It was always going to be difficult for Borussia Dortmund to play their Champions League clash against Monaco just 24 hours after their team coach had been hit by bombs.

The clash was originally planned for Tuesday night but was rescheduled for Wednesday at 5:45pm, something that Borussia Dortmund boss Thomas Tuchel was furious with.

The German side ended up losing 3-2 against Monaco, with Marc Barta watching from home after he had suffered a broken wrist in the incident.

And Tuchel was outraged that his side were made to play the match so soon after his players could have been killed.

"We were never asked, we were informed by a text message that the UEFA made a decision in Switzerland. It felt lousy. And that sticks with us,” he explained.

"It gave us a powerless feeling, like we had a job to do and nothing else mattered. It [the re-scheduling] didn't give us a good feeling. As though a can of beer had been thrown at our window.

"I encouraged all the players to take the game seriously. But football is not the most important thing in the world.

"We want to help all our players overcome their own internal conflicts from this. That was a bad experience.

"We wished for more time not only to process things but also to be able to play in our best form for our Champions League dream."

What Dortmund players discovered

And a revelation has emerged that demonstrates just how serious the incident was.

According to German journalist Freddie Rockenhaus, just hours before their rescheduled kick-off against Monaco, Dortmund’s players discovered that nails from the bombs were found in their headrests.

“The police investigation - they brought up new information all day,” Rockenhaus told BBC Radio 5 live.

"Marcel Schmelzer - the skipper of the team - told me it was the lowest point in the mood of the players, when they heard in the press conference that metal nails that were found in the headrests.

"Marcel said: ‘that was absolutely worse because then, only then, we really realised how far we were from a total disaster, and losing lives.’

"That was in the afternoon between 2 and 2:15, only a few hours before the match. That is something you’re not used to as a professional footballer in your preparation time, to hear something like that - that your life was that close to the brink.”

Given that piece of information, it’s no wonder that Dortmund didn’t perform against their Ligue 1 opponent and it seems Tuchel has a very good point about how ridiculous it was to play the match so soon after such a serious incident.