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Lucien Favre crouched on the podium in the press conference room at Signal Iduna Park, trying to explain what was difficult to explain. What was missing in his game with Borussia, that was evident to everyone. BVB had been “a pity to win the ball”, the Swiss repeated it several times, and repeatedly complained about the “great impatience” of his team, which caused slight turnovers and invited Stuttgart to counterattack. During the twelve-minute press conference, the 63-year-old even managed to get the word “catastrophe” out of him.
BVB takes a disclosure oath against Stuttgart
But little was heard from the Dortmund coach about the reasons for such an unexpected foul. An analysis is necessary, “we will have to talk,” Favre said, and if he wanted to sound determined in this answer, he failed miserably. After his team’s reveal oath, Favre was at least as bad as his players in the second half of the goal at 1: 2, which was a real blow. A goal “absolutely at the wrong time”, as the coach admitted. During the break, he explicitly pointed out the urgency to defend better. Seven minutes after the restart, the doorbell rang at Dortmund’s gate again. “That really hurt us, but there’s no reason to play forward so impatiently and rush to the counter.”
Favre couldn’t deny that there was one team on the field that fought passionately for victory together and a second that didn’t get that unit on the field that day. However, the Swiss did not want to “speak in public” about the reasons for the lack of attitude and, in some cases, the lack of discipline of some of the players on his team. It is clear that a review is inevitable. “We don’t have much time and we have to set an example in the next game.”
Watzke, BVB boss: “We have to analyze this game”
At 18:38 hours, captain Marco Reus and his substitute Mats Hummels left the stadium in their private car. Work in the team circle will only continue on Sunday, Athletic Director Michael Zorc went home at 7:31 pm, followed by Marketing Director Carsten Cramer.
There was also no internal round from Dortmund’s leadership troika directly after the game. This was revealed by managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke when he left the stadium shortly before 8 pm “I watched the Bayern game with my closest employees.” Watzke declined to comment if he sees an urgent need to act in the coaching role. “It hurts, of course we have to analyze this game.”
At Borussia Dortmund there is a feeling of great perplexity
So on Saturday he ended up at Borussia Dortmund with the general feeling of great perplexity, which was also felt on the pitch for the 90 minutes. There is a lot of work to be done and time is of the essence. On Tuesday, Dortmund will play in Bremen, until then the club top will have to clarify for themselves if the manager is expected to change the trend quickly: Dortmund cannot afford to lose any more points. The alternative would be to pull the ripper cord immediately. Dortmund have only won one of the last five competitive matches, in the league Borussia is already behind the music after the third match without a consecutive victory.
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