VfL Bochum once again dropped two points in the Bundesliga on matchday 17. Coach Thomas Letsch was also annoyed about this.
“We missed two minutes again.” After the 1:1 (0:0) draw against Werder Bremen, Thomas Letsch was not the only one who felt reminded of the game against Mainz. Once again, VfL Bochum gave away a win at home in stoppage time, again with a deflected shot.
“When I think of the pressing phase, I can’t think of a situation where there was a fire in front of goal,” Letsch continued. “And in the end, the opponent shoots a ball from 20 meters, which Manuel Riemann probably holds, and the ball is deflected in such a way that he has no chance.”
There was a lot of anger, including at referee Tobias Stieler. “In the run-up to that goal, there were one or two situations that were dubious from my point of view.” Letsch was not concerned with an alleged foul on Matus Bero, who remained lying on the pitch, but with a scene that had taken place right in front of him a few seconds beforehand.
“From my point of view, it was a very clear foul on Bernardo, which resulted in a throw-in. There are a few little things that annoy me.” After the game, Letsch spoke to referee Stieler for a while in the center circle, but did not want to reveal what it was about when asked. “We talked about Christmas and wished each other a Happy New Year. “
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Letsch emphasized, however: “Everyone can be sure that we’re starting to look at ourselves to see why we didn’t put the game to bed. We have to be more consistent in taking our chances, which won’t be a hundred percent in the end, more cleanly.” The opportunities were there.
Overall, it was the expected battle. “High intensity on both sides, lots of tackles and not the great flow of the game and few compelling goalscoring opportunities. We had our problems in the early stages, Werder presented us with a few challenges. We then got to grips with that better and better.”
His team looked much more alert after the break. “We wanted to go one better in the second half, came out very well and had a strong phase around the goal.” In the end, however, those two minutes were missing again