Edin Terzic is the perfect coach for Borussia Dortmund in the current situation. Because BVB has to reinvent itself after this mediocre season. At 39, Terzic stands for a new beginning. And the risk for the club bosses is limited. You know his work as a coach and technical director at the club. And besides, the fans like him.
In addition, Terzic knows the team extremely well. His reputation among the pros is high, even back then as BVB coach many players raved about him. And he was also now involved in signing the newcomers for the coming season. This is perhaps the biggest advantage. He chose Niklas Süle, Nico Schlotterbeck and Karim Adeyemi. You can trust him because he wanted you.
And Terzic is also the right man to stabilize the shaky BVB defense this season (70 goals conceded in 46 compulsory games). For comparison: Under him as head coach, Dortmund only conceded 43 goals in 32 games. A stark contrast to the Rose period.
Just imagine: sports director Sebastian Kehl on the sidelines alongside coach Terzic. On the lawn Adeyemi, Schlotterbeck and Süle. That sounds interesting, that’s the new BVB.
No, Terzic is not the hoped-for savior
The contra from Florian Wichert, Deputy Editor-in-Chief
A new beginning with Thomas Tuchel, one with Peter Bosz, one with Lucien Favre, then another with Marco Rose. Each time it was associated with high hopes, early praise and dreams of becoming a champion. Each time he ended with a big disappointment – and above all without a championship trophy.
So now comes the next restart with Edin Terzic.
He’s certainly a great coaching talent, plus Ur-Borusse, extremely popular with fans and bosses. And yet one can doubt that everything will get better with him. At 39, Terzic is inexperienced as a head coach. He was only responsible on the touchline in 23 Bundesliga games.
He won the cup with Dortmund in 2021 and made a good final sprint – but he also lost 8 out of 32 competitive games. What many forget: During his first and short tenure at BVB, he was so heavily criticized that another change of coach was discussed.
The Borussia Dortmund coach has to build a new team after the departure of Erling Haaland, Axel Witsel and many more – an experienced and seasoned coach like former national coach Joachim Löw would certainly be the better choice. Just like Urs Fischer from Union Berlin, who shook up the Bundesliga three years in a row.
What do you mean? Who is right?
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In “Duel of the Week”, Florian Wichert (Deputy Editor-in-Chief at t-online) and Robert Hiersemann (Head of Soccer and Sport) comment on current soccer topics on a weekly basis.