Borussia Dortmund BVB goes under
“We didn’t want to have a ball, they wanted every ball” – Terzic’s anger after summer football
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Champions League finalist Borussia Dortmund once again rested numerous regulars in the Bundesliga. However, when Mainz is a relegation candidate, the idea ends in debacle. Coach Edin Terzic is served accordingly.
It was a B eleven like last week, but this time not only the setup but also the attitude was significantly different. Seven days after the 5-1 win against Augsburg, the completely changed Dortmund team lost 0-3 (0-3) at Mainz 05. The goals came in the first 22 minutes.
“We had the team set up in a similar way to last week. Only this time our role was that we were always late. It’s difficult,” said Edin Terzic after the 90 minutes with the relegation candidate, which had long been a debacle. Four days after reaching the final of the Champions League, Dortmund’s coach gave ten reservists the chance. Only Nico Schlotterbeck was on the pitch at kick-off, as he was on Tuesday in the 1-0 win in Paris.
“When you see how much Mainz fought for every space, for every meter… We didn’t want to have the ball, they wanted every one. A very bitter evening for us. “I’m not happy with myself either,” said Terzic, and his players didn’t even try to sugarcoat the devastating defeat in the relegation battle. “Mainz were always one step faster. We did the exact opposite of what we did last week. “So the 3-0 win at the break was okay,” said Marco Reus.
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The Mainz victory meant 1. FC Union slipped to 16th place in the table, which led to relegation games with the third team in the second division at the end of the season. The Berliners lost to 1. FC Köln in stoppage time. “We took the result from Cologne positively because we now had direct relegation in our own hands,” said Jonathan Burkhardt from Mainz, reporting additional motivation for his team.
Real Madrid’s B-Elf wins confidently
The reasons for Dortmund’s many personnel changes were the same as the weekend before, as Terzic explained again: “We had a lot of trust in the players and need freshness, both physically and emotionally.” At halftime he brought in Julian Brandt and Ian Maatsen and Jadon Sancho, three new players. However, not much changed anymore.
Dortmund’s final opponents showed on Saturday evening how it can work with a B team. Real Madrid completed its mandatory league task against FC Granada and won 4-0 (2-0) three days after the semi-final drama against FC Bayern Munich against the second-to-last team in the table. The goals for the Royals were scored by defender Fran Garcia (38th minute), top talent Arda Güler (45th + 2) and Brahim Diaz (49th/58th).
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Of the starting eleven for the game against Munich, Real coach Carlo Ancelotti only called up German international Antonio Rüdiger back into the starting line-up in Granada. Toni Kroos only came into the game in the 70th minute. Nevertheless, the team from Madrid, who were already champions, gave the home team no chance and achieved their 28th win of this league season with great efficiency. On June 1st, Real will face Dortmund in the premier class final in London.
“It was also important for us to stay in the rhythm and gain self-confidence. That’s a shame,” said Reus. Terzic added: “We wanted to use the three weeks to make them the best of our lives. We failed to do that today.”
