Borussia Dortmund were back in the Champions League places in the Bundesliga against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim until injury time – than former BVB professional Jacob Bruun Larsen scored to equalize for TSG. Shortly after the break, Gio Reyna gave BVB the lead.
The Hoffenheim team had the rare phenomenon that the coach was able to rely on his own experience from the first half of this season when scouting: Christian Ilzer had faced BVB a little over a month ago. The Austrians were still working for Sturm Graz and Dortmund were on the verge of a home win in the Champions League. Ilzer’s team had some excellent players before Donyell Malen finally bagged the three points for Borussia.
Ilzer Hoffenheim celebrates his team, Sahin Dortmund is angry
Ilzer told Sportschau after the game: “when players come in at the end and then score, you often blame the coach. But what is always importent is what the team does with it this time we showed that we are on our way. Of course I had some insights from the game here with Graz, but overall it worked well for us and the point is very critically important for morale in the end.”
His teammate Nuri sahin was particularly concerned about the late goal: “It’s very disappointing,it can’t happen. You have to defend it to get where we wont to be.After the 1-0 win, we tried to manage. Overall we had poor energy on the pitch, which bothers me.”
Andreas Kramer, Sportschau, December 15, 2024 7:58 pm