Borussia Dortmund’s advisor and historic player of the club, Matthias Sammer, was “jealous” of the “hunger” exhibited by Real Madrid in the defeat suffered by his team (5-2) at the Santiago Bernabeu in the Champions League.
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The former Ballon d’Or winner expressed that the whites should have been “touched” at the end of the first half and “nevertheless,” they came back, he sensed, because “they said to themselves at half-time: wait a minute, after three games only “We have three points, that’s a problem.”
“You also have to associate that with us. We have to deal with that because we want to improve. We have to learn what is important: the personality we show on the field,” added the former German international.
We have to learn what is important: the personality we show on the field
Matthias Sammer
The former soccer player made it clear in statements to Amazon Prime that he hates “losing” and that he will “never” accept “defeat” in his entire life, so, due to what happened during the 90 minutes in the capital of Spain, “they should not even” “talk about Real Madrid”, but focus on Borussia because “criticism is fundamentally something positive”.
“We have to name things. It’s not about someone complaining a little in the stands. We should pay attention to how we can improve things. This applies in all areas of Germany… I just don’t like losing “I hate it, I’m German, I’m German in body and soul,” he added.
We have to name things. I just don’t like losing, I hate it, I’m German, I’m German in body and soul
Matthias Sammer
Sammer pointed out as key that, in the second half, “Real played better, faster and more direct”, they “completely dominated the offensive midfield”, so they were able to “create scoring chances” and that is why they are “the best team of the world”.
“In German football we should learn to measure incommensurable factors much more. That’s what bothers me a little, otherwise everything is fine,” he analyzed.
For his part, the technical secretary of the Rhineland club, Sebastian Kehl, assessed that “talking about substitutions and tactical issues now does not make sense”, since, according to him, “basically” they could not “do well in the second half”; while the former Borusser coach, Edin Terzic, who served as a television commentator in the clash, confirmed that “unfortunately they were not in the second half.”
