On Sunday evening, Borussia Dortmund sent a sign of life in the Bundesliga after disappointing weeks and owed the strong Mainz 05 3: 1 (2: 0). Numerous BVB protagonists at “DAZN” had their say around the game, including coach Niko Kovac and match winner Maximilian Beier.
Niko Kovac (coach Borussia Dortmund) …
… for his first two months as a BVB coach (before the game): “It is not easy, it is very difficult. But I still imagined it better from the points. You have to do it in two, on the one hand the Bundesliga, and on the other hand the Champions League. In the Champions League, we are not in the Bundesliga.”
… the demanding program: “We don’t get bored. We still have the entire week to prepare for Freiburg. But it will not be as intense now as if you have normal weekly rhythms. Especially since we then have two really crispy English weeks to Freiburg. So that we will go down with the workload that we have the necessary freshness. There are now two players are also closed to Freiburg. be fresh. “
… on the question of whether the look at the table is more gratifying: “Yes, easy, but not much. So at least now we are there. The results are right for us again today. But if you don’t win your games, it doesn’t help. Today we have won, but we still have a lot to do and still have seven games.”
Maximilian Beier (double scorer Borussia Dortmund) …
… for strong performance over 90 minutes: “We welded ourselves together as a team all week, trained intensively and today gave everything on the pitch.”
… on the requirements for the demanding upcoming program: “Yes, the best way to do today.
Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund) …
… to his successful corner balls: “Daniel beat the corners during the week. Then he felt a bit struck. Then you have two left feet with me and Karim, we wanted the corners to the goal. The coach once said that at Bayern Munich there was also a left foot IV – Holger Badstuber – and he also beat the corners. In training, they actually came very well.