JACEK KRZYŃOWEK
- ARTUR WICHNIAREK
- ADRIAN RAMOS
- JULIAN SCHIEBER
- DOMINIK ZIEBA
- KRZYSZTOF KIKLAJSZ
MEANWHILE, KLOPP, WHO ATTENDED THE OLYMPIC GAMES IN PARIS, WAS ALSO SEEN AT THE PARALYMPICS SHOWING SUPPORT TO HIS FRIEND WOJTEK CZYZ.
KLOPP HAS LONG ADMIRED HIS FRIEND WOJTEK CZYZ, A MULTIPLE PARALYMPIC CHAMPION WHO HAS OVERCOME A DEVASTATING FOOTBALL INJURY TO COMPETE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.