Dortmund defeated their troubled competitor 4-0 on Saturday in the Veltins Arena at Schalke (match report >>>) and thus contribute to the fact that the relegation of the “Royal Blues” is increasingly unlikely. Actually, to the chagrin of the Borussia themselves.
“If it really turns out like that, it would be a shame for the fans and us players.
The Bundesliga and we as a club also live from this explosiveness and this fire. Hope always dies last,” says BVB captain Marco Reus. Sky “. If he could choose, he would “let Schalke in.”
Emre Can agrees with his team-mate: “It would be a shame if there weren’t any more derbies in the Ruhr area. But yes, it will be difficult for them to prevent relegation.”
Schalke: “A lot went against us”
At Schalke, they are aware of the precarious situation, but with nine points behind the saving bank, relegation is still possible at the moment.
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“We believe in it until the bitter end. We fight,” says Schalke coach Christian Gross, who also says: “A lot went against us today.”
Such as the failure of Shkodran Mustafi shortly before kick-off, or the injury-related replacement of keeper Ralf Fährmann in the first half, which meant that Michael Langer came to his second season appearance.
Langer: “Extremely shitty situation”
The 36-year-old from Vorarlberg is visibly disappointed after four goals against and another defeat: “We try to get everything out of the way every week, including in training. It didn’t work out for us again today in an immensely important game. It is clear that we are sad , disappointed, angry. “
Langer does not give up hope yet: “It’s an extremely shitty situation, to get to the point. We have no choice but to straighten up and keep fighting, we will do that too.”
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The whole region, we are all very disappointed and dissatisfied. We are extremely angry with ourselves, but it doesn’t help. We have to pull ourselves up again,” said Langer, not knowing anything about giving up.
Dortmund continues upward trend
Borussia Dortmund was able to pick up on Saturday exactly where they left off during the week in the Champions League win against Sevilla. BVB did not have the easiest time recently, dropping a few points in the Bundesliga, but with the win against Schalke they were able to reconnect to the Champions League places.
“We came here today to win a derby. We succeeded. We are very satisfied with the result as well as the performance and the way we scored the goals,” says BVB- Head coach Edin Terzic, who has his first derby in the dugout behind him.
The 38-year-old could hardly have imagined a better Derby debut. “
The 90 minutes were really cool, it was fun. When you win, it’s always good. When you win here, like Borussia, you are of course particularly happy.”
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