He scored. Newcomer Modeste gives BVB three points with his goal debut. The coach is happy, the teammates are happy. But Dortmund had to worry about their lead again.
Anthony Modeste knew who to thank in particular. After his goal debut in a Borussia Dortmund jersey, the almost 1.90 meter storm colossus ran towards Edin Terzic and jumped into his arms.
“The coach noticed that I’ve gotten so much on my lid lately, and the coach has always had my back and always supported me,” Modeste said after the game on Saturday at the Berlin Olympic Stadium on Sky.
Modeste as a match winner
With his headed goal in the 32nd minute, the new signing became the match winner of the Westphalia and underlined his reputation as a Hertha fright with the eighth goal in the eleventh encounter with the club from Charlottenburg. “We are sure that it was the first of many,” said Terzic and commented on the joint celebration with a smile: “I have a scene in mind where he runs towards the coach and starts dancing. That has he let it stay today, thank God.”
After Borussia lost a 2-0 lead against Werder Bremen in the final minutes and suffered their first defeat of the new Bundesliga season with a 2-3 win, they saved the narrow lead this time with great effort. “We reminded the boys how bad it felt to be on the pitch,” Terzic revealed one of the secrets of motivation.
“One point after four games sucks”
With nine points from four games, the Westphalians maintained their chasing status, the Hertha slipped to the penultimate place with only one draw despite good attempts again. “A point after four games sucks, of course,” emphasized attacker Marco Richter, who celebrated his comeback thanks to a substitution after recovering from testicular cancer. And he almost topped it off with an equaliser, but just hit the bar.
Despite all the joy about the win, keeper Gregor Kobel also complained that Dortmund had to worry again. “One thing first: We have to score our goals earlier so that we can have more peace in our game. So that we can catch our breath more,” he said. And coach Terzic agreed, especially with a view to the upcoming English weeks: “It’s also about saving energy.”
Özcan: “It was an intense game”
After the final whistle, it became clear that his pros had really put their energy into it. While the traveling Borussia fans sang, danced and cheered about their own victory and the 1:6 swatter for the district rivals FC Schalke 04 against the Union from the east of Berlin, some of the players let themselves fall on the lawn exhausted. “It was an intense game,” said Salih Özcan, who showed a great performance on his debut in the starting XI and prepared Modeste’s goal in an ex-Cologne co-production.
“It’s never easy as a striker when you miss two or three games, I’m happy for him personally,” Özcan said afterwards and explained the slightly different style of play with the so-called target player in the center of the attack: “We tried to get Toni more He has his qualities there. You could see that with the goal. He’s unbelievable.”
Source: Stern
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