In the strange 3-3 draw against Darmstadt, TSG once again dropped points due to serious inadequacies.
Hoffenheim’s coach Pellegrino Matarazzo was angry. IMAGO/Langer
Things were seething in Pellegrino Matarazzo. You could see it, you could feel it, and then you could hear it. “That just pisses me off,” complained the Hoffenheim coach, who had once again watched in disbelief as his team and especially his defense carelessly squandered their success. To top it off, Ozan Kabak had a complete miss and five minutes before the end played a free kick in his own half unchallenged into the feet of Darmstadt’s Luca Pfeiffer. Seconds later, Tim Skarke heaved the ball into the near corner to make it 3-3.
“Today the dropouts were extreme”
“It’s actually difficult to digest. It’s absence in one situation or another, I can’t explain it any other way,” Matarazzo puzzled, “that’s not how you reach your goal, we can’t have such failures too often, that was extreme today We always have phases like this in the game, but today the dropouts were extreme.” Just the other day, Kabak provoked a penalty with a completely unnecessary tackle in his own penalty area and thus initiated the equally unnecessary 1-2 defeat in Gladbach.
But colleague John Anthony Brooks had once again ruthlessly revealed his weaknesses. The central defender was too passive and did not lead the three-man chain decisively into forward defence, which meant that spaces were often too large in the center that could no longer be closed, and Brooks also seemed helpless before the second goal when he was nowhere near the duel came.
“This is getting on my nerves”
“We were far too passive defensively. The boys didn’t push through and were too deep. That was exactly the issue at half-time, we showed these scenes, and that’s how we conceded the second goal,” said Matarazzo angrily, “this issue “We have it week after week. We have to quickly get things to look different and perform defensively for 90 minutes. Conceding three goals against Darmstadt in this way, it pisses me off, period.”
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To make matters worse, Brooks also missed a great chance to make it 4-2, but the former US international headed a corner from Anton Stach unchallenged from a few meters over the goal. “Despite the performance, we have a huge chance to make it 4-2 and have to win. That’s very bitter,” complained Matarazzo, “the team is also dissatisfied – with the result and the performance. That’s hard for me to digest too. That’s how we come not the goal. These misfires shouldn’t happen so often.”
In any case, the people of Kraichgau can start the new football year with lots of good resolutions.
2023-12-20 10:04:11
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