Reaction to 2-0 in Bremen: “It was a deserved win” | OneFootball

Borussia Dortmund ended the 2025/26 season on a positive note, even though for a while it had not really looked that way. But BVB secured a final 2-0 win at SV Werder Bremen, which then brought satisfaction and good spirits to the black-and-yellow camp.

“It was a deserved win that we saw through in commanding fashion. We had a lot of chances to score,” managing director Lars Ricken summed up the match on the club website shortly afterward, before moving on to an overall assessment: “The fifth-best season in Borussia Dortmund’s history — that can even be enough to become German champions. But unfortunately there is another team that performed significantly better in terms of points…”

Ricken also let some hope and ambition shine through that the team could take things up another notch next season: “Now we’re second and we want to work together on the next adjustments so that maybe next year it will be a little better, although of course that’s difficult with 73 points.”

“Today was a deserved win and therefore a good end to a good season,” sporting director Ole Book also agreed about the match in Bremen and, although he only joined in March, drew an overall positive conclusion as well: “The best season in a long time — the best defense, the fewest goals conceded. The defensive stability deserves to be highlighted. And offensively too, we achieved quite a lot.”

A quiet statement of intent to FC Bayern

Waldemar Anton basically did not want to contradict the bosses: “We had a very, very good season, were there in many phases and achieved the goal that was still possible: finishing second. That outweighs everything.” And yet the center-back also used one of the final interviews of the season to send a quiet statement of intent toward Munich: “Nevertheless, we had very different goals, but that didn’t work out: finishing first. But Bayern had an outstanding season, we mustn’t forget that. Congratulations to Bayern. Next season it starts all over again.”

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Julian Ryerson’s season analysis also looked upward: “In terms of points, it was a good Bundesliga season for us. 73 points is solid. Unfortunately the gap is a bit too big, but we can build on that,” said the Norwegian, who now first wants to recover a little and then head into the World Cup full of anticipation.

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