Monday, April 5th, 2021
Watzke etches: “Extremely disappointed”
Explosive mood before BVB monster task
Before the monster task at Manchester City, the mood at Borussia Dortmund is irritable. Managing director Watzke shoots unusually hard against the team and chalked up their will. It threatens to be the last business trip in the premier class for a long time.
When captain Marco Reus and Co. took the noble away suits in the Champions League for the last time out of the closet for a long time, the boss’s whistle was still echoing in their ears. “I’ve always protected the team. But I can no longer do that for the game against Eintracht Frankfurt. It’s a question of will, and the team disappointed me immensely,” said managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke den “Ruhr News “before the almost unsolvable monster task at Manchester City.
The mood before the quarter-final first leg at Pep Guardiola’s star ensemble on Tuesday (9 p.m. / DAZN and in the live ticker on ntv.de.) is explosive, not only Watzke broke patience after the defeat in the Big Point game against Frankfurt (1: 2). “I’m not in the mood for the Europa League,” scolded national player Emre Can.
But BVB will have to get used to the first season without the premier class in six years with seven points behind and seven games still to go – with all the consequences. “Of course, that has financial consequences, and it may be that you can’t buy someone you want and have to sell someone you want to keep,” said Mats Hummels at Sky.
Dortmund “clear outsider” against Man City
The head of defense should have primarily thought of the young stars Erling Haaland (20) and Jadon Sancho (21), who is still injured. Most recently, visits from consultant Mino Raiola and Haaland’s father Alf-Inge caused a sensation at several top European clubs. But an exit clause of 75 million euros will only apply in the summer of 2022. “There is no alternative plan,” said Watzke in the DAZN interview.
But the Norwegian elemental force wants to compete with the best. A season without a premier class? Actually unthinkable. The ongoing competition offers a back door. With a triumph in the Champions League, Borussia would have bought the ticket for the new season. The duel in the first quarter-finals for four years with the winning machine Manchester City, however, dampens hopes. Watzke sees the black and yellow in the “clear outsider position”. Nobody wanted Bayern and City, so Watzke: “The lots were totally contaminated.”
With the currently outstanding ex-Dortmund İlkay Gündoğan, City has won 26 of the last 27 competitive games. Watzke therefore pointed out to the players the chance of a clear distribution of roles. “I never had the feeling that our team is particularly humble. It’s a very interesting constellation, because you can only really win,” said the 61-year-old and added: “If you are eliminated, everyone says that it was clear But if you throw them out, it’s of course a world sensation. As a result, you as a player have fun with that. “
The possible consequences of a departure accompanied the BVB players when they took off on Easter Monday. “Not reaching the Champions League would be a sporting and financial catastrophe. We’re close,” said Hummels. The mood with the sovereign leaders of the Premier League is completely different. Gündoğan is looking forward to a “very special game” at the rendezvous with the old love. The “most important time of the season” begins with the duel against Dortmund. At the end of the triumph in the Champions League should be.
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