Weakest quota of all TSG coaches
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Coach Christian Ilzer doesn’t want to simply accept TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s disappointing performance at FC Bayern Munich before a landmark game in the fight to stay in the league. “You can lose 5-0 here, we have to talk intensively about how that happens. “Bayern is certainly not our benchmark given our constitution, but we still have to act differently,” said the Hoffenheim coach after the depressing defeat in the Bundesliga.
“We have an important game in Kiel in three days. We will not destroy each other, but want to get out of this situation together,” said the 47-year-old Austrian. Hoffenheim remained winless for the ninth competitive game in a row on Wednesday evening. Ilzer only won at his premiere – a disastrous record with an average points score of 0.6, the weakest rate of any coach in the Kraichgauer’s history. Ilzer only took over for the released Pellegrino Matarazzo in mid-November; he followed sports director Andreas Schicker from Sturm Graz. According to “Sky” information, Ilzer’s transfer fee cost 2.5 million euros.
“At the moment we are simply lacking individually everywhere. If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work, but then you have to leave everything on the pitch. “I don’t have the feeling that it was like that for everyone today,” criticized midfielder Dennis Geiger. “We are in the middle of a relegation battle, there is nothing to sugarcoat. It’s about nothing else for us. I hope we show a different face on Saturday, otherwise it will be difficult for us.”
TSG Hoffenheim before a trend-setting basement duel
On Saturday, Hoffenheim, who slipped into the relegation place (14 points), will have to play against Holstein Kiel (11), who won against Borussia Dortmund. “We have to get over the game against Bayern very quickly, we have an important game ahead of us on Saturday,” explained defender Kevin Akpoguma. “You can always give everything and fight, but today that wasn’t right. We just chased and lost the ball too quickly.”