Page 5 - Short Cases 1 Borussia Dortmund Bombing Plot Teaching Note
P. 5
Assessment
Questions
Q1. Should team players be treated as if they were only
assets.
Discuss
Q2. What do you believe made Wenergold think he could
succeed in such a blatant act of destruction?
Q3. Explain why Borussia Dortmund played its
rescheduled game with Monaco
Q4. Was management right to sack coach Tuchel?
Objectives & Learning Outcomes
After reading this case study you should
1: Appreciate the mechanism of ‘shorting’
2: Appreciate that football players are not simply items
on a balance sheet
3: Understand that in football, management will act in
terms of its own interest regardless of the success of the
incumbent coach
