PBP: 9/22 Pulisic: Hoffenheim vs Dortmund

Witsel and Reus have been rather invisible. Unfortunately, Weigl isn't even there to sub in.

 

I thought Dahoud and Kagawa were OK. CP was "meh" and Reus and Witsel pretty shitty. Wolf? Who's that?

 

It's wild to me how BVB keep changing coaches but keep having the same problem- possession without purpose. Reus, Kagawa, and CP are all the types of players that thrive in systems that encourage creativity and don't punish you for turning the ball over.

The ball is knocked around the back way too often and way too slow. When they let themselves concede possession a little bit, that gives them more space on the break for guys like Kagawa to work his magic. It's just too clumped up everywhere and this has been a problem for BVB over the last 40 or so games, maybe longer.

 

CP and Kagawa the only players providing offense. Hoffenheim deserved their lead. Reus has been invisible. Dahoud awful. Poor clearance on the goal by the defense but Burki didn't cover himself in glory either.

 

There's no way in hell CP was worse than Dahoud. CP barely put a foot wrong and should have had a penalty; just needs to shoot more. Dahoud was a turnover machine and ball watched on the goal.

 

dahoud give away led to the goal and plenty of chances. he rushes passes after running too much with the ball. his defense is all aggression and no intelligence. Against a team with intelligence and coaching, he is next to worthless.

 

That worked for Bozs, why not now?

 

It doesn't matter to me. i'm not actually paying attention to were I can give an individual score. i just know they all look like shit for the most part.

And 2-0

 

CP and Shinji are the only attackers with any dynamism today. I'd throw in Phillip up top and move Reus into Wolf's spot.

 

Where is Delaney? How are he and Witsel not locked in to start every match?

 

He's filming the Red Shoe diaries again....

 

Showed off his stylish haircut, obviously.

 

What is Dahoud doing? He's just kinda jogging around while his mark is running past him.

 

Yeah, this is the 3rd or 4th Dortmund game I've seen this season, and I have no idea what Wolf adds. Though, to be fair, I missed the game when he scored.

 

highlight worthy run by pulisic but dortmund miss in front of goal

 

dortmund look like they need to sellout numbers to generate any pressure and then they quickly get hit on the counter and cant break hoffenheims pressure

 

Wolf and dahoud wouldn’t sniff a bvb team in the last 8 years. Shows how far their talent has fallen.