Dortmund's out in the Champions League: The quality is missing

from Lisbon reports Matthias Thresh

First, the frustration remained, then only the emptiness remained: the 1: 3 defeat in Lisbon and the associated from the Champions League have shaken the BVB to Mark on Wednesday evening. Three goals, red for Eyre Can who wiped in his recipient at the stand of 0: 2 with his arm after the opponent and stepped with the foot, and in the Raphael Guerrero, which was just fit, another injured player — it came in Portugal Knüpppelhart for the team of coach Marco Rose, who conceded the consequential defeat of his even short term in Dortmund.

After the draw, one had left at the Russia: Ajax, Sporting, Besides — the way to the compulsory Octagon seemed paved. And it all started according to plan: six points after two matches, no intoxicating achievements, but reasonably sovereign victories in Istanbul (2: 1) and against Lisbon (1: 0). But then the game came in Amsterdam, that brutal 0: 4, where Dortmund was so clearly indicated the limits, as it was only possible to observe against FC Bayern. It was a game like a slaughter. And one, the powerful shook the self-image of that proud Russia.

The game remained in its vigor, a single case, but there were further — albeit of the BVB in all human problems in the DFB Cup. In the league, in the league, despite playful difficulties, predominantly persistently persisted. In the second game against Ajax, the black schools still failed at the referee, four days later against Leipzig in himself. Just like Wednesday in Lisbon. We were well in the game over 90 minutes, also had more possession of possession. But goals are in the opposing sixteen and prevents them in their own. And there was sporting better, coach Marco Rose summarized the Dortmund Dilemma in a few words. Unlike more often in recent years, the BVB was not failed this time on the mentality, but the quality. A circumstance that even more severe, even more painful, was even more serious.

Discussions about the always same mistakes

We just do not learn, the long inconspicuous Marco Reus, who had prepared the ultimately meaningless 1-3 connection hit by Donnell in the aftermath time by head. We are often discussing the same mistakes in the season, which we do. At some point it is hard to come back again and again.

Yes, there are quite explanations for this: The weekly failure of Erlang Haaland. The injury-related from Guerrero, which is similarly difficult to replace like the Norwegian goalkeeper, shortly before the kick-off in Lisbon. The lack of alternatives — overuse of players such as Zeus, Manuel Kanji or Axel Wiesel, who almost always has to play, although the consequences of his Achilles tendon crack at the beginning of the year becomes apparent.

But it is also obvious that it lacks the squad in the width of quality. And not only in the storm, where the club is still waiting for the final breakthrough of painting, though he would be so urgently needed in these weeks in which the absolute different players can not play. But also in the defense, where neither the Nico Schulz fails out in Lisbon from an injury to the cold water nor the Marin Panoramic borrowed from Wolfsburg are still sufficient, as they were demonstrated by the proof against sporting.

Premium loss is difficult to compensate

Economic constraints lasted the club shackles. The losses were high due to the Corona pandemic. In the summer, the action game was limited — especially since the expensive supplementary player like Schulz and Goalkeeper Roman Burke did not get from the salary list. One or the other construction site that would like to resist Rose and the BVB officers remained so. A successfully completed capital increase should help and give scope for retrofitting in winter. But to the wounds, the Corona inflicted the BVB, according to Club boss Hans-Joachim Wake, on Wednesday, this time was indebted. Even with a successful performance in the Europa League, the league loss in the Champions League would be difficult to compensate. This is likely to feel the club also to feel the stock market in the next few days, where the share already lost nearly a quarter of the value in the past six months and is no longer listed in the SAX.

This is an incision, Rose faded the mixed yield after the bitter bankruptcy in Lisbon corrective. Athletic. Economically. And last but not least for the prestige of the Russia, which has set itself the goal of luring the most exciting talents to Dortmund year after year. Using the remarkable Track Records of past years. With all the Jason Sancho's, Humane Dembélé and Jude Bellingham's, around which the football world envied BVB and still envied in the case of Bellingham. But also with the prospect of playing time at the highest level as well as the chance to play nationally about titles and put an international exclamation mark. So in January 2020, they also killed Haaland, who pushed a thumb in front of the TV on Wednesday — and soon has to be in the little beloved Europa League ran until he looks at a high probability in summer a new club.

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Rose must therefore manage defects so far

The evening of Lisbon is no questionnaire leaving traces. At the team, which must lick the league in Wolfsburg and against the FC Bayern as quickly and thoroughly as possible and thoroughly as possible, so as not to collect the next impact train — which is unlikely to be unlikely in view of the persistently difficult personnel situation. At Rose, who so far managed to manage shortcomings than that he could develop his team according to their own ideas and that in Lisbon for now repeated consequence, uncompromising and constancy of his team needed. And in the responsible persons for Wake, sport director Michael Zorn and his sooner successor Sebastian Keel, who are looking for fast and smart solutions for the most serious problems, so that the painful event remains only a singular event in the Champions League.

Otherwise, troubled Christmas and debates that you really wanted to avoid par tout in Dortmund.