At TSG Hoffenheim, the decimated Dortmund team achieved a victory. Gregor Kobel liked Borussia’s unusual style of play.
Delighted with his team’s defensive fight: Gregor Kobel. IMAGO/Press photo Baumann
BVB keeper Gregor Kobel’s voice was noticeably damaged after the runner-up’s 3-1 win at TSG Hoffenheim. “It was emotional,” said the former Hoffenheim player, explaining this – and not necessarily alluding to his past with the Kraichgauer team. On the DAZN microphone, he was much more concerned with the hard-earned success of his Borussia, which “fought from the start” and ultimately overcame all resistance.
BVB is doing its job
“We were there in the important moments and did our job,” said Kobel, praising a Dortmund team that was constricted for long stretches after the break and performed uncharacteristically. Even before the yellow-red card against Ramy Bensebaini just under 20 minutes before the end, TSG had at times had over 70 percent possession of the ball, but had run up unsuccessfully. For Kobel, it’s a model with a future, at least in terms of defensive stability: “That’s not a problem. If we win the games, I think we can play even more boring football.”
Of course, attacker Niclas Füllkrug saw things a little differently, scoring his first goal in a BVB jersey with the goal to make it 1-0. The former Bremer player also acknowledged his team’s resilience, but at the same time saw potential for improvement in terms of play. “There’s a lot of creativity there, we have a very, very talented team,” he praised the potential of his colleagues, but said: “The ideas don’t always agree with each other.” The goalscorer explicitly included himself.
Filling jug and the lack of flow
Further work should bring improvement in overcoming these problems. “It’s important that we push ourselves to the limit of our performance day after day and challenge ourselves in training. Then the rest comes automatically.” “Lücke” also asked for more time in the game to do the final fine-tuning: “You can only train coordination things in the game. That doesn’t work in training because the opponent always reacts differently.” At first, however, the top scorer of the last Bundesliga season was only able to make sporadic convincing three points. “We have to get into a little flow. We can only do that through results.”
Ideally, the next success experience should happen as quickly as possible. If Füllkrug has his way, further victories should ultimately be noticeable in the way they perform: “Then we will quickly see a very nice and well-kept ball.” The next opportunity to do this is during the week. The first home game of the Champions League season will take place against Milan on Wednesday (9 p.m., LIVE! on kicker).
2023-09-29 21:31:31
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