Borussia Dortmund’s sports director Michael Zorc thinks the mental attitude is one of the reasons for the German soccer runner-up’s soaring moment. “There is greed in the troops. In football it is supposed to express that you keep concentrating on the next game, “he said on Thursday:” The focus is there, that has cost us points over and over again in recent years. That’s where we evolved and we have to keep proving that it is. “
Striker Erling Haaland serves as a prime example of this “overall very good development”. “It exudes such a positive dynamic. Why should we slow them down now? “, Said Zorc:” He is leading the way, that is good for us. I don’t believe in artificially slowing down positive developments. “
Zorc and BVB coach Lucien Favre want to take the next step this Saturday (3:30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky) in the duel against the ailing 1. FC Köln. On paper, the roles are clearly assigned, BVB are the clear favorites against a Cologne team that has not won 18 Bundesliga games. However, Favre warned against underestimating the opponent: “They are very well organized and very difficult to play. The negative statistics don’t tell me that much. Cologne only lost 2-1 at home to Bayern, and undeservedly! Each of the last games I’ve seen from them has been very close. “
Personal changes
Favre indicated, however, that after the 3-0 win against Bruges in the Champions League in the Bundesliga home game there will be personnel changes again in order to distribute the burden in view of the large number of games. “It is important that we have as few injuries. Rotation is very important. So far it works very well. We’ll keep it up, ”said the Swiss.
Haaland is probably not affected by a rotation against Cologne. The 20-year-old Norwegian, who scored four times against Hertha BSC after the international break and twice against Bruges, was given a guarantee. “We now had two games and a four-day break. He will be able to play, ”said Favre. He wanted to give Haaland a break “as late as possible”.
Zorc and Favre also commented on the “too early” death of Diego Maradona for them. Both had brief encounters in their careers with Argentina’s soccer idol, who died on Wednesday at the age of 60. “That’s way too early,” said Zorc. “I got to play against him once at Camp Nou. I didn’t win many duels against him. In my time he was the best player in the world. ”Favre, who once played with Servette Geneva against Maradona and FC Barcelona, said the same thing. “He was the best player on the pitch then. Unfortunately he died too early. “
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