Dortmund train at a private venue in London hours before UCL game with Chelsea
Borussia Dortmund have been spotted training in London ahead of their crunch Champions League clash with Chelsea on Tuesday evening.
The German side face the Blues at Stamford Bridge in the second leg of their last-16 tie, holding a 1-0 lead after Karim Adeyemi’s decisive goal in the first leg.
Dortmund trained at Chelsea’s stadium on Monday in preparation for the match, with Edin Terzic’s side having won 10 successive games since football resumed in Germany following the World Cup.
However, on the day of the game, Dortmund were snapped having a pre-game warm-up at the Artillery Ground in Islington.
This is a private venue that belongs to the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) – which is associated with the oldest regiment in the British Army.
It hosts several types of events, along with sports such as cricket, rugby, archery and football, while it maintains an active regiment as a key part of the Army Reserve.
The ground is located near Old Street station in central London and facilities can be booked by the public through contacting the HAC.
It is expected that Dortmund underwent a light session as they began to warm-up their players in preparation for the 8PM kick off in west London.
It is not the first time the German giants have entertained a random training session on the day of the game of a Champions League tie against an English club.
Back in 2014, Dortmund’s players were spotted taking part in a training session in Regent’s Park ahead of their group stage clash with Arsenal.
The public park hosted the German side – who were then managed by Jurgen Klopp – despite usually being the venue for matches in the Camden and Regent’s Park Sunday league.
At the time, it was described by the club as a ‘pre-warm-up’ training session on the recreational playing fields.
On that occasion they went onto lose to the Gunners 2-0 thanks to goals from Yaya Sanogo and Alexis Sanchez.
