Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen wants to rehabilitate themselves after the cup embarrassment at third division club SV Elversberg (3: 4) in the top game at Borussia Dortmund on Saturday (6:30 p.m. / Sky).
“I can feel the team’s desire and will to improve,” said coach Gerardo Seoane. The “big challenge” in the sold-out Signal Iduna Park they want to “face with an increase in performance”.
In training, his players were “very committed and focused,” said Seoane. Therefore he was “satisfied with the intensity”.
The Swiss expects a better defensive performance at BVB: “We have to improve in many areas. We have to work very homogeneously, especially against the ball. We have to close the spaces together.”
According to Seoane, BVB has “reorientated itself very well”. Therefore, “Dortmund is to be expected” this season.
However, it is not only the runner-up who has to ensure more excitement in the fight for the title. “It is everyone’s wish and task to make the championship exciting. Every team can make its contribution,” said the 43-year-old.
The Werkself will have to do without long-term injuries Florian Wirtz and Amine Adli on Saturday.