"We are in the shit": VfB Stuttgart in free fall, Weinzierl at loss

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Saturday, November 3, 2018

Internal strangers, a lifeless team, a defeated sports director and a helpless coach, Markus Weinzierl, who seems already after three games at the end: The mixed situation of the Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart is fatal. The fans are upset.

Christian Gentner took after the bankruptcy of the bottom of the table of the Bundesliga. "We are in the shit," said the VfB Stuttgart captain after the 0: 3 (0: 2) draw against Eintracht Frankfurt, "we have to give it to ourselves and we have to come out of it . " But how

After the third defeat of the third match under the orders of the coach increasingly helpless, Markus Weinzierl leaves no hope at the turn. "The situation is really tough, which is fierce," said the visibly sick athletic director, Michael Reschke. The clash against Fort Frankfurt was "for long distances, not a federal league", had been: "Defeat has hurt." Weinzierl's badysis was also ruthless. "I've seen a nice attack where Gomez has to score the goal, but in the end nothing is positive."

Ex-international Mario Gomez scored 1-0 in the ninth minute, but missed the goal, but stayed up. After that, it's the trident Frankfurt's playing ball with scorers Sebastien Haller (11), Ante Rebic (32) and Luka Jovic. When substitute Nicolai Müller (89) finished, even the most loyal fans of VfB in the corner of Cannstatter have already turned away. The final whistle was followed by a one-minute concert. "It's for them," Reschke said. At the fate match Saturday in Nuremberg, the team will have the annex "at the back".

"Internal agitation of the club"

And yet: the anger of the fans, the zero point at 0:11 under the gates of Weinzierl, in addition to the internal quarrels with the criticism of the supervisory board Guido Buchwald on the sports director admit, extremely charged, "said Reschke. that the 61-year-old has received a lot of encouragement internally, the responsibility for this devastating temporary balance "lies essentially with me digging." Reschke sees no "internal disturbance of the club" because of Buchwald's statements, to which President Wolfgang Dietrich reacted irritably: "We are very cooperative with each other and we have to endure a disruptive fire," said the sports director, for which the team is disintegrating.

At goal, Zieler-Badstuber-Gentner-Gomez is only the goalkeeper in normal form. The defensive network does not work. "We lost all the decisive duels of the last row," said Weinzierl. "So you can not play in the Bundesliga." The offensive is far too harmless. "Obviously we can not settle for a lot," Reschke said. These gaps come with physical problems. "We ran in almost every game," said Reschke. Matthias Sammer, an expert at Eurosport, mockingly recommended: "Put on sneakers and courses!"

Pablo Maffeo and Berkay Özcan are injured in the ankle. Daniel Didavi and Anastasios Donis are expected at the latest at the break. "I think the team will definitely be enough to hold the clbad," Reschke said. But this belief is disappearing. The Eintracht is quite different, which reminded Reschke not only of a "superior team". Coach Adi Hütter felt that "the very, very good performance" was needed to stem euphoria. "We keep the ball flat, we have the tenth matchday, I do not forget where we come from."

Source: n-tv.de