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Bo Svensson is still not available for FSV Mainz 05 despite the ongoing negative streak of nine games without a win. “The coaching question doesn’t arise for us. The position is exactly the same as it was two, three or four weeks ago. One hundred percent support, one hundred percent trust in Bo,” said sports director Martin Schmidt on Friday after the 2-2 (0-1) draw in the basement duel of the bottom team at VfL Bochum.
Instead, Schmidt took the professionals from the bottom of the table to task: “At some point the team is called upon. There has to be more from the team.” Despite Tom Krauss’s late and lucky equalizer in the sixth minute of stoppage time, Schmidt made no secret of his dissatisfaction: “The equalizer overshadows the performance a little. Even though the goal was scored, there’s no point in sugarcoating the game. Everyone on the team has to ask themselves whether this is the performance we want to deliver on the pitch.”
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The 56-year-old Swiss thought the clear words were appropriate. “We stand together. But standing together doesn’t mean we want to be comfortable. Standing together means we have to form a wagon castle. We have to approach games as necessary in the relegation battle. We didn’t see that in the first half,” said Schmidt, referring to the visitors’ weak first 45 minutes.
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Coach Svensson also didn’t seem satisfied after the 2-2 draw: “The first half was far, far away from what we wanted to show. I can live with the second half. If we had performed like that for 90 minutes, it would have been okay. But unfortunately there were 45 minutes that had to make us all think.” The head coach also included himself in the criticism: “You also question yourself. In the end, I have the responsibility to set up the boys correctly, both tactically and mentally.” Only three Bundesliga coaches have been in office longer than Svensson, who took over in January 2021.
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