Borussia Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin said he still felt the confidence of his players, however, who talked about the club’s chiefs after the defeat of Tuesday’s surprise 2-1 opposite to Bologna in the Champions League, that prolong their remains of 4 games of all competitions.
The former Dortmund Ball boy added that he was in a position to settle for any effect of the expected conversations with the control on Wednesday and would do the most productive for the club.
“It’s not about me. If I’m the problem, if a coach replacement solved all the problems, too bad. We will have to deliver and the fact is that we have now lost 4 games in a row,” Sahin said. “Even one point would have been vital on the way to a higher finish. This is not me yet, I, Borussia Dortmund. “
Sahin, who has returned this season, had already been increasing the tension of the game with his team after losing the 3 Bundesliga games in 2025.
After going 1-0 up in Bologna, Dortmund conceded two goals in two minutes midway through the second half to drop to 13th place in the league phase of the competition, with one match remaining.
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“The plan is in fact not to play passively,” Sahin said at a news conference.
His team played a solid first half, but eased off after the break, allowing the Italians, who had scored just one goal in their previous six matches in the competition, to come back and earn their first ever victory in the Champions League.
“No,” Sahin said when asked whether he had talked to Dortmund managing director Lars Ricken. “I think today or tomorrow we will sit down. The game is too fresh. It is clear we have to win games but now have lost four in a row. We will see.”
Ricken said after the last defeat that the club leaders would gather on Wednesday to talk about how to proceed.
“We want victories. We want results. Now we have won once in nine games,” said Ricken, who refused to say that the club has trusted Sahin to overthrow him.
“I have a very confident and a date with Nuri. He still has my support, but of course my statements are there. “
Sahin, a ball boy in Dortmund before adapting to the younger player to play in the Bundesliga when he made his debut at the age of 16. He then promoted the coach in the offseason after Terzić left.
But even though Sahin oversaw a noticeable slowdown this season, he still felt he had that of his players.
“It wouldn’t remain another time if the team did not accept so true with me,” said Sahin. “In any club in the beyond or in the future, it is a fact that would not continue to be a moment if I felt that the team was not behind me. “
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