Bundesliga: “Horror season” threatens: Desolater BVB also stumbles with Kovac

Before the fan curve, the Dortmund players hit the bare rage. Coach Niko Kovac, on the other hand, remained calm after the embarrassment – at least in public. “We won’t lose our nerves,” said the 53-year-old. He didn’t reveal what it looks like in him. The crisis at BVB continues to come to a head. The 0: 2 in the Ruhr area duel at VfL Bochum was the next low point of a Bundesliga season, which was completely screwed up so far.

The coaching change from Nuri Sahin to Kovac has no effect. The former Bayern coach has been the first BVB coach since Timo Konietzka 41 years ago, who loses his first two Bundesliga deportia. The starting force peppered with national players offers at most mediocrity. BVB is unable to master a relegation candidate. On the contrary: Dortmund was deserved to Bochum.

Hamann: “Hops and malt are lost”

“The Dortmund play like a youth team. Professionalism, seriousness, passion-not to be seen,” said former soccer player Dietmar Hamann as a sky expert. “Hops and malt are lost. All that should be a basic requirement is not shown. They don’t need a coach who need a magician.”

National player Nico Schlotterbeck asked: “It doesn’t matter which coach is on it: The team has to come out of the pots on their own. We have to perform, we have to make the turnaround very, very quickly and each one may have to look at and better Bring performance and maybe not look for excuses elsewhere. “

Defensively faulty, offensive harmless

Once again, the Dortmunders did not adequately oppose a physically strong and highly motivated opponent. A devastating mistake by defender Niklas Süle before 0: 2 and far too little creativity in the game came forward.

Neither the wing rangers Jamie Gitten and Karim Adeyemi nor the central midfield with Marcel Sabitzer, Pascal Groß and Julian Brandt put the well -stocked Bochum defensive in danger. Brandt, which, according to Kovac, is within reach of Florian Wirtz and Jamal Musiala, has been in the form of form for weeks. Hamann certified him in Bochum an “underground” performance.

The 28-year-old is supposed to be one of the Dortmund leader, go on and next to the square. That doesn’t work.

Kovac: “I’m there. That’s enough”

After the mandatory TV interviews, none of the Dortmund players showed themselves in the interview zone of the Ruhr Stadium. Kovac found a curious explanation for this.

“We’ll be playing again in four days,” he said with a view to the second leg in the playoffs of the Champions League against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday (6.45 p.m./DAZN). “It is clear that the boys take measures that they regenerate as soon as possible, eat the food they need to be on board again.” Kovac added a smile at the press conference: “I’m there. That’s enough.”

It is currently not enough for BVB’s goals. After five defeats in the first seven Bundesliga games of the year, Dortmund is eleven – for the proud district club, which wants to be Bavaria hunters, this is a sporty disaster. The gap to a Champions League -Platz – actually the minimum goal of the Borussia – is already eight points. A coming season without international competition is becoming more and more realistic.

Schlotterbeck calls for the “Basics”

It is currently difficult to imagine that the Dortmunders still end the season conciliator. The deficits are too big. “The basics in football – take on duels, especially duels lead first – that has to change quickly,” said Schlotterbeck.

The 25-year-old added: “And if we can’t do it, then we are where we are-right. We have to get it quickly, because otherwise the season is a horror season. But I hope we get it still there and I also believe in it. “