At Borussia Dortmund, the unrest grows against VfL Bochum after another setback in the Bundesliga. The fans also apparently no longer want to be blinded by the good appearances in the Champions League.
Niko Kovac had to answer many questions after the 0-2 loss of Borussia Dortmund at VfL Bochum. Most of them were one and the same question: How could it happen that the BVB four days after a remarkable 3-0 away win at Sporting, in a KOM game by the Champions League, the next, sobering setback at the bottom of the Bundesliga Collecting? For the fourth time, BVB lost after a victory on the big European stage in everyday Bundesliga, one of the problems that Kovac took over from its predecessor Nuri Sahin.
Kovac admitted without trying to seek that the team is currently calling for heavy traps to do the good performances in the Champions League in the Bundesliga. In that “Eviled games that you then have to win, also with oh and noise. That is part of football“, said Kovac.
He sounded like the coach of a European Cup newcomer, who first has to get used to the challenges of the interplay between the big, international stage and the gray everyday life. Kovac does not train the 1. FC Heidenheim, but Borussia Dortmund-a team that was still in the Champions League final against Real Madrid eight months ago.
Missing use no reason for BVB misery – what then?
BVB keeper Gregor Kobel fought off the accusation against a team like Bochum, which is known to come across the fight. The team was not surprised, said Kobel at the Sportschau microphone: “We knew what was coming. The coach prepared us carefully. But still we didn’t manage to hold it. It is difficult to have an explanation for it. “
It was not due to the lack of use, said Dortmund’s coach that his team had shown everything physically and in terms of runner. As an explanation, there were actually only tactics and play capacity, as other fundamental components of football. Kovac complained about negligence and lack of exploitation of opportunities, especially in the first half. Mind you: With Serhou Guirassy, a center forward was also on the square in Bochum, which is currently the most successful goal scorer in the Champions League with ten goals.
After just one win from the past seven Bundesliga games, BVB slipped to 11th place, the gap to the Champions League places has grown to eight points. Kovac did not need to speak of the race for the renewed participation in the Champions League, actually a mandatory specification of the club tour, said Kovac.
Kovac lost his first two Bundesliga games as the first BVB coach since Timo Konietzka 41 years ago. The knowledge of many observers weighed worse that there has been little sign of a possible, sustainable improvement compared to his predecessor Sahin so far.
You don’t have to go as far as Didi Hamann, the rioter “Sky” expert called the BVB one after the bankruptcy in Bochum “Youth team“And saw”Hops and malt lost“. But the renewed break -in of Dortmund, shortly after the team, which was also mature in a team in Lisbon, gives the impression that Kovac could become the next coach at BVB who does not get the shop under control.
Frustration at BVB fans grows
The Dortmund fans also apparently no longer want to be blinded by the gala appearances in the Champions League, after the embarrassment in the derby against Bochum they clearly felt their frustration. The professionals stopped when walking into the curve on the edge of the penalty area and held safety distance with the angry black and yellow appendix.
Those responsible, who had followed the first bankruptcy in Bochum for 18 years, avoided all microphones after the game. Neither sports managing director Lars nor sports director Sebastian Kehl, the team’s architects, wanted to talk. For this, national player Nico Schlotterbeck found clear words. The team must “”come out of the pots“, said the international, otherwise threaten”A horror season“. On Wednesday, however, the Champions League, the second leg against Sporting.