Mats Hummels openly criticized the Vaudois coach’s tactics last December. Since then, Lucien Favre has been dismissed and the defender recently tried to justify his remarks.
Mats Hummels and Lucien Favre have had their ups and downs with Dortmund,
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Borussia Dortmund’s 1-5 defeat against Stuttgart on December 12 was one too many for Lucien Favre. The Vaud coach was sacked the next day by the German club, where he had been a coach since 2018, and replaced by interim Edin Terzic.
Right after this meeting, Borussia Dortmund defender Mats Hummels openly criticized the Vaudois’ tactical choices.
“We always try to play little by little in tight spaces and we have a huge rate of ball loss, regretted Hummels, questioned by” Sky Germany “. If it works, it looks like great football. But this is rarely the case. It takes too much skill. ”
These comments had been seen by many as an invitation to dismiss Lucien Favre.
“Speaking in public was the last solution”
This week, the defender returned to picture over this eventful period.
“I said that in the hope that things will improve, Hummels justified. We had already discussed it with the players and the staff and in my opinion, speaking in public was the last solution. There are times in my career when it has been beneficial. ”
The player also believes that he was not the trigger for Lucien Favre’s thanks. “My statements were not about the coach or his dismissal, but our club as a whole. I don’t think my statements had any influence with the leadership, ”Hummels detailed.
Better, he even goes so far as to praise the Vaudois coach. “It hasn’t all been bad the past six months with Favre. We qualified for the final phase of the Champions League after finishing first in the group stage. ”
Since the departure of Lucien Favre, Dortmund have two wins and one defeat in the league. Borussia are currently ranked 4th in the Bundesliga, with 25 points from 14 matches.
