BVB's injuries to Marco Reus and Julian Brandt are so difficult - how does Lucien Favre react?

Borussia Dortmund has been severely weakened by the injuries of Marco Reus and Julian Brandt. Can Lucien Favre compensate for the failures?

• Borussia Dortmund recently suffered several setbacks.
• In addition to Marco Reus, BVB also has to do without Julian Brandt due to injury.
• What options does Lucien Favre have to respond to the injuries?

Dortmund - Borussia Dortmund suffered several setbacks last week. The 2: 3 defeat against SV Werder Bremen in the DFB Cup (Tuesday, February 4) was followed by the next negative experience for the team of 3 in the Bundesliga in the 3: 4 against Bayer Leverkusen (Saturday, February 8) Head coach Lucien Favre (62).

Borussia Dortmund: Marco Reus and Julian Brandt are missing from BVB due to injuries

But that's not all. Because the injuries of the two top performers Marco Reus (30) and Julian Brandt (23) are likely to affect BVB much worse, as RUHR24.de * reported.

BVB captain Marco Reus suffered a muscle injury in the cup game against SV Werder Bremen. "According to the current status, he will be able to start training again in around four weeks," announced Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday (February 5) on the club's own Twitter channel.

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Lucien Favre reacted to the injury of the 30-year-old in the top Bundesliga game against Bayer Leverkusen by switching to a chain of four. In addition, the two new winter entrants Erling Braut Haaland (19) and Emre Can (26) moved into the starting eleven of Westphalia.

However, the 62-year-old had to correct these business games against the "Werkself" again at half-time. After an unfortunate duel with Leverkusen's Lars Bender (30) in the second minute, Julian Brandt was unable to continue in the second half.

Borussia Dortmund: Julian Brandt is out for BVB against Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Dortmund already announced on Sunday (February 9): "Julian Brandt has torn his ankle ligament against Bayer Leverkusen [...] he will not be available in the upcoming league game against Eintracht Frankfurt " , In the meantime, the tabloid Bild assumes a downtime of four weeks .

So at least in the home game against Eintracht Frankfurt next Friday (February 14th) Lucien Favre's talent for improvisation is in demand. But what are the options for the 62-year-old Swiss?

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Most likely would be against shooting star Giovanni Reyna (17) against Frankfurt Eintracht. Finally, the 17-year-old already occupied the vacant position of injured Julian Brandt in the second half against Bayer Leverkusen.

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In addition, it can be assumed that Erling Haaland - unlike in the cup game against SV Werder Bremen - will from now on appear in BVB's storm center. Still, Lucien Favre has other options to respond to Marco Reus and Julian Brandt's injuries.

For one thing, Mario Götze (27) could wear the creative part in the midfield of Borussia Dortmund. However, the 27-year-old recently got only a few opportunities to prove his skills. In the current season, the 2014 world champion was on the grass for the Westphalian from the start in just five Bundesliga games.

BVB: Injuries to Marco Reus and Julian Brandt hit Borussia Dortmund hard

Meanwhile, Mahmoud Dahoud's (24) season balance in the "Black and Yellow" shirt looks even more sobering. In the Bundesliga, Lucien Favre only put his trust in the 24-year-old in three games from the start. Not a single one over the entire 90 minutes.

It is therefore a fact that BVB cannot compensate for Marco Reus and Julian Brandt's injuries without a major loss of quality. Good advice is therefore expensive for the 62-year-old Borussia Dortmund coach in order to stabilize the Westphalia again in an already difficult season .

* RUHR24.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.

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