Sunday April 4th 2021
“Extremely disappointed”
BVB boss attacks the team violently
Sports director Michael Zorc is “very disappointed”, managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke goes directly to the team: The defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt will probably not only cost Borussia Dortmund the Champions League. There is now real trouble at the Revierklub.
Managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke has sharply criticized the Bundesliga team Borussia Dortmund after the 1: 2 defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt. “I’ve always protected the team. But I can’t do that for the game against Eintracht Frankfurt,” the 61-year-old told the Ruhr Nachrichten. In a game like this you have to show a different posture, you have to see that you want to leave the field as a winner and defend your own goal with all your might. “I missed that. It was a question of will, and the team disappointed me immensely,” stressed Watzke.
The late goal by Eintracht striker André Silva (87th minute) took BVB seven points behind the fourth in the table from Frankfurt almost all hopes of qualifying for the Champions League.
Sports director Michael Zorc also commented extremely critically on the performance and called for a reaction. He was “very disappointed,” he said. “In the role of the hunter, I expect a lot more. We didn’t meet our own standards, we made far too many mistakes, and that was meanwhile wild on the pitch.” Performance is now the decisive word. “In order to make the impossible possible, we finally have to bring performance to the field,” said Zorc.
Immediately after the final whistle, Mats Hummels initially had little desire for the usual perseverance. Similar to his teammates, the head of defense seemed stunned after the defeat in the “final” for Europe. In view of the growing certainty that BVB will not belong to the continental football elite for the first time since 2015, the former world champion sounded like surrender: “Not reaching the Champions League would be a sporting and financial catastrophe. We are now close and unfortunately dug a big hole for us. “
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