Before the 5th matchday of the Bundesliga, six teams are still without a win. Some saw it coming, others see themselves in a crisis of results – and at two clubs the situation is already serious.
“We knew that the road could be rocky, that you can’t take it into account that it would be so rocky,” says Roland Virkus. The sports director of Borussia Monchengladbach the disappointment is noticeable these days. Despite the XXL upheaval, more was expected from the “foals”.
But after four match days in the Bundesliga there is still no win. It’s the worst start to the season in eight years, and now a top team, RB Leipzig, is coming to the Lower Rhine. One thing is certain: the massive restructuring of the team is proving more difficult for those responsible than already feared. There’s also bad luck with injuries: “If you’re in a state of upheaval and then you’re still missing five players, then that’s a problem,” says Virkus. The performances in Augsburg (4:4) and Darmstadt (3:3) were particularly bitter, where despite a good offensive they were not enough to win. One thing is certain: patience is required in Mönchengladbach.
No unrest in Cologne yet
At the Rhenish rival, the 1. FC Cologne Despite the false start with just one point from four games, there is no unrest. “We have a crappy result, but everything else is fine,” says coach Steffen Baumgart after the 1:3 against TSG Hoffenheim, in which FC were beaten below their value, and sees a crisis in results. The coach said he was satisfied “in terms of play and performance”: “In terms of points, we are nowhere near where we could be. If we continue like this, we will be rewarded.” At SV Werder Bremen, which has already suffered three defeats, the chances of Cologne’s first win are not bad.
Bochum is struggling with the draws
That applies to him VfL Bochum not. Coach Thomas Letsch’s team has to play against FC Bayern Munich. In Bochum too, after three draws in a row (Dortmund, Augsburg, Frankfurt), people like to talk about a crisis in results. “I am of the opinion that out of the three draws we should have won once, could have won once and should have won once,” says Letsch. “Overall, the start is okay. We have to reward ourselves with a win, even with a dirty 1-0 as far as I’m concerned,” says Felix Passlack. But that will also be difficult for Bayern.
Darmstadt still in the “discovery phase”
Despite the botched start to the season, coach Torsten Lieberknecht also wants to go SV Darmstadt 98 continue to be patient. “I allow my team to still be in the discovery phase. I see us developing,” said the “Lilien” coach, recently also seeing small steps forward. “We knew that we were going to have extreme quality. There’s no way we’re going to tear ourselves apart,” said defender Christoph Klarer. For the 98ers, for whom nothing other than staying in the league is important this season, it will also be extremely difficult on the next match day. You have to play at VfB Stuttgart.
Mainz calls for solidarity
The situation is already more precarious 1. FSV Mainz 05. “It’s only dangerous if we don’t stay together,” says coach Bo Svensson from the bottom of the Bundesliga. That sounds a lot like perseverance slogans: “But from what I experienced with the group, we are on the right path.” But the fact is that 1. FSV got off to as bad a start as it did three years ago, when the Dane only took over as head coach during the course of the season.
Even worse: The 05ers have been without a win in nine Bundesliga games across the season. The coach is not up for discussion at Mainz. In Mainz, every cog has to fit into the other so that the club has a chance of having a very good season, explains sports director Christian Heidel: “If that’s not the case, it can happen that we end up at the bottom like we are now .”
Augsburg: Only one win from the last 16 Bundesliga games
The game at FC Augsburg is of particular importance for Mainz, because FC is also still without a win. “We concede goals far too easily and defend far too poorly as a whole team. That’s not how you get anything in the Bundesliga,” goalkeeper Finn Dahmen recently complained. Coach Enrico Maaßen’s team has only managed one win in the last 16 games in the Bundesliga.
That doesn’t exactly speak for a good development. Maaßen wants to “endure it,” he says: “It’s not a dream concert.” But Maaßen believes in a turnaround, with bottom-placed Mainz 05 in 15th place an opponent “at eye level” awaits.
2023-09-22 13:30:42
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