UEFA, European football's governing body, postponed the game until 6.45 p.m. C.E.T. Wednesday evening, a decision criticized by Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel.
Monaco's Kylian Mbappe, center, celebrates after scoring his side's third goal during the Champions League quarterfinal first leg soccer match between Borussia Dortmund and AS Monaco in Dortmund, Germany, Wednesday, April 12, 2017.
"A few minutes after this attack, the only question that was asked was, 'Are you ready to play?'".
"At this time, it is still not clear what the real background to this act is", Dortmund police chief Gregor Lange told a late night news conference in the western German city.
Following the attack, the game was immediately rescheduled for the next night in a decision that made Dortmund feel "powerless", Tuchel said.
Defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos, though, said he felt the players had been treated like "animals" by the decision to stage the game so soon after the attack.
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"Until I was on the pitch in the second half, I didn't think about football, to be honest".
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Dortmund defender Marc Bartra was hit by shrapnel as three explosions hit the bus. "The players had the choice not to play, but no-one chose this option".
"Unless you experienced it, you can't understand how bad it was for us".
"I am like all the other football fans in the world but the only difference is I know all of them so it makes it more hard for me".
"It is hard to speak about but only because in the world a lot of really difficult-to-understand things happen at this moment and as smart human beings we all think about this", he added.
"At that time we did not know the reasons for this attack". "I get goosebumps.when we were in the bus last night, I can't forget the faces".
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"But as long as we are not directly involved, life goes on".
"We were all appalled yesterday when we heard about the attack on the bus with the players of BVB in Dortmund", she added, praising Dortmund fans for offering accommodation to AS Monaco fans after the postponement.
"The game is over and it's done, it was a football game".
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