Irony of fate: Does Rose exacerbate the Terzic crisis?

Borussia Dortmund will have to make a 180-degree turnaround against RB Leipzig on Saturday after their performances at Bayer Leverkusen and VfB Stuttgart. The hare-footed approach that BVB recently pursued under Edin Terzic downright shocked many observers and fans. Criticism of the head coach is growing and could now be intensified by Marco Rose of all people.

Problematic situation at BVB

The Saxons’ trainer had to resign from BVB almost a year and a half ago. It is at least questionable whether this would have happened if the then technical director Terzic had not been the logical replacement candidate immediately available. At the time, it was a constellation that certainly did not strengthen Rose’s position in Dortmund: the commitment of the coach from Borussia Mönchengladbach was confirmed early on, and interim solution Terzic, who replaced Lucien Favre in December 2021, was supposed to return to the second line.

The Terzic mortgage for Rose

At the end of the season, Dortmund suddenly put together a strong series, even winning the DFB Cup in the final against Leipzig under current national coach Julian Nagelsmann. Terzic would probably have won a plebiscite at this point, but for Rose it was a real mortgage to replace the interim coach, who was extremely popular among fans, and then also have him as a shadow man behind him. BVB created the position of technical director especially for Terzic, although what exactly the 41-year-old actually did this year remains quite vague to this day.

Rose gave the initiative herself

Rose left the club after a season in which expectations were met with second place in the Bundesliga, but great disillusionment spread in the cup competitions. According to reports, it was Rose himself who initiated the separation from BVB. Because he did not feel the necessary trust from the bosses during the season analysis, he took the step that hardly any participant had expected before the start of the discussion. The news of the end came as a complete surprise to fans and those around the club.

Does nothing really stick?

Those involved have since emphasized that Rose “did not stumble over Edin Terzic”, as did Sebastian Kehl in August 2022. And the Leipzig coach himself felt “zero point zero” satisfaction after seeing his former club on their debut last season swept Leipzig out of the stadium 3-0. But it seems difficult to imagine that nothing really stuck. After all, even professionals in the Shark Tank Bundesliga are people who feel emotions. Rose won’t say it, but he certainly wouldn’t like it if he can exacerbate BVB’s problems with a win on Saturday evening.

“I know the boys”

Of course, it won’t be easy, but Rose is expecting a reaction from his former club. “I know the boys, they don’t want to put up with this. They are angry with themselves and with what is happening to them,” the portal quotes RB live the 47 year old. The goals are the German championship, top four, winning the title. If the results aren’t right, things quickly become uneasy. Then you have to explain yourself,” continued Rose, who basically doesn’t want to comment on “the topics from Dortmund.” He can let his team speak on the pitch on Saturday.