The pictures of Matthias Sammer gesticulating energetically during the Bundesliga game against St. Pauli are going viral. Now the BVB advisor is taking a stand on this as well as Dortmund’s bitter defeat in the Champions League at Real Madrid.
BVB advisor Matthias Sammer suffered in the stands during BVB’s 2-1 win against FC St. Pauli last Friday. In the run-up to the Champions League clash at Real Madrid, in which BVB lost after a 2-0 lead (2:5), Sammer put the viral pictures of his outburst of anger into the overall picture that Borussia Dortmund is currently presenting.
“Borussia Dortmund has to continue to stabilize and continue to find itself. And you have to make yourself visible to some extent within this group when it seems difficult. Whether from game to game or in certain situations. Then you have to recognize a team in order to turn the tide back into your own favor. And they are on their way right now. With various fluctuations, as you saw with the team on Friday evening – and also with me,” explained Sammer Amazon Prime.
The 1996 European champion watched the game against St. Pauli on Friday in the stands next to managing director Lars Ricken. The TV cameras repeatedly caught him gesturing wildly to express his dissatisfaction with the Dortmund game.
“Should learn to measure unmeasurable factors”
After the final whistle at the Bernabéu, the 57-year-old explained BVB’s defeat as follows: “First of all, Real played better, faster, more straight. They totally dominated the attacking midfield, so they were able to create scoring chances and that’s why they’re the best team in the world.”
However, there are numerous other factors in football, including some that cannot be measured. “And yet I always try to think about it: What is the constellation of standards in German football?” continued Sammer. After all, you can sometimes lose 2:5 – he himself experienced something similar in his active career.
“I led Dynamo Dresden against Bayer Uerdingen 3-1 at half-time and lost 7-3, we all experienced that. In German football, we should fundamentally learn to measure the unmeasurable factors much more,” explained Sammer. “That’s what annoys me a bit, otherwise everything is fine.”
“We have to deal with that”
“Shouldn’t we talk about Real Madrid?” the 1996 Ballon d’Or winner finally added: “They should actually be full, happy with everything they’ve won. And yet they come back after a 2-0 defeat because they said at half-time: Wait a minute, we only have three points after three games, that’s a problem.”
“They are hungry, and I’m jealous of that, positive,” said Sammer in conclusion about aspects that one should learn from the Royals. “And you have to associate that with us too. We have to deal with that because we want to get better.”
