As if BVB’s anger about the embarrassing elimination in the second round against Glasgow wasn’t big enough, the black and yellow are now threatened with real trouble within the team.
A scene from the Europa League second leg is causing a stir on the Internet. You can see how Jude Bellingham (18), one of the few stars who convinced on the pitch, violently insulted his teammate Nico Schulz (28) after he gave him a bad pass.
But first things first. It’s the 78th minute. With the score at 2:2, BVB still needs two goals to make it into extra time. Coach Marco Rose throws everything forward to create a Euro miracle after the desolate 2: 4 in the first leg.
Dortmund builds up at the center line. But the first ball goes in the pants. Schulz plays a sloppy ball towards Bellingham. The midfielder can’t handle this, the ball rolls into the Rangers penalty area, where goalkeeper McGregor can pick up the ball without any problems. The possibility of a dangerous BVB chance and the 3:2 is gone. It doesn’t fall either.
Bellingham, who appears extremely motivated, is greedy in duels and equalizes to make it 1-1 (31st), gets angry. After he throws his arms in the air in frustration, cameras zoom in on the young Englishman swearing in English at Schulz. From his lips one can read: “You can’t play a f***ing pass, you are f***ing s**t! Every damn time!’”
Schulz shows a poor performance again this evening. He surprisingly replaced the ailing Guerreiro in the starting eleven, then played a catastrophic bad pass before the 0: 1, which initiated the supposedly early goal knockout.
After all: the often scolded BVB flop cannot be blamed for a lack of (running) effort. Schulz puts on a mega sprint shortly before the end and saves from the next safe goal by sliding tackle.
When asked by BILD, BVB did not want to comment on the incident.
After the two early exits in the cup competitions (round of 16 in the DFB Cup, intermediate round in the Europa League), nerves are on edge.
A derailment that, despite all the motivation, doesn’t work.
