Borussia Dortmund’s Niko Kovac speaks on Serhou Guirassy benching and defends personnel choices after cup loss

Borussia Dortmund’s Niko Kovac speaks on Serhou Guirassy benching and defends personnel choices after cup loss

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Borussia Dortmund head coach Niko Kovac had some explaining to do after last night’s DFB Pokal elimination at the hands of Bayer Leverkusen. Kovac spoke on his choices both before kick-off and at the post-match press conference. As soon as the team sheets were released, there was already one big issue to address. Namely, lead striker Serhou Guirassy’s absence from the starting XI. 

Though plenty will theorize otherwise, Kovac insisted that Guirassy’s benching had nothing to do with the scene over the weekend in which the Guinean forward declined to shake his hand after being substituted off against Leverkusen in the league. Speaking to Sky Germany, Kovac made a…



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