Reaction to 3-0 win over Bremen: "Clever, solid, mature display" | OneFootball

After the 3-3 draw at the start of the year against Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Dortmund scored three goals again in their first home game after the winter break, but this time against Werder Bremen they conceded nothing, securing a 3-0 victory. However, the black and yellow protagonists admitted after the match that not everything went smoothly.

"In the first half, we had a hard time getting into the game," Gregor Kobel mentioned on the club's homepage, acknowledging a shaky start, but overall he was far from dissatisfied: "Nevertheless, we defended the crucial moments well, scored a set-piece goal up front, and went into the break with a 1-0 lead - which was super important given how the game had gone until then. In the second half, we clearly dominated the game. They hardly had any more chances. We played very cleverly, simply solidly and maturely, and then scored three goals again."

Julian Ryerson expressed a similar sentiment, emphasizing the facts in his statement: "We didn't concede any goals and scored three ourselves again. Overall, that's three points, and we're happy about that."

Nico Schlotterbeck calls for improvement

Nico Schlotterbeck, the scorer of the 1-0 goal, looked at the 90 minutes with a bit more nuance: "We're on a decent path, not a perfect one. We played well against Frankfurt, but today we really had problems in the first half. The second half was then played confidently. We still need to take a few more steps, but I believe we'll do that in the coming weeks."

Trainer Niko Kovac surely hopes for this as well, as he criticized his team's performance in the first half and was not thrilled with the second half either: "The second half was better, but not good. However, we managed to get the second goal I wanted to bring some calm into the game," said the BVB coach, who nevertheless draws a somewhat satisfied conclusion after the first half of the season: "I'm happy about the win, even if you can't say it was something great. Now we have a fairly decent point tally after the first half of the season, but we must continue to work hard."

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