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BERLIN, Feb. 17-- The last-16 round duel in the Champions League between Borussia Dortmund and its former coach Thomas Tuchel, currently in charge of Paris St Germain, remains a delicate case in Europe. The 46-year-old Paris manager and his Dortmund counterpart, 62-year-old Lucien Favre, desperately need success on the international stage. The relationship between Tuchel and his former club comes near a visit of unpleasant relatives. Since the German coach got the sack in 2017, after having won the German Cup, a tense relationship could be witnessed. Tuchel and Dortmund claim to face another ordinary challenging knock-out duel of which dozens take place after the group stage in every year's campaign. Michael Zorc is admitting: "There has been no contact whatsoever since 2017." Dortmund's managing director said that's nothing unusual in football. "Tuesday's duel is not about Dortmund versus Tuchel, but Borussia Dortmund versus Paris," the former professional added. The Paris coach's statements go in the same direction as he said: "This game is not the stage, to work through things of the past." Things have been sorted out, he claimed. "Things remain where they are." It's only about football he is claiming, but "it is far from a stage to battle over things not connected to football." In 2017 the relationship between both parties creepily worsened after a fatal bomb attack on the team's bus on the way to the Champions League quarterfinal duel against Monaco. | 
