According to coach Edin Terzic, Borussia Dortmund should have dealt with the bitter defeat against FC Bayern. The next highlight is already waiting in the Champions League: Newcastle United is coming to Dortmund.
Edin Terzic looked tired on Monday afternoon (November 6th, 2023). Last weekend with the bitter Bundesliga defeat against FC Bayern (0:4) left its mark. On the one hand, the ongoing disappointment may still have had an impact on the Borussia Dortmund coach.
On the other hand, Terzic had his hands full trying to get back on track after this unpleasant experience. Intensive video studies, individual discussions and team criticism have been on the football teacher’s calendar since Saturday evening. “We weren’t all happy, we talked about it. And now we’ve put a tick in the box,” said Terzic. His message: From now on we don’t want to think about this fiasco anymore.
Not very convincing games
After all, time is running out. Because the next challenging game is already approaching. On Tuesday evening (6.45 p.m., listen live and in the live ticker) the English top team Newcastle United is coming to the Dortmund stadium. With a win on the fourth matchday of Group F, BVB could take a big step towards the round of 16 in the Champions League. However, another defeat would make everything worse. According to this, the Bayern game should no longer play a role – in order to focus the concentration of everyone involved.
“We can compete at this level with top performances,” said Terzic, referring to the first leg. His team won 1-0 on the British island two weeks ago after a strong performance. It was probably Dortmund’s best game of the current season so far. However, the number of overall convincing competitive games since the start of the season has been rather manageable.
Optimism as hope
To be precise: In just 60 minutes in Newcastle, BVB have proven that they can operate on an equal level at a high level. Previously against Paris St. Germain in the European premier class and now against Bayern there were a total of 0:6 goals. And even in the domestic league, the performances were rarely consistently convincing.
“Everyone has grown up a lot since last season to deal with things like this. Tomorrow we have the chance to show that. I am convinced that we will perform better,” said BVB midfielder Salih Özcan, who had just two days earlier was directly involved in the defeat against FC Bayern.
The Dortmund team is trying to spread optimism in order to gain new hope – even if the defeat against Bayern continues to weigh heavily. In these difficult days, BVB is also trying to maintain its reputation as one of Europe’s top teams. “We know what we’re made of and what we can achieve,” said Terzic.
