Last Saturday, BVB carelessly squandered the chance to draw level with leaders FC Bayern on points. Irrespective of this, Borussia Dortmund’s sports director Sebastian Kehl has a clear motto for the end of the season in the Bundesliga.
“We want to be German champions,” Kehl clarified in an interview with the “Ruhr Nachrichten”, not wanting to give in in the duel with the Primus from Munich.
Hope gives the former captain of the black and yellow the remaining program until the 34th matchday.
“It’s only two points behind Bayern Munich. We still have six games ahead of us, four of them at Signal Iduna Park. We’re the strongest team in the league at home and we’re always able to start a series,” announced Kehl. You are “closer than at this point in the season for years”.
BVB “missed a lot” in Stuttgart
However, Kehl admitted the recent 3-3 draw at VfB Stuttgart hurt. With a majority, Dortmund gambled away a 2-0 lead and gave up the 3-2 scored late in injury time.
“We were missing a lot as a team in Stuttgart after the break. We expect everyone to subordinate everything to our joint success and our goals,” explained Kehl.
The sometimes harsh public criticism afterwards was “absolutely deserved, even if it hurts. Nevertheless, there is no point in constantly looking in the rear-view mirror,” emphasized the 43-year-old. The team has “shown several times this season that they can deal with such setbacks and even come out of it stronger.”
On Saturday evening (6:30 p.m.) BVB welcomes Eintracht Frankfurt. “We now need a very good week of training, a bit of anger, absolute greed, the unconditional will to defend our goal together and, of course, the support of our fans. Anything is possible with this package,” said Kehl.
