BVB license player manager Sebastian Kehl announces consequences: “There will be no ‘keep it up'”

BVB license player manager Sebastian Kehl has announced consequences after the embarrassing end in the Europa League intermediate round against Glasgow Rangers. Dortmund’s performance in the season will be subjected to a critical analysis.

“Of course that’s not enough for our requirements and makes us think,” said Kehl after the third cup out in 2021/22 (six points behind leaders Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga). table football.

Kehl on the BVB situation: “It’s a challenge”

The season will “now be worked up well and clear decisions will be made from our analyses.” He gave a clear route for the coming season: “We have to position ourselves completely differently in these competitions, there will be no ‘keep it up’. The situation is a challenge, that’s obvious, but we accept it resolutely,” analyzed the Dortmund license player manager.

After a 4-2 defeat in the first leg against Rangers, a 2-2 return in Glasgow on Thursday was not enough to qualify for the round of 16 in the Europa League. “In the end we deservedly got eliminated after 90 minutes twice. That doesn’t live up to our expectations,” Kehl didn’t want to look for any excuses.

The 42-year-old has not yet been able to say what personal effects the Glasgow game will have on next Sunday’s Bundesliga game against Augsburg. BVB are currently plagued by major injury problems.

Kehl: No “relaxation of the personnel situation”

“We have to see who’s available for the game in Augsburg, who’s ready. We’ll probably have to wait until Saturday,” said Kehl. A “significant relaxation of the personnel situation” is by no means to be expected.

The former Dortmund professional will take over the position of the current BVB sports director Michael Zorc in the coming season. Zorc had announced that he would not extend his contract with Borussia, which runs until summer 2022.