Dortmund quake before Revier derby: does the BVB coach really provoke his end? "We will see"

Borussia Dortmund has another coaching discussion.

For Lucien Favre, it will be tight before the Revierderby against FC Schalke - and the BVB coach is irritated by a question.

• Borussia Dortmund

  starts

  the new

  Champions League season

  with a defeat at

  Lazio Rome

  .

• BVB coach Lucien Favre

  has been criticized again - his personnel decisions raise questions.

• Before the

  Revierderby

  against

  FC Schalke

  (Saturday from 6.30 p.m. in the live ticker) it will be tight for the Swiss.

Update from October 22nd, 6.15 p.m.:

Many critical observers puzzled why

also went into the new

with

, who was

repeatedly counted in public

.

Despite no titles (except for the Supercup 2020) and a number of setbacks since summer 2018:

step

to continue to

to the Swiss was classified as brave, if not risky.

After the 1: 3 at

, there is now sadness on Rheinlanddamm 207/209 - again.

There, from where the bosses of the

can look over the city of Dortmund and directly onto the Signal Iduna Park from the upper floors of the office.

have long since

let

their frustration run free on

social media

.

And

?

Before the

against

this Saturday (3:30 p.m.), he is taciturn and in small syllables.

As after the game in Rome, the 62-year-old looked almost at a loss at the match day press conference.

He also causes irritation with the goalkeeper castling.

had

swapped

for

, but their Swiss compatriot seemed to be

overwhelmed

at the

the

.

#Favre: "We made too many mistakes in Rome. It wasn't enough. Sometimes that can happen. The game against Schalke will be very different."

# BVBS04 #Revierderby

- Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) October 22, 2020

The

asked at the PK

whether he would swap between the posts again

.

“We'll see,” he replied laconically, “I can't say more”.

Striking: At

,

had thrown completely surprisingly in September 2015 after interim successes.

In Berlin, almost exactly to the day six years earlier, he even gave his own press conference in a hotel to present his view of the separation from

.

How are things going with him in

?

Soon not at all?

Borussia Dortmund: coach Lucien Favre under pressure again after a setback at Lazio Rome

First report from October 21:

Rome / Dortmund -

threatens to become disillusioned with sport early on in the season: BVB

started the Champions League with a defeat

at

.

That alone can of course happen - and the chances of reaching the last sixteen are still there.

BVB landed on the ground again after CL bankruptcy at Lazio Rome

The way, however, ensures that the club under coach

, which is always endowed with title

recently landed on the ground again.

It fits all too well into the picture that of all people,

, who failed in Dortmund, was

one of the match winners in the home win for the Serie A club.

Enough.

Borussia is defeated in the Olimpico.

#LazioBVB pic.twitter.com/7eIOXQXImt

- Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) October 20, 2020

So once again a

and his tactics

flares up with the black and yellow

, and the

is once again coming to the fore.

Licensed player boss Sebastian Kehl expressed dissatisfaction with the Bundesliga club's performance after the game, and BVB captain Marco Reus didn't try to be restrained either: “Our passing game wasn't good, nor was our counter-pressing.

Actually we missed everything.

That is of course bad in a Champions League game, "said the offensive man to Sky (click here for the votes).

Borussia Dortmund and title ambitions: is BVB missing the winning mentality?

Despite their undoubtedly

, Borussia Dortmund

still

seems to have problems being fully there in trend-setting games with great attention - a characteristic that title competitor and series champion FC Bayern * all too often shows.

Although the Westphalia have upgraded personnel for the new season,

can be held.

Despite important personnel decisions, BVB has to find out this season that certain problems under Favre do not seem to be eliminated.

An Achilles heel in the defeat in Rome:

, who is not yet the hoped-for reinforcement as the successor to Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan).

A loss of the ball by the Belgian, of whom sports director Michael Zorc recently said he made “very, very few mistakes”, led to Immobile's early goal.

Meunier has not yet been able to prove his skills in the Bundesliga either.

One consolation: Even Hakimi had in Dortmund

.

The BVB's goalkeeper position is also a symbol of uncertainty: In the

, the regular number one Roman Bürki had to take a seat on the bench - compatriot Marvin Hitz was preferred.

A hint for a changing of the guard?

In general, Favre currently offers a lot of attack surface with its personnel decisions and its tactical orientation.

As usual in English weeks, Borussia will soon have the opportunity to make

: with a home win in the derby against Schalke 04.