😅 "Too much lactate in his system": Kovač can't take Beier seriously

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·23. November 2025

😅 "Too much lactate in his system": Kovač can't take Beier seriously

After the last-minute equalizer against VfB Stuttgart, BVB star Maxi Beier emphasized that the mood in the Dortmund locker room was "rock bottom." However, coach Niko Kovač couldn't take the scorer's comments about the temporary 2-0 lead entirely seriously:

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"At the beginning of the season, he said we want to become champions, now we're rock bottom. You don't always have to believe everything the boy says. He probably just had too much lactate in his body."

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Subsequently, the BVB coach made it clear once again that his team was by no means down and was still fully on track: "We are still where we want to be – at the top. And in the end, we will stay at the top."

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