Legend Hummels delivers surprisingly harsh verdict on BVB | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund receives criticism from Mats Hummels before the 4-0 victory against Villarreal. The former BVB star criticizes the lack of brilliant play and clear structures in the midfield.

Shortly before the Champions League duel with FC Villarreal, club legend Mats Hummels expressed clear criticism of his former club Borussia Dortmund. The 2014 World Cup winner mainly criticizes the structure of the midfield and the lack of brilliant play in Dortmund's game. Ironically, BVB subsequently won the match against Villarreal convincingly with 4-0 – however, Hummels still sees the fundamental problems he pointed out.

Hummels sees too many different profiles in the current midfield lineup, which do not give the team a clear direction. The composition is "a bit diffuse, I would almost say, because they are very different types of players," he explained on Prime Video. Constant changes and rotation alter BVB's game continuously, which, in his view, creates adaptation problems.

Besides the personnel mix, Hummels also criticizes the overall football impression of the team. The team does bring the basic virtues to the field, but nothing more is currently visible: "You get the feeling you see a stable team that brings the basics to the field. But that's also all you see in a negative sense."

World Champion Hummels and Kramer criticize BVB

He is particularly concerned about the lack of creativity and dominance in offensive play. Great moments of play are rare, he emphasized, even clear results did not seem "as clear" as the results suggested.

Christoph Kramer, also a World Champion and TV expert, shares this assessment. In his view, BVB lacks outstanding individual players compared to previous years. "For years, they had 2 world-class players with Mats and Reus, plus another world-class player with Sancho, Dembele, Haaland, or Bellingham. So 3 world-class players on the field," said Kramer. Today, the quality is distributed differently: Schlotterbeck is "on the way to world-class," but otherwise Dortmund "no longer has any world-class players."

Despite the criticism, Kramer also emphasizes positive developments. The previously often mentioned mentality problem is no longer the defining issue, and given the upheaval in the club, the sporting situation is quite manageable. "I see Dortmund fully on track," said the expert.

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