Borussia Dortmund go to Bodø on Tuesday and then spend the rest of the week on the move. The trip is the first leg of an eight-day stretch that covers around 11,000 kilometres, with artificial turf, a short turnaround and back-to-back away missions all in the same run.
The travel load around Bodø
Bodø is just under 1,800 kilometres from Dortmund as the crow flies, and the car journey would take around 30 hours without a break. That is why the plan is already unusual before a ball is kicked. Dortmund will train on site in Bodø on Monday, with the first 15 minutes open to the media from 17.30, and they play at Aspmyra Stadion on artificial turf.
Waldemar Anton's only comment on the surface was simple. Speaking to SPORT1 in comments translated from German, the Borussia Dortmund centre-back said: "Long ago."
The football side has not been poor. Dortmund have gone unbeaten in their last five matches, winning four and drawing one, and they sit second in the Bundesliga with 13 points from five matches. They are also 12th in the Champions League table after one game, with three points and a goal difference of +1.
The week after Bodø
The schedule does not ease up once the game in Norway is done. After Bodø, Dortmund head back to Dortmund on Thursday afternoon, visit Union Berlin on Friday and then travel to Baku on Monday.
That sequence is why this feels more like a travel assignment than a standard European away day. Bodo/Glimt add the usual Champions League edge, but Dortmund's real problem is the mileage and the turnaround stacked together in one week.
Bodø/Glimt are 36th in the Champions League table with zero points and a goal difference of -5 after one match, so the hosts have pressure too. Even so, the central story here is Dortmund's schedule, and the next date that matters is Monday's trip to Baku after the return from Norway.
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