VfL Bochum used the international break for a test match. Coach Thomas Letsch had this to say about the game.

VfL Bochum lost a test match against the Dutch first division team Twente Enschede with 0:1. The only goal of the day came a few minutes before the end – scorer was Irakli Yegoian.

18 players played for coach Thomas Letsch’s team – including Simon Zoller after his muscle injury.

In addition to his five international players, the coach had to do without Moritz Broschinski, Keven Schlotterbeck and Philipp Förster, who were ill. The injured Cristian Gamboa and Paul Grave were also absent, as was number one Manuel Riemann.

After the game, Letsch summed up: “It’s important in a game like this during the international break that the players who haven’t played much play. And it was important that players like Gerrit Holtmann got 90 minutes. Simon Zoller also played again. It was clear that not everything runs smoothly with a team that is a little bit mixed up in the wind and on a heavy pitch. Nevertheless, I’m annoyed that we lost. I also want to win such matches. It would have been possible to at least play 0:0. “

Jacek Goralski, who played 75 minutes against the Dutch, was one of the players who went under the radar recently. Referring to the defensive midfielder, Letsch said: “He played rock solid. It was not spectacular, but not bad either. He did his job. The role that he currently has with the team or with me is not easy. Therefore, what he showed was absolutely fine. cb / gp