Former Borussia Dortmund manager Juergen Klopp today questioned a decision by European soccer authority Uefa to reschedule the German team's Champions League quarter-final for just 24 hours after their bus was attacked.
The roadside blasts left Dortmund's Spanish worldwide Marc Bartra and a policeman injured, with the bombs "containing metal pieces" detonating minutes after the team bus set off to a planned Champions League game against Monaco.
Dortmund appeared to have their minds elsewhere as Monaco took a 2-0 half-time lead that would have been 3-0 but for Fabinho missing a 17th-minute penalty, the first spot kick the Brazil worldwide has failed to convert for Monaco in 18 attempts.
Tuchel claimed in the aftermath of Wednesday's match that his side were told they had to play by a text message from Uefa.
"We would have liked to have had more time to work through it", said Tuchel.
"We were told by text message".
"We felt completely passed over, it came down to "tomorrow, you're playing", said Tuchel.
"I encouraged everyone to take the game seriously but football is not the most important thing in the world", he said.
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"It gave us a powerless feeling, like we had a job to do and nothing else mattered.
Everybody can imagine it was a hard moment for me because I don't know how often I was in the team hotel with Dortmund", Klopp, who managed Dortmund between 2008 and 2015, told the Daily Mirror on Thursday.
Uefa issued a statement which read: "We were in touch with all parties and never received any information which suggested that any of the teams did not want to play". We all have to deal with it in our own way.
In the heartbreaking interview below, Sahin revealed how badly he and his teammates were affected by the horrific incident and explained the moment he will "never forget" from the bus.
BVB coach Thomas Tuchel was furious about having to play the match, saying he and the team were left with "a feeling of impotence".
The result left the tie in the balance ahead of the second leg in England next week, as Leicester bid to maintain a fairytale run in their first season in Europe's elite club competition. I know we earn a lot of money and have a privileged life, but we are human beings.
Losing 2-3 at home last night to a free-scoring Monaco side, Sahin admitted that football was barely on his mind.
Do YOU want to write for GiveMeSport? A decision made in Switzerland that concerns us directly. The game is over now and it feels a bit weird'. But of course, I think everyone would have understood if we said okay, we don't play it.
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