HANNOVER (dpa-AFX) – After the difficult victory against Hannover 96, sports director Sebastian Kehl expressed doubts about the further career of Borussia Dortmund (BVB (Borussia Dortmund)) in the DFB Cup. The 42-year-old warned after the 2-0 (1-0) win on Wednesday and the place in the round of 16 that “in today’s form it won’t quite make it to the end”. BVB was actually anything but in final form with the second division team.
According to Kehl, the team is always capable of winning a title, “but we have to improve,” he added. The Champions League participant could not be satisfied with the performance against 96.
BVB coach Edin Terzic was not happy with the way the game went and the current form: “We just have to be more mature,” demanded the 39-year-old. It is important not to avoid duels. Terzic spoke of a certain form of “intrinsic motivation” that was missing “in certain phases”. It now requires the willingness of the team to want to do better as quickly as possible.
Before the game on Saturday against VfB Stuttgart (3:30 p.m. / Sky), Kehl expressed concerns about the goals for the season: “We have to learn quickly, we have to get back on track quickly so that we don’t lose sight of our overall goals in the end lose,” said the 42-year-old. “We’ve shown in the past few weeks that we can do better,” he added.
Midfielder Emre Can admitted after the game: “We didn’t play well. We were lucky today that we had Gregor in goal.” With an outstanding performance, goalkeeper Gregor Kobel helped Borussia prevail. Terzic also praised the performance of the Swiss.
According to Can, the poor performance is not due to a lack of will: “We don’t do it extra on the pitch. We want to, but today we somehow lost the thread after twenty minutes. We weren’t aggressive enough.”
An own goal by Bright Arrey-Mbi (11th minute) and a penalty by Jude Bellingham (71st) ensured the flattering win in Hanover./sfx/DP/zb
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