Certainly, it is one of his most painful defeats, Borussia coach Lucien Favre deflects with his hand-penalty-attack, but only by the regular performance of his team in the Derby, writes Sarah Wiertz.
Two Red cards, four goals against, the Derby, the lost. “This was a game of hand?”, Borussia Dortmund coach Lucien Favre asked after the game. “It’s so ridiculous. For me, this is a scandal. This is a great shame for the football. This has nothing to do with football.” The otherwise level-headed Coach was operated to make it clear whether the great expectations in him, the FC Bayern to the title in dispute.
Incomprehensible, however, is that he reduced the defeat of his team against Schalke on these hand penalty. Of course, this was controversial. Of course, you do not need to enter this. Of course, the hand rule has to be changed. But it currently applies to all, and almost every club you can sing in this season, a song.
Model Kohfeldt
DW-editor, Sarah Wiertz
What Favre but after the game not to mention value found was: Dortmund played – up to the beautifully played goal from Götze – just not especially good, not at all masterfully, while area-rival Schalke fought passionately. Of course, a controversial goal can bring a team out of the concept. But a Top Team like Dortmund may not happen. Especially as 72 minutes to draw the game, it’s the time to 1:1 again in the right track.
Favre’s trainer colleague Florian Kohfeldt from Werder Bremen has shown a few days ago in a similar Situation, what is a sovereign and reflected response. After the DFB-Pokal semi-final against Bayern Munich is a very harsh penalty decision, the chances of making it to the final of the Bremen destroyed had not put Kohfeldt value, “to reduce everything to the penalty”. He prevented after the final whistle, a pack on the lawn, so that the penalty is “not big issue”. And he then congratulated the opponents.
Mind you: Kohfeldt is 36 years old and since 2017 as a coach in the pros in the business, Favre is now 61 and, since 1993. The Derby has shown today: Borussia Dortmund this season is not ripe for the title. And the Trainer is not there.