With only 1.3 points per Bundesliga game, Thomas Doll was one of the worst BVB coaches in the past 20 years in 2007/2008. After the defeat against Bayer Leverkusen, the average points of the current Dortmund coach Edin Terzic is 1.7 points per Bundesliga game – with a clear downward trend. Now Doll has spoken to his ex-club about the tense situation.
“If you fire Lucien Favre, you want to see different results,” said the 54-year-old in an interview with “sport 1“After the 1: 2 defeat against Leverkusen last Tuesday, he had the impression that the fresh wind that the move from Favre to Terzic had brought to the team” has fizzled out a bit “.
Just relying on talent is not enough
The former national player is certain: “Something is wrong with BVB, that has to be profound and you have to find out quickly.” Doll misses the team spirit and the attitude of the professionals on the pitch. “But if people talk about mentality and attitudes after a game like this, that doesn’t speak for the team,” explained the trainer who is currently unemployed.
Although BVB has a high quality in the squad, Doll lacks “power on the pitch when things are not going so well” at the Revierklub. In this regard, Marco Reus, Jadon Sancho and Co. could, according to Doll, learn from the surprise team of the Bundesliga, Union Berlin. “They don’t have the individual class of BVB. But Dortmund can take an example when it comes to attitude, mentality and discipline. Everyone knows what they have to do. At BVB you rely on talent and think that’s how you come already through. But that’s not enough, “said the former HSV coach.
Doll asks the mentality question
The BVB must now “get the curve as quickly as possible” and Doll sees coach Terzic’s duty. “It will be an incredibly difficult task for the coach because the pressure is only just starting now,” said Doll, who last trained in Cyprus APOEL Nicosia, but was dismissed in December 2019 after just four months.
After Terzic at the press conference before the important Bundesliga duel against Borussia Mönchengladbach had already asked the mentality question, said Doll in the same horn and counted the BVB professionals. “If you have a good attitude, you also have a good mentality,” explained the two-time GDR champion: “Just wiggling a little and doing a few feinting is not an option.” The body language of the BVB players urgently needs to be improved, because “if you can’t do that, you don’t stand a chance. The quality only asserts itself when the basics are accessed.”
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