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Without Erling Haaland, there are not many things together at BVB.
The Norwegian forward scored at will before his hamstring, but missed the last four Bundesliga games. The Norwegian will also not be able to participate in the DFB Cup match at Eintracht Braunschweig (Tuesday, starting at 6 pm LIVE on TV on SPORT1).
In the second round of the DFB Cup, SPORT1 will show the duel between Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Braunschweig on December 22 from 6 pm LIVE on TV and on STREAM
Without Haaland, Dortmund only won one of the last four Bundesliga games and even fell to fifth place after losing 2-1 at Union Berlin at the end of the year. But the BVB engine doesn’t just stutter due to the lack of Haaland. Another “failure” hits Dortmund hard: Jadon Sancho.
Sancho a shadow of himself
The 20-year-old Englishman was only absent from the field in four games this season, but has mostly acted as a shadow of himself since the summer. No goal in the Bundesliga, three assists. These are the weak numbers that show Sancho’s influence on BVB’s offense in all eleven games this season.
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In the Champions League he shone in the 3-0 win against Club Brugge with a fantastic free kick and a great performance. Otherwise, their numbers are light years ahead of those who, in addition to Haaland’s goals, were largely responsible for the runner-up last season.
For comparison: Sancho scored 17 goals and 17 assists in the last Bundesliga season. The attacker scored his last goal in the German top division on May 31. Sancho has not scored 16 Bundesliga games.
In Berlin, the 20-year-old had a great opportunity when he was perfectly staged in the 10th minute by Youssoufa Moukoko. But Sancho took the ball carelessly and then closed too central with his weaker left foot, so that Andreas Luthe was able to stop at the Berliner Tor.
A scene that gives an account of Sancho’s current situation at BVB. The Englishman from time to time gives the impression that he is not one hundred percent at work, his dynamic careers with and without the ball have been a bit lacking in the season so far.
Terzic on Sancho: “There is no lack of commitment”
“We try to offer each player the best possible support. On the one hand, there are individual things that the player has to improve on. As a group, we also have to see how we can better support him, take him to positions where we can feel good. “Terzic said at the press conference prior to the cup match.
Terzic denied that Sancho was hanging up. “Definitely the commitment to him is not lacking. He defends himself and is eager to show everything. Currently, his ease and magic to which we are accustomed is lacking. We will give him the best possible support so that he recovers these things.”
But when will that be? Is the missed move in the summer a reason for your problems? At the time, the Englishman was reportedly about to move home, allegedly having reached a deal with Manchester United. However, because BVB insisted on its € 120 million transfer fee, the switch had failed.
Physical and mental fatigue are also likely to play a role in Sancho’s sharp drop in performance. The game plan adjusted in time has not left him without a trace. After the cup match, the BVB professionals have a few days off, but they don’t have much time to relax. On January 28, Dortmund will meet again for the crown test, and training will begin again a day later, before VfL Wolfsburg is the first opponent of the year 2021 at Signal Iduna Park on January 3.
Sancho can’t go home
Sancho also has to do without the long-awaited short vacations at home. “If I see the current situation correctly, it is not possible to return to Germany. Therefore we cannot allow our players to travel to England,” sporting director Michael Zorc said before the game against Braunschweig.
Due to new mutations in the coronavirus, the federal government has banned flights from Britain to Germany, with a few exceptions. This prohibition applies at least until December 31. Currently, Sancho is likely to travel home, but it is unclear when he could return to Germany. Some European countries have already closed their borders with Great Britain.
In the case of a longer stay in Great Britain, Sancho would not only be canceled at the beginning of the year, due to the hygiene regulations of the DFL, which foresees two PCR tests in a week with a maximum interval of five days during the time off from play, Sancho couldn’t even return at the beginning of the year. play again immediately. Dortmund simply cannot afford that.
It is unlikely that current events have really contributed to Sancho’s mood. For Terzic, in addition to the well-known problems on defense, one of the most important tasks will be to get his superstar back on track.
Because the burden in the new year is hardly less. The BVB could use a bit of Sancho’s “magic”.
