Borussia Dortmund set a big exclamation mark with their 3-1 success in the top game at RB Leipzig. Edin Terzic’s team showed a strong fighting performance, building on old virtues that were often missed recently.
BVB has shown its nerve in the top tipico game and impressively won the so-called ” six-point game ”. The team of trainer Edin Terzic prevailed 3-1 in the table runner-up from Leipzig and thus withstood the immense pressure.
Dortmund avoids worst-case scenario
Because with a defeat in Leipzig, the gap in second place would have grown to nine points. With that, BVB almost finally said goodbye to the title race. Of course, trainer Edin Terzic was also aware of this constellation. ” Today we knew which direction it could go, ” said the 38-year-old after the game on Sky Micro.
Fortunately, from Dortmund’s point of view, the worst-case scenario was averted. With 28 points, Dortmund are now within striking distance of Leipzig (31). Bayern (33) are suddenly within reach again after their defeat against Gladbach (2: 3).
The three points in Leipzig can therefore be described as big points. The fact that the black and yellow are now in a much better starting position is mainly due to their regained mentality.
BVB holds against it with duels
The subject of mentality and attitude has always accompanied BVB in the past weeks and months, but in a negative sense. In the decisive games, be it in the Bundesliga or the Champions League, Dortmund often missed the necessary body language. But in Leipzig the team showed a completely different face.
BVB braced itself against powerful Leipzigers in the initial phase and held against it with intensive duels. ” Leipzig were the better team in the first half, but without a clear scoring chance. In this phase, however, we defended well as a team and didn’t allow anything big, ” said Manuel Akanji after the game in the mixed zone.
The Dortmund team accepted the fight, even if the first half did not want to succeed. The lightness and the pull forward were initially not there. This did not come as a surprise to Terzic. ” It is logical that in training we don’t start practicing goals with the hoe or overhead kicks, but rather work on the intensity, ” says Terzic.
Increase in performance in half time two
BVB fought its way into the game through this intensity. To make matters worse, BVB also lost its centerpiece in midfield, Axel Witsel, in this phase. The Belgian got stuck in the grass in the 30th minute without any external interference and had to be replaced.
