Emotional speech against fear
Bochum’s captain Losilla fights back tears
May 7, 2023 at 5:21 p.m
The fear of relegation at VfL Bochum is growing after the bitter bankruptcy against Borussia Mönchengladbach and the victories of the competition in the table basement. With three games to go before the end of the season, coach Thomas Letsch’s team has their backs to the wall.
The emotionally touched Anthony Losilla conjured up a sense of unity in the bitter hour of the defeat and in view of the victories of the competition in the table basement. “It’s about so much more. Not only are we affected, but also the members, employees and the whole city,” said the VfL Bochum captain with tears in his eyes after falling onto a relegation zone and at the same time promised “that we do not give up”.
But the 0: 2 (0: 1) at Borussia Mönchengladbach not only left Losilla at a loss. “That was far, far, far too little in our situation,” criticized the leader and called on his teammates for the remaining three games: “We have to show a different attitude. Nobody will give us anything.” The rest of the program seems at least feasible with home games against FC Augsburg and Bayer Leverkusen and the encounter at bottom Hertha BSC. “Three games, nine points. That’s the clear task,” calculated defender Keven Schlotterbeck.
“Clearly a matter of the head”
But after six games without a win, the self-confidence is cracked. VfL made many careless mistakes in the first half to help the Gladbach team who were also unsettled. “This created a mood in the stadium and the opponents became more confident,” complained coach Thomas Letsch. Now you are “under pressure” in the next three games, the situation “hasn’t gotten any easier”. There is a gap of two points to the district rivals Schalke 04 in the saving place 15. While Letsch didn’t have the impression “that it was a matter of the mind is,” Losilla contradicted. “It’s clearly a matter of the head.”
Letsch has a week to come to terms with the defeat. Then the groundbreaking duel against Augsburg awaits. The spectators “anne Castroper” could be the big trump card for VfL on Saturday. Even after the disappointment in Borussia Park and the goals conceded by international Jonas Hofmann (35th) and Joker Lars Stindl (90th + 1), the fans who had traveled with them applauded their team. Not only Losilla knows that it only works together.