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Just four days after surviving the Champions League group stage as group champion, Borussia Dortmund returned to earth in the German Bundesliga.
In the game against VfB Stuttgart, the Blacks and the Yellows went bankrupt against the Suevi for the first time in 14 years, and that was the right thing to do. At 1: 5 Borussen were brought down by the promoted team (match report >>>), especially the BVB defense seemed extremely stiff and full of holes at the end of the third English week in a row against the young and lively Stuttgart.
“If we are not aggressive in the initial behavior and we do not accept the duels, we simply run after. We are not a team that can defend well, we must be very clear,” says BVB captain Marco Reus, who deserves a victory for Stuttgart saw what was “very embarrassing” for Dortmund.
Reus: “Stuttgart showed what we were doing”
With Reus, who instead of the still injured Erling Haaland had to run to the front of the storm and did not stab at all, the frustration is great: “Stuttgart was superior to us in every respect. He showed everything we wanted to do.”
Actually the requirement in Dortmund was to do the last four games before Christmas successfully and thus start 2021 with a good starting position, that meant the three Bundesliga games against Stuttgart, Werder Bremen and Union Berlin as well as the second round of the DFB. Cup at the Eintracht Braunschweig two days before Christmas. Now that the start of this pre-Christmas mission has gone awry, Dortmund’s gap to the top of the table is five points and could grow even further if Bayer Leverkusen win on Sunday.
Counted Favre: “A disaster”
Due to the Corona related schedule, BVB looked extremely exhausted than before against Stuttgart, there are now three more games on the schedule in seven days. By the end of the year at DFB-Pokal on December 22, Borussia will have played ten games in 32 days. If the constant rhythm of three days is to blame for the black and yellow debacle against Stuttgart or if Borussia don’t have the same winning mentality as the Bavarians, who have to go through the same ordeal?
It is definitely part of the whole. It’s also about mental freshness, which we don’t have at the moment, because it’s not easy right now, of course. But then it is about having automatisms in the game, being focused and playing meaningful football. Meaningful means taking risks where appropriate. We can often make up for things with individual class, today it went mercilessly wrong, “says Mats Hummels.
In any case, the intense game plan is no excuse. Dortmund coach Lucien Favre, who is fighting for the extension of his contract, which expires in the summer, is furious: “It was a disaster. We made too many serious mistakes. We did not win the balls and we did not get into the duels. Stuttgart did play good, but we were also very bad and that doesn’t work. “
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Hitzlsperger: “I could throw up confetti”
As much as the frustration at BVB, the jubilation over the victorious VfB is rampant. The Stuttgarter have just been promoted back to the Bundesliga and despite their good performances, they are still rarely rewarded. In Dortmund, of all places, an offensive fireworks display finally succeeded, dragging the Swabians to seventh place on the table. “I can throw confetti, I’m very happy about what I just saw, “VfB sporting director Thomas Hitzlsperger tweeted after the game.
Hitzlsperger built a very young team, but much more talented: he should be rewarded for this risk. The average age of Stuttgart’s starting XI in Dortmund was 22.8 years old, which is the youngest starting XI sent to the field in the German Bundesliga this season.
Especially on the offensive, the Suebi have very talented personnel: Silas Wamangituka (21 years old), Tanguy Coulibaly (19), Mateo Klimowicz (19), Nicolas Gonzalez (22) and also the legionary ÖFB Sasa Kalajdzic (23), who lives in Dortmund. However, they remained seated on the bench, they have great potential and could be recommended for more important tasks in Stuttgart.
Wamangituka outshines them all
Silas Wamangituka, in particular, was able to make his way into the limelight this season. The Congolese has already scored seven goals and three assists in eleven appearances, despite being at Stuttgart 3-5-2 in the hybrid position on the far right, where he must also perform defensive duties. At Dortmund, the fast and technically strong 21-year-old contributed two goals and one assist.
“He and some of the other players on the team have enormous potential. They are not distant and accelerate hard in every training session. With Silas and many other players, the potential is unlimited,” said VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo. his spectacular offensive streak.
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German Bundesliga: youngsters from Stuttgart destroy Dortmund
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