Thomas Tuchel insists Borussia Dortmund's focus is on footballing matters this weekend, despite their fans' impending protest against opponents RB Leipzig.
Unhappy at the top-flight status of a club owned by energy drink giant Red Bull, a number of Dortmund fans are planning to boycott the away fixture, instead opting to watch their own reserve team.
"As a coach it's my duty to focus on Leipzig's sporting qualities," he told a press conference. "They defend compactly, attack aggressively and are hard-running.
"We know what we'll have to expect. We need an absolute top performance to beat them. We have to be awake."
"I can understand if people behold a project [like Leipzig] as strange," he continued. "But we also have to understand that time is moving on.
"Maybe there could have been a smoother solution than calling it RB. But I'm far away from judging it.
"The fan protest won't be a subject in the preparation. The players have to watch videos and get enough input as it is."
