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That night the young savages were unstoppable.
With irresistible dynamism, VfB Stuttgart edged out runner-up Borussia Dortmund and inflicted the biggest home defeat in years on Lucien Favre’s side with a 5-1 win. For Favre, the applause was synonymous with the end, BVB pulled the tightrope a day after the game and separated from the Swiss. Dortmund had last conceded five goals in a loss at their own stadium in a 5-1 win on 12 September 2009. (Service: Bundesliga Results)
The opponent at the time was not a Bundesliga promoter, but FC Bayern Munich. But BVB also had no chance against VfB for long periods of the game. In doing so, Stuttgart sometimes even demonstrated the blacks and yellows with their own weapons: dynamic, irresistible and carefree offensive football, which is usually Dortmund’s strength.
Reus praises Stuttgart: “It was no coincidence”
Even the enemy fell into ecstasy after this lesson. “The way the goals came was not a coincidence,” BVB captain Marco Reus said after the match, and received outstanding support for his thesis.
“Many do not take VfB seriously and do not see what has developed in Stuttgart in recent weeks,” praised Hans Meyer, member of the Borussia Mönchengladbach executive board, in CHECK24 double pass the suebi.
Pellegrino Matarazzo’s team played a big role in the 1: 3 match against FC Bayern a few weeks ago and would have deserved to take something accountable back then. But the record champion’s coolness in relation to some lush top carats on the Stuttgart side prevented it at the time.
Against Dortmund, the VfB appeared in front of the much more cheated goal, the victory against BVB was the second in a row and catapulted the promoted to seventh place. “We work brutally as a unit and we play with dominance and conviction,” the coach praised his team.
VfB best away team
VfB is especially convincing away from home. There, Stuttgart are still undefeated, ranking first in the away table, in total Stuttgart have only lost two games so far. At home, however, the Suebi are still waiting for their first win of the season.
At Dortmund, however, Stuttgart convinced not only with speed and wit, but also with aggressive pressure and a robust duel. And that with a starting eleven that, at 23.37 years old, was the second youngest in the history of the Stuttgart Bundesliga. With Wataru Endo, the oldest player in the starting lineup was 27 years old.
“We stayed true to our line, we always played boldly forward and we were not deterred. That impressed me,” enthused VfB CEO Thomas Hitzlsperger. Sky. The lack of veterans in the starting eleven – Gonzalo Castro missed the match with a yellow card – is not a problem for Hitzlsperger: “Many fans want an axis or a good mix between experienced players and young players. We are not convinced that age and experience per se is a quality criterion “.
Stuttgart trusts the youth
For these reasons, Stuttgart decided in the summer to give more opportunities to young people. “We are ready to rejuvenate extremely. We fill in a lot of players who are extremely talented, and who are looking for their place and moving forward. That worked,” Hitzlsperger said happily.
Due to this sentence, Holger Badstuber was demoted to the second team. Hitzlsperger defended this brave but also risky decision: “We knew there was not only applause. There will be discussions. Something like that can go wrong. We make decisions that were not popular. We often say that we are brave you want to be. So you have to do that too.”
More recently, Silas Wamangituka attracted the attention of the young and wild in the VfB attack. The Congolese, who caused a stir in a 2-1 win at Werder Bremen a week ago by braking in front of the goal line on his second goal, scored a double in two consecutive games.
Lack of knowledge as an important factor at VfB Stuttgart
For Matarazzo, however, the end of development at VfB is far from over. “The potential is limitless with Silas and many other players,” he said.
Sporting director Sven Mislintat has a significant stake in the potential of the current Stuttgart team. The former BVB squad planner has been with the Swabians since early 2019, his contract expiring at the end of the season. An extension is coming.
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“I hope he stays. We have been talking for a few weeks. We agree financially. We want to work together, but it has to work for both parties,” Hitzlsperger said.
This season there is much for the surprise newcomer. The risky path of the Suebi has paid off so far. And VfB football doesn’t just love the league, it has also been extremely profitable so far.
BVB has now felt this painfully as well.
