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Mats Hummels was about to make an analysis of this disaster, because he was shouting from behind. The defender of Borussia Dortmund turned around and saw that here, in the catacombs of the Munich Arena, just caught up with his past: Franck Ribéry came laughing at him and hugged him warmly. The former Bayern player and former Hummels teammate is visiting. After the humiliating 0: 4, it looked as if this hug was a consolation. "Where did I stop? Mia, the analysis." Hummels snorted deeply again.
It was difficult for everyone on the way out of Munich to explain this game. Coach Lucien Favre appeared at the post-match press conference as a professor who had lost a big experiment. "That was far too little, much too little," he said with a disappointed, weary look at the press conference. To go into a long international break with such a defeat is "difficult".
Sporting director Michael Zorc at least seemed livelier: "I can not explain this performance to you, ask the players," he said, adding, "I would also take out the coach completely, to put it bluntly, ask the players "
Every BVB race ends in Munich
In part, you can actually relieve the current coach. Because BVB obviously has a very general problem with self-confidence when it comes to Munich. Last March, the Dortmund came with three victories in the luggage to Bayern and lost 0: 5. In March 2018 with three unbeaten games - 0: 6. In April 2017: four unbeaten games, 1: 4.
The players seemed like the new leaders defeated in Munich as helpless as the club leadership. "Made a lot of mistakes, defended too deeply, played sloppy balls," mumbled Julian Brandt.
The best explanations were provided by ex-Bayer Hummels, who is known to have become a commuter between the two major opponents of German football. And his performance did not necessarily lead to the conclusion that Dortmund should hold big title ambitions - the championship had been proclaimed as a goal before the season. So what else is missing from Dortmund?
Too rarely set characters
"If I have to limit it to one thing," Hummels thought for a moment, "you have to be careful what word you use ...". Did he mean real-guys soccer? It is also possible that he avoided the word mentality. Finally, he said, "Compared with it, if the opponent is fully there, physically." There are just too often duels in which "we want to drop and have a free kick." With the tough duel but you could set signs for the entire team.
These signs are too often for his taste. He himself was one of the better players of the evening, but then scored his own goal in the 80th minute own goal. Ultimately, the veteran attributed the black evening to the performance of his former employer. "From the 15th minute it was nothing more, because we were the clearly defeated team Bayern was better in all respects."
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Bayern against BVB: Everything the sameHummels's approach explains why, especially in top games such as in Munich, the performance for so many inexplicably sagged: The evening showed "that we are not a top force, we can be."
It can be you. But not always. A particularly sobering realization when it comes from a player who has always stood on the other side when Dortmund failed in Munich. In Dortmund, however, they could also lead to expectations of a lasting decline before the next home game against SC Paderborn on Friday in a week's time. Then the team travels to the Champions League match to Barcelona.