Injured soccer player: bus attack 'hardest 15 minutes of my life'

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Teammates of Marc Bartra, who underwent surgery for injuries to his wrist and arm after Tuesday's attack, wore T-shirts emblazoned with the defender's picture and words saying: "A lot of strength - we are with you".

"It's hard to talk about it", said Sahin.

He said: "I was really proud of Borussia Dortmund".

"You have to know this is also our dream, our dream to reach the semi-final, and the team didn't feel they were in the best condition to focus and concentrate for a game at this level in which details make the difference". "But we will tell you exactly which team when we want to tell you".

Tuchel now has to prepare his side to face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga this weekend.

The Federal Prosecutor's Office said in a statement on Thursday there was no evidence that the detained man, identified as Abdul Beset and who arrived in Germany via Turkey at the start of 2016, had taken part in carrying out the attack.

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While the end of the season means that the footballing calendar gets hectic, both the teams would have been more than happy to reschedule the game for a later date after the events around Dortmund's bus and we see no reason for why the UEFA could not have pushed the game further by a few days.

However, German Minister of the Interior Thomas De Maiziere agreed with Spahn in that the match needed to go on and that by not playing would be allowing the attackers to win.

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Spanish defender Marc Bartra was the only Dortmund player injured by the blast.

Dortmund fans are renowned for creating a raucous atmosphere in their home ground and the famed "Yellow Wall" - Europe's largest free standing terrace which holds 25,000 fans - was its usual colorful self on a drizzly night, albeit perhaps more somber that it has previously been on more celebratory European nights.

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