Runner-up Borussia Dortmund has botched the start of the season and the gap to FC Bayern is already four points. Even Edin Terzic was last counted by some experts. Former national player Torsten Frings does not want to overestimate the delicate situation at BVB, but sees the black and yellow head coach under pressure.
Five points from three games: BVB’s return at the start of the season was certainly not what they wanted. The 2-2 draw against promoted team 1. FC Heidenheim in particular had an impact during the international break, as BVB wasted a 2-0 lead.
However, former Bundesliga professional Torsten Frings does not consider the discussions about head coach Edin Terzic to be appropriate – at least not yet.
The ex-Borussia player, who played 63 competitive games for the club between 2002 and 2004 (twelve goals, nine assists), emphasized to “Sky”: “In May, Terzic was still standing in front of the south stand and a few minutes were missing from the German championship “To say after three games that the coach is shaking is an exaggeration for me. Terzic and the team should be given time to shake off this incident.”
BVB’s knot will “burst at some point”
However, the Werder icon also made it clear that Terzic cannot allow himself to make many more slip-ups. “It’s also clear, of course, that football is extremely short-lived. The results have to be right. If Dortmund play a few more times like they did last time, the topic of Terzic will come up all by itself,” said the 79-time Germany international.
Meanwhile, Frings was convinced that “the knot” at Borussia Dortmund will “burst at some point”. The first opportunity is on Saturday (3:30 p.m.) in the away game against SC Freiburg.
Frings was able to understand the move from Werder striker Niclas Füllkrug to BVB shortly before the end of the transfer deadline, although the decision “hurt us here in Bremen”. “But you can also understand Niclas that he wants to play in the Champions League and for the championship. Due to the large number of games, I assume that he will play a lot of games.”