Borussia Dortmund and Chievo Verona are playing a friendly match on Friday and the game is live starting past 12:30 pm ET on ESPN3 and WatchESPN online with a live stream and has the two teams looking to get into shape heading into the season and the game is at Cashpoint Arena in Austria for the two sides in this international matchup.
Borussia is one of the better teams in the German League and they are coming into the season with some question marks, including losing star Robert Lewandowski to their rival Bayern Munich and now the team has to find a way to make up for his loss and one player to watch is Nuri Sahin, as the 25 year old had a solid season last year while making 34 appearances for the club and he could be a strong player for manager Jurgen Klopp moving forward.
The team comes in while dealing with rumors about Marco Reus and the team also has İlkay Gündoğan coming back from surgery and he is expected back in September. Borussia Dortmund comes in after winning their last friendly and that was against Rot-Weiss Essen and before that the team pulled a draw with VfL Osnabrück and before that they won two in a row. The team won over FC Heidenheim as well as KSV Hessen Kassel, while the team also played against Bayern back in May and that saw a loss for Borussia Dortmund.
It was Bayern Munich all the way once again in Bundesliga and while Borussia Dortmund had a very good season and made it into Champions League qualifying for next year, they weren't even close to the top spot and now the top three are in the UCL for next year and Bayer Leverkusen made it into the playoff round. Bayern Munich ended up 19 points ahead of Borussia in the standings and they finished seven points up on Schalke and now they have the chance to impress once again in the Champions League.
The Premier League has tough teams into the UCL this year too, as Manchester City, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea made it from the EPL. Last season Bayern Munich did a good job and got close to the end, but it ended up being Real Madrid as the winner of the title over Atletico Madrid. Chiveo comes into the matchup after winning in May against Inter and they have not been in action for a little while and they have gone 2-3 over their last five matchups.
The coverage for the match is online from ESPN and streaming from ESPN3 and the WatchESPN website from Austria for the Borussia Dortmund matchup.
Check here for the Borussia Dortmund and Chievo Verona live coverage from the friendly match.
