After the 1-1 draw against Sevilla, Mats Hummels in particular was pissed off and clearly criticized the team. In the case of Jude Bellingham, on the other hand, the veteran went into raptures. The votes on the premier class draw by black and yellow.
BVB missed the early entry into the Champions League round of 16. In the home game against FC Sevilla, a win for Black and Yellow would have been enough to reach the knockout stages. In the end, the Andalusians separated after a deficit of 1:1.
The Dortmund players were therefore not really satisfied after the final whistle, even if the starting position in Group G remains comfortable. Above all, Mats Hummel’s extreme criticism after the final whistle.
Edin Terzic: “It wasn’t a really good game from either side, it was pretty tough. The result is so deserved, it was a deserved draw. I don’t think this game deserved more goals because there weren’t enough chances to score. I think we had problems starting up in the first 15, 20 minutes, but were then able to correct that a bit and switch things around and adapt […] Of course, Jude’s goal was well played, that’s what we imagined: letting the ball run faster, making the paths harder for them and that was okay in the second half for the first ten, 15 minutes. But really only okay, not good. [… ] Then the fact remains that there aren’t many chances to score and that you have to live with this draw today.”
Gergor Kobel: “I think we were the better team for long stretches. We had a lot of the ball and combined well. We were perhaps a bit too weak in the last third. But we did it well. [.. .] I’m sure I’ve been out for five weeks now.”
Mats Hummels: “It wasn’t a good game from us. After the 0:1 we started to press, to press better. We got Sevilla into a lot of easy turnovers and we had a few minutes of dominance. [.. .]It’s completely unnecessary to behave like that against an insecure team at home in front of 80,000, because we simply lose possession unnecessarily. That’s not enough game intelligence. I’m sorry, but Sevilla are very insecure, they were happy with the 1-1 here .[…] We lost the ball 20 times, completely unnecessarily, and we always played into tight spaces instead of letting them run in.[…]Football is actually a very simple game and we always destroy it ourselves Some people have to get out of their heads that football doesn’t have to be sexy, that successful football doesn’t have to be heel, toe, one, two, three at five meters, but that a player always does the right thing and not just sometimes the special.It’s difficult , if you feel like there aren’t enough people trying to push the place over and over again.”
Hummels about Jude Bellingham: “Jude always wants to win, in every training session and game. He invests a lot. It’s also clear that he has to channel certain energies at that age, which I would also like to have. But he has every minute this year and trying every minute to win and fight for the team. He’s allowed to complain and make mistakes. […] He’s not perfect yet, obviously, that would be frightening too, but he always will be better and is already very far. I’d rather have him who complains five times and accelerates for 90 minutes than someone who is silent for 90 minutes and accelerates less.”
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This article was originally published on 90min.com/DE as BVB votes on the 1-1 win against Sevilla – Hummels is clearly critical.