Even before Niko Kovac’s first unit as BVB coach, ex-international Max Kruse questioned the suitability of the trainer for the difficult task at Borussia Dortmund. After the catastrophic false start of the Sahin successor in the Bundesliga, Kruse is certainly not to Hämen.
0: 2 at the bottom of the table – the embarrassing away defeat of Borussia Dortmund at the district neighbor VfL Bochum echifies.
While a mixture of anger and perplexity prevailed in the vicinity of BVB after the recent sporting notice of revelation, biting ridicule was also heard elsewhere.
One who apparently has little pity is Max Kruse. But the former professional did not get against the inferior black and yellow at the weekend, but against their new coach Niko Kovac, with whom he once did not cope with VfL Wolfsburg.
“Oh, Niko Kovac, Oh, Niko Kovac, nonsense,” sang an visibly amused Kruse in an Instagram video that shows him when looking at the Ruhrpottderby. Game: 2: 0.
“Sorry, but I can’t help it,” wrote the 36 -year -old with a laughing emoji about his contribution – the pure bloy!
Kruse: BVB coach Kovac “There is a lack of sensitivity”
At the end of January, Kruse had already talked to RTL/NTV and sport.de Extremely skeptically shown in terms of Kovac’s chances of success at BVB.
“I believe that he pretends to have a direction and only this one direction counts. There is no other way to succeed or to be successful,” said Kruse: “He lacks sensitivity. And that is simply part of team leadership. As I met Niko Kovac, he will now give the tone and say: ‘If you don’t go this way, you will be sorted out tough. “
Both know each other from times together in Wolfsburg, with the Lower Saxony they were of course something like intimate. Kovac sorted out the eccentric offensive player in autumn 2022 for “lack of focus” and “lack of commitment” – the beginning of the end of Kruse’s professional career.