Nothing appears to be going right for six-time German champions Borussia Dortmund at the moment with acute financial problems off the pitch mirrored on the playing field.
It has certainly been a week to forget for the 1997 Champions League victors who admitted Thursday that the club could slip into liquidation with debts estimated to reach 134.7 million euros (175.3 million dollars) by mid-2006.
That was a huge blow for Dortmund fans as was the 5-0 thumping by Bayern Munich that followed two days later.
Last season Dortmund were agonising about finishing sixth in the German table as their unfashionable neighbours VfL Bochum snatched the final UEFA Cup spot.
A season without European football represented a real setback but that pales into significance when fans consider what has happened this season.
It was widely known that Dortmund, the only Bundesliga club floated on the stock market, had financial troubles after gambling on playing regular Champions League football to finance spiralling wages and inflationary wage bills.
But in truth, it was not until Thursday that everyone realised how serious the situation had become.
Dortmund released a press statement explaining that: "the earnings and the financial situation of Borussia Dortmund had become life-threatening".
Creditors have accepted the financial rescue package put together by Dortmund and their auditors RoelfsPartner but that is one positive amid a multitude of negatives.
Aside from worrying about the mountain of debt Dortmund must find funds for developing their 80,000 plus Westfalen Stadium ahead of the 2006 World Cup.
The Westfalen Stadium, one of 12 World Cup venues, will host six games in the competition providing it is fitted with the electronically entrance system and new seating.
Even if they can achieve the stadium redevelopment the club must still concentrate on obtaining a license from the German Football League (DFL) who are monitoring the acute financial problems of the 2002 German champions.
There is also the fear that second division Eintracht Frankfurt will take legal action if Dortmund are found guilty of offering false figures to obtain a license from the DFL last season.
"If it is confirmed that Dortmund put false figures forward then we will look into compensation," said Eintracht chairman Heribert Bruchhagen.
Frankfurt finished third from bottom of the Bundesliga last season, meaning they were relegated, but could have stayed in the German top-flight if Dortmund had their license revoked.
Problems off the pitch appear to be affecting the fragile mental state of the players and that was underlined on Saturday when Bayern hammered Dortmund 5-0 at the Olympic Stadium.
"It makes it very hard to concentrate with all that is going on behind the scenes," admitted Borussia captain Christian Worns. "To be honest I have never experienced anything like that first half in my entire career."
Dortmund were 4-0 down approaching the interval but managed to keep the score down in the second period.
The strain on Dortmund manager Bert van Marwijk, who has already threatened to quit, is also starting to show with the Dutch handler infuriated with the constant financial talk.
"Our financial problems are not an alibi," said van Marwijk.
"I am sick and tired of hearing about them to be honest. We had too much respect for Bayern and were never in the game."

Dortmund are 12th in the German table with their only consolation being a nine point gap from the drop zone.