BVB seems to have come to terms with the status of the eternal second. The last impression: 0: 4 against Hoffenheim – a conclusion that reveals a lot.
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Sometimes the truth comes into its own when you stand in front of microphones sweaty on the edge of the field. Roman Bürki did not take a mask or a hand in front of his mouth: “After 45 minutes you noticed that there was a team on the pitch who didn’t feel like it.” He was referring to his own. 0: 4 against 1899 Hoffenheim – in their own, albeit empty stadium.
An embarrassment, more embarrassing than the 0: 2 against Mainz two weeks earlier. Bürki was right: Borussia Dortmund misled from the Corona season. The BVB goalkeeper was loaded enough for even more self-criticism: “Many things were wrong today, and then the result is a result. We have to continue working on a winning mentality. This is something that Bavaria has more than we do . “
While the long-established champions FC Bayern played at the same time in Wolfsburg regardless of losses, Borussia let things go. The Dortmund motivation problem seemed even stranger than against Mainz, since the gala was 2-0 at RB Leipzig in between. While the BVB squad demonstrated their true options against the opponent for second place, they crashed against Hoffenheim: the guests ran seven kilometers more, even in the Dortmund penalty area the opponent was allowed to move freely with social distance. Hoffenheim’s Andrej Kramaric used this to four goals.
For Dortmund, the irritating non-performance put a conclusion to a season in which the runner-up apparently settled in second permanently. “Bayern are better. Point!” Coach Lucien Favre acknowledged the game. Are you okay, somehow? Have you landed fully in the target corridor? More is not possible anyway? Before the season ended, sports director Michael Zorc announced that Favre should fulfill his contract in the coming season. You can justify this with reference to your scores if you have arranged yourself as a club with the status of eternal second. Statisticians can prove that Favre’s point average has been higher in the last two seasons (most recently 2.14 per game) than that of his prominent predecessors Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel.
At the same time Dortmund, also remembered Bürki, made a series of point losses against beatable opponents. Either out of arrogance or because of a lack of body tension, as against Hoffenheim, Mainz or at 3: 3 against Paderborn. At the same time, Dortmund went under in the particularly important games due to a timid, strangely defensive stance. The club achieved the season’s goal of qualifying for the Champions League, but was eliminated twice in a row in the DFB Cup under Favre’s guidance; each in the round of 16, against Bremen.
Also in the round of 16 in the Champions League ended with an extreme defensive tactic at Paris St. Germain. In the first leg of the league, BVB went down almost without a fight in Munich (0: 4), just as in the previous year (0: 5). And in the Corona final spurt in the home game against Bayern (0: 1) didn’t do much either. “If you don’t win your direct games against Bayern, you can’t become champions,” summarizes BVB boss Hans-Joachim Watzke.
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