“Sky” report
Erling Haaland had also thoroughly lost his joy in his team. Even when Raphaël Guerreiro (82nd) scored a late goal to make it 2: 4 (0: 2) in the first intermediate round duel of the Europa League with Glasgow Rangers, the injured grandstand guest did not show any emotion. Borussia’s recent playful oath of disclosure not only spoiled the mood of the goalscorer.
“We play a lot of nonsensical football and make our opponents unnecessarily strong. That’s how you win, and that’s how you lose, but you’ll never be successful like that,” complained Mats Hummels.
The times when BVB was one of the top addresses on the continent are over. After the early knockout in the Champions League, an embarrassing bankruptcy is now also threatening in the Europa League. Even against the internationally less renowned Scots, Dortmund offered a desolate performance, especially on the defensive, and revealed how big the gap between claim and reality is now.
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In a first TV interview with the streaming service “RTL +”, Hummels made no secret of his frustration: “The big headline for us is serious, success-oriented football. If you watch the Leverkusen game, we conceded four goals after losing the ball. Today we conceded three such goals,” said the 2014 world champion, referring to the no less sobering 5-2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen just eleven days earlier. “For me, that is a more than clear topic, which is our problem. The coach often talks about it, we don’t implement it in many positions,” said Hummels.
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Marco Rose seemed just as clueless as the defense chief. “I think I can still reach the boys. I see heads nodding in training and in conversations,” commented the BVB boss, but sees himself as partly to blame: “Our topic is always implementation. I am also responsible for that.”
Like the TV station “sky” Reported, there should have been an internal “crisis meeting” of the club managers around managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke, sports director Michael Zorc, head of licenses Sebastian Kehl and Rose late Thursday evening. The result after analyzing the Glasgow bankruptcy is that the coach is not up for debate for the time being as long as qualification for the Champions League is secured.
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After goals from James Tavernier (38th/penalty), Alfredo Morelos (41st) and John Lundstram (49th) as well as the own goal by central defender Dan-Axel Zagadou (54th), there are prospects of a happy ending in Glasgow in a week’s time only slightly. Nevertheless, Rose refused to surrender early: “The starting point is difficult now, two goals in Ibrox Park in front of 50,000 spectators, that will be a difficult task. But we will try to seize the opportunity.”
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