Despite derby victory and league lead: The construction sites at BVB are getting bigger

BVB celebrates – and rightly so! The won Revierderby catapulted Borussia to the top of the table, at the same time FC Bayern also lost feathers against FC Augsburg. And yet the situation in Dortmund is threatening. The game against Schalke threw up further construction sites.

Head coach Edin Terzic will have a lot to do in the international break. Starting with the failure of the captain, who is the linchpin of the Dortmund team under Terzic. But that’s not the only construction site that Terzic has to take care of.

The staff stays with BVB Kryptonite

Because even without Marco Reus’ failure, BVB was on the gums. The long-term injured Mo Dahoud, Sebastien Haller, Mateu Morey, Jamie Bynoe-Gittens are missing at all corners. With Gregor Kobel and most recently Raphael Guerreiro, other top performers are missing.

You can tell the team has to go to the limit to score. It won’t go well in the long run, especially since the next opponents are 1. FC Köln, FC Sevilla (first and second leg), FC Bayern and Union Berlin. Without Reus, Haller, Dahoud and Co., it could be quite a descent.

Statistics show: BVB are the most dangerous team in the Bundesliga

In addition to the personal problem, the shoe pinches in the area of ​​goal danger. In the statistics of the Bundesliga, BVB is the most inefficient team in the league, behind VfL Bochum. The absence of Reus exacerbates the problem, even if the recovered Donyell Malen and Karim Adeyemi finally relieve the lame offensive game again.

What is missing is an executor, is Sebastien Haller. Anthony Modeste, who was hired as a replacement, is more of a foreign body than immediate aid, and currently still has his greatest value in air sovereignty with (opposing) standards. Technically, the Frenchman is too weak and is therefore a stumbling block in Borussia’s combination game. Modeste was actually taken for the exploitation of crosses. In terms of flank frequency and precision, BVB is simply a disaster.

Although BVB would gain significantly more quality and a more fluid ball transfer in the last third with Haller, Borussia urgently needs to work on the precision of crosses.

Youssoufa Moukoko represents a solution. The youngster came on as a substitute against Schalke, made a lot of steam and finally scored the winning goal. However, Moukoko lacks maturity in his game and tries his head through the wall too often. With his still 17 years, that’s understandable, but definitely one of the reasons why the noble talent Modeste hasn’t pushed to the bank long ago.

Despite good performances, Meunier becomes a problem

In terms of personnel and goal risk, Dortmund is currently looking very thin. There is also a third problem for Edin Terzic: a lack of options on the right side of defence. Although Thomas Meunier is having a decent, if not a very good season, he has his weaknesses when playing with the ball at his feet. His crosses and game openings do not have the quality that BVB needs. It is currently being made easy for the opponent to force shifts to the right BVB side and leave the ball forward to Meunier.

Due to the fact that Marco Reus is not available for the upcoming tasks, the Dortmund game will inevitably be shifted to the wings. That becomes difficult when Meunier has to shoulder the ball and the crosses. It would be conceivable that Terzic would switch to a back three in the difficult games against Cologne, Sevilla, Bayern and Union and occupy the right flank with Marius Wolf or Thorgan Hazard. But that assumes that Raphael Guerreiro stays fit.

BVB gets the maximum out of it

It’s difficult to keep the ball flat after the great performance against Manchester City and the derby win. And yet you simply have to be aware at BVB that the coming weeks could be pretty dark.

And then it is important to consider the misery in terms of personnel and not to lose your head, because what is clear is that the team is getting the maximum out of it. And that’s what was missing far too often in the past.

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This article was originally published on 90min.com/de as.