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After their 4-0 defeat against Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg are criticizing BVB, who also lost 4-0 against Hoffenheim. Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke is not going to put up with that. He also protects Coach Lucien Favre.
Wolfsburg and Hoffenheim played a remote duel for sixth place on the last match day, which means direct qualification for the Europa League. While Wolfsburg conceded a 4-0 defeat at home to champions Bayern Munich, the Hoffenheimers in Dortmund scored a 4-0 victory at the same time, displacing the wolves into seventh place and thus into the Europa League qualification.
A fact that frustrates some wolves. After the game Maximilian Arnold finds particularly clear words: “It is a pity that we are only seventh. To be honest, I never thought that Dortmund would play that way. But it is what it is. 0: 4, what else can you say? » The 26-year-old also reveals how he wants to cope with the frustration: “Tonight I’ll be annoyed again, I’ll really drink myself and then it’s okay again.”
BVB boss counters Wolfsburg criticism and defends Favre
BVB boss Watzke has no sympathy for criticism from Wolfsburg: “Anyone who loses 0: 4 themselves should shut up,” he said on Sunday in the Sport1 program “Doppelpass”.
Watzke also defends Lucien Favren against criticism. «Every coach in the world would have lost the game yesterday. We had the same coach in Leipzig, »said the club manager with reference to Borussia’s strong performance a week earlier in the top Bundesliga game at RB Leipzig.
Regardless of the recent discussion about the allegedly missing title gene from Favre, Watzke stands behind the Swiss: “He can clean up with the rest of the prejudices in the coming season.”
Unlike many critics, Watzke does not mainly attribute the loss to Hoffenheim to one of the team’s mentality problems: «It is not about having no desire. In some situations, you just can’t get the switch flipped. The game in Leipzig apparently led to a drop in voltage. » The BVB goalkeeper Roman Bürki saw differently the day before immediately after the final whistle.
