Baris Özbek wants to get TuS Bövinghausen back on track in the Oberliga Westfalen. The first impressions have revealed a few problems.

Baris Özbek has been on the sidelines of Oberliga club TuS Bövinghausen for less than two weeks. Before his coaching career, he had already worn the jerseys of the big names: Union Berlin, MSV Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen and Turkish record champions Galatasaray were just four of the stations in his career, which he ended in Bövinghausen in 2021. So the 37-year-old has plenty of experience.

He wants to put this to good use, as there is a lot of work to do. “It’s not easy when you arrive in the middle of the season. The boys did all their preparation and the first few games with a different coach. We first had to get to know each other. “

We analyzed the last few games and realized that the players don’t play together. We have to work on that. But I know that the team has good quality.

Baris Özbek

What he needs to work on in the first few weeks until the winter break is clear to Özbek: “It’s important for me to develop a feeling for the team. I’ve led four training sessions so far. In them, it was important for me to get this compactness into the team. We analyzed the last few games and realized that the players weren’t playing together. We have to work on that. But I know that the team has good quality.”

After an opening win against TSG Sprockhövel (2:1), the team recently lost 1:0 at Gievenbeck. Bövinghausen are only in ninth place in the table. There are still five league games to go before the winter break.

“The next few games won’t be easy. But we want to get everything out of them before the winter break and win every game.” The aim is to close the gap of currently nine points on both promotion places as quickly as possible. Dortmund could take a big step in this direction on Friday evening (7.30 p.m.) against SC Preußen Münster II, who are fourth in the table.