For BVB it is another construction site in turbulent weeks. Last week, a clear interview by Nico Schlotterback after the disappointing 2-2 draw in the Champions League against Bodø/Glimt, in which he criticized the team, caused a stir. There are rumors about Adeyemi himself wanting to change. A few weeks ago he had already attracted negative attention by throwing a bottle.
“We’ve had a few situations now. That just doesn’t work that way,” said Kehl. “In the end, the players have to accept it. The coach makes a decision. If a player is dissatisfied, he can somehow make it known in the dressing room at the end. Then he can step on the gas in training the next day, but we don’t want to see that reaction and that’s why he will get a fine for it.”
Coach Niko Kovač also found clear words for the scene: “I’m happy about the victory, but of course I’m also disappointed about one thing or another,” he said on Sky. “He wasn’t good today,” he also criticized Adeyemi’s performance. “I gave him ten more minutes. It wasn’t good in the first half and I could have changed at halftime, but I didn’t want to. I wanted to give him the opportunity,” said Kovač, explaining his approach.
The referee misjudged the foul that caused Adeyemi’s anger, but it was not Adeyemi’s day and the substitution was therefore justified. The coach supported the announced fine for the player. “This is the club’s decision, which I of course completely understand and accept and think is right,” he said. Football is about emotions, “but you also have to be insightful. I think if he watches the game again in the first half, he will see that it was really one of his weaker games today,” said the coach. He demanded: “He has to learn to deal with that and we as a club have to act accordingly.”