After the 1:3 defeat against Borussia Dortmund, the TSG professionals are struggling with the avoidable goals conceded and the missed opportunities.
Frustrated: Hoffenheim’s expressions after the end of the game speak volumes. IMAGO/foto2press
“It really hurts today,” assured Oliver Baumann after the second home defeat of the season, “because it’s our own fault. It was unfortunate and unnecessary. We pushed and pushed, but didn’t score the second goal. And the goals conceded are more or less less all created by us.”
Error chain 1: The hosts, who dominated and controlled the game for a long time, lost their way to the game in just a few scenes, in which several avoidable mistakes were made one after the other. That started before the score was 0-1, when Hoffenheim got themselves into trouble with their own throw-in. Ihlas Bebou, who represented Pavel Kaderabek on the right, who had injured his adductors in the final training session, threw the ball, although still positioned in his own half, not forward along the line as agreed, but across and riskily to John Anthony Brooks, which was also difficult to process . Brooks tried to take the ball with his chest, but fell victim to the pressing of Dortmund lying in wait, and a few seconds later it hit behind Baumann.
Matarazzo: “Clear principle in the throw-in structure”
“We already have a clear principle in the throw-in structure, depending on how high we are on the pitch and want to throw forward in the position,” coach Pellegrino Matarazzo also analyzed afterwards, “that was not part of our concept. If Brooks has a free one If he has a foot, he can play it directly forward and clear it longline. But he also cleared such actions regularly, including with his chest, but this time he probably didn’t notice the opponent.”
Error chain 2: Even before falling behind again just before the half-time whistle, Hoffenheim’s team once again made several mistakes until they conceded a goal. On the left, Robert Skov set up Dortmund’s goal, but unnecessarily took an unnecessary step towards the sprinter, who used exactly that moment to sprint past the Dane. In the physical duel with Anton Stach that followed, the Hoffenheim player stumbled, leaving room for painting. Brooks and Baumann could not agree on who was responsible for his sharp cross; the goalkeeper ultimately let the ball bounce forward uncontrollably, directly to Marco Reus, who was ready to take a shot – 1:2.
Error chain 3: Despite being outnumbered, Ihlas Bebou dribbled against two Dortmund players on the right, lost the ball to Ryerson and then couldn’t agree on responsibility in the chase with Florian Grillitsch, so the Borussian ran across half the field and finally alone towards Baumann, who he also met still tunneling – the final decision.
A huge board, it has to be in there.
Pellegrino Matarazzo on Grischa Prömel’s top chance
“We conceded unnecessary goals today,” said Matarazzo angrily, “plus we didn’t take advantage of our chances.” The biggest one was missed by Grischa Prömel, who managed to head the ball in completely free after a buttery cross from Andrej Kramaric, but only hit it improperly and actually left ex-Hoffenheim player Gregor Kobel a chance to defend. “It’s a huge board, it has to be in there,” said Matarazzo. And a little later Robert Skov was just unlucky with a brilliant free kick that hit the bottom edge of the crossbar.
TSG’s last compelling action came after just 51 minutes, and they were unable to create any clear opportunities even when they had the advantage. “After that, we played far too slowly, didn’t draw the opponent either in width or in depth, there were too few crosses and too few chances to score,” the 45-year-old analyzed his team’s unsuitable power play, “normally it should be “It shouldn’t be a disadvantage, but we actually had less space than before, Dortmund were more compact and defended differently, we didn’t manage to pull the opponent apart.”
Baumann draws out positive things
Despite all the disappointment, Baumann also recognized positive things. “We can still get a lot out of it, we felt we were better and pushed them in playfully and had our chances,” noted the TSG captain, “that was very positive, we played better football and played flat at the back compared to the game in Berlin.” Everything was right, but our own series of errors decided the game in favor of BVB.
2023-09-30 09:28:13
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