After turbulent days, BVB emerged stronger from the 2-1 win against Leipzig – and wants to use it as a blueprint so that one question will soon become unnecessary.
The moments after the final whistle: Alexander Meyer (left) celebrates with Nico Schlotterbeck.
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Matthias Sammer hugged Lars Ricken and said a few words in his ear, then high-fived Carsten Cramer. In short: Borussia Dortmund’s agent reacted euphorically to the 2-1 win against RB Leipzig on Saturday evening, with which the BVB professionals took a lot of pressure off themselves and coach Nuri Sahin.
Sebastian Kehl, who is also under critical scrutiny at least publicly, also breathed a sigh of relief. “Relief, but also joy” was felt by the sports director after the final whistle. “You saw today that we can be very, very good,” he rejoiced Sky. “I believe that the team more than deserved the win today. We fought until the end, especially after the 120 minutes during the week.”
“We will of course take that as an example.”
Kehl had already seen a step forward during the DFB Cup exit in Wolfsburg. But the way the personnel-stricken team inflicted Leipzig’s first Bundesliga defeat since February 24th was far more impressive. “Despite the issues we have, we appeared to be very stable on the ball, were courageous, defended aggressively going forward, created chances to score – significantly more than in the last few weeks,” said Kehl. “We should have scored one or two more goals, then the game might have been even smoother. But we were really good today and I think the people liked it too.”
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But why not do it more often? “The question is legitimate,” Kehl had to admit. “We will of course take that as an example. That has to be the standard with which we want to play, with the passion, with the aggressiveness and then also with the individual class.” After all, sports director Ricken emphasized again shortly before the game that we had to “think results-oriented”.
Before the Champions League duel against Sturm Graz on Tuesday (9 p.m.) and the league appearance in Mainz on Saturday (3:30 p.m., both LIVE! on kicker), the sixth win in the sixth home game of the season comes – combined with the jump fifth place – like a liberation. “It strengthens us all,” confirmed Kehl. “We need victories in the end to bring a little more calm to the whole store.”
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