BVB could have been four points ahead of rival Leipzig. But due to the home defeat against Hoffenheim, it remains at one point. The anger was great.
Edin Terzić made no secret of his frustration when he stepped up to the DAZN microphone. “It was completely our own fault,” said the BVB coach on Sunday after the 2-3 defeat against TSG Hoffenheim.
After an early goal by Ihlas Bebou in the second minute, BVB turned the game around. Donyell Malen and Nico Schlotterbeck scored for the hosts in black and yellow, who were subsequently the better team in the first half. However, a third goal was not achieved.
In his speech in the dressing room, Terzić said he placed the emphasis on protecting against opposing counterattacks. This made the equalizer even more annoying for the 41-year-old.
“The stadium became restless”
“We started extremely poorly in the second half, completely inviting opponents to come back into the game and conceding the goal exactly as we wanted to prevent it,” said Terzić angrily after the game.
After BVB striker Niclas Füllkrug lost the ball, the guests switched quickly before Maximilian Beier smashed the ball onto the goal. Nico Schlotterbeck made an unstoppable deflection – equalized after 61 minutes. Beier’s second goal followed three minutes later, which also made it 3-2 for TSG.
Goalkeeper Alexander Meyer found it “inexplicable. We simply stopped in the second half, Hoffenheim became dangerous again,” he said: “You could tell the stadium was becoming restless. We had a lot of unclean actions and problems continuing our game.”
Julian Brandt saw similar problems: “We gave them the feeling: ‘Our game isn’t that controlled. There’s still something in here, something more is possible here!’ Then they score their two goals and the rest is history.”
The national player also noticed the unrest in the stands, which was also carried over into the game. “In the end there was chaos,” he summarized.
Strong Union players are waiting
Instead of four points ahead of Rasenballsport Leipzig, BVB is still only one point behind the Saxons, who have already played against the three top teams in the league, Leverkusen, Bayern and Stuttgart, in the second half of the season. Dortmund will face them in March and April.
Edin Terzić described the missed victory as “painful”, but wanted to look forward. “We know it was an important matchday, but we also know that there are eleven more matchdays waiting for us.” The first of these eleven games will take place next Saturday at Union Berlin, when BVB has to play against the strong Köpenick team, who have been unbeaten in six Bundesliga home games. Not an easy task for Dortmund.