Rose: Core issue at BVB - special praise for Bynea

The defeat against VfL Bochum once again revealed the largest construction site in Borussia Dortmund: the defensive. On Saturday, not a team who is bursting with self-confidence on the offensive traveled to the Signal Iduna Park. The team of coach Thomas Reis had only hit the mark 30 times before the match day and last remained goalless three games in a row. In Dortmund, Bochum suddenly scored four goals.

This increased the black and yellow goal scoring account to 50 hits. To classify: The penultimate Arminia Bielefeld conceded as many goals as the BVB. "When I look at the table and see 50 goals, it is clear what the core topic is," coach Marco Rose also realized the problem at the press conference.

It was actually a classic football game according to the motto: if you don't do the things in front, the opponent will meet.

Julian Brandt

However, the coach also saw deficits on the other side of the square against Bochum. In his view, his players should have "had to close the sack before". Some of his protégés agreed: "It was actually a classic football game according to the motto: If you don't do the things in front, the opponent will meet, for example Julian Brandt.

But this was also the only criticism that the coach expressed. His team ran more than the opponent on Saturday and was tired at some point for "understandable reasons". Of course, the personnel problems would also play a "certain role".

"Things that we don't have in our squad"

After the final whistle, the fans apparently saw this differently and acknowledged the performance of the BVB with whistles. In addition to the defeat, this disappointed because the whistles were "rightly". Despite the bitter derby defeat, there was also a little ray of hope for the Borussia. The 17-year-old Jamie Bynoe-Gitten convinced Rose in his starting eleven debut and thus recommended himself for further missions. "He shows a few things that we are missing that we don't have in our squad," explained Dortmund's coach.