Borussia Dortmund: Götze as captain of the BVB on the six – future or embarrassment? – BVB

Vienna. Shortly before his own game, Mario Götze briefly evoked. On his account Instagram, he published a photo on July 13, 2018 July 13, 2014. It shows: Mario Götze, who holds in his hands the trophy of the Golden World Cup Rio de Janeiro and kisses.

The match, which took place exactly four years later, was a little less significant: first friendly match in preparation for the new season with Borussia Dortmund at FK Austria Wien. BVB won 1-0. Mario Götze led the team as captain in the field and found himself again in an unknown position: in the central defensive midfielder. It was the first test under new coach Lucien Favre. And the question that arose was what the Swiss invented, a possible model for the future or an embarrbadment?

Götze is actually responsible for the penultimate or last pbad at BVB

Götze is usually in the central Midfield offensive at home, responsible for penultimate or last goes on, like – so the claim – sometimes for a purpose. As part of a double six with Dzenis Burnic Götze should now open the match. For this, he sometimes pushed the balls in his half, to distribute them cautiously for the most part. He jumped, however, also a dangerous Fehlpbad and a loss of ball – each in his own half-out. "We still had too many ball losses, especially in their own half will be penalized to a higher level," said the new goalkeeper of the BVB Marwin Hitz in general

New role for Götze?

So maybe Favre a new role for Götze planned? "I do not know yet how we are going to play," said Favre, which categorically excludes nothing. "The balance of the team is very important," said the 60-year-old, but sounded again, as if the change in position was rather due to the current circumstances. "We have a lot of players who can play on the wing, we played in front of Maximilian Philipp and Alexander Isak today, which is why we needed Mario central in the middle of the field." moment, we have to play like this. "

This means: If all those who usually occupy this position are available again, Götze moves forward again. Mahmoud Dahoud, who made his breakthrough in the Bundesliga under Favre in Mönchengladbach, was slightly beaten in Vienna but returned quickly to training. Julian Weigl plague groin problems that are less benign and have been bothering him for weeks. Danish newcomer Thomas Delaney still enjoys a bit of a vacation after his World Cup appearance and meets after Americans travel to new colleagues

Zorc, BVB sports director: "He should play football" [19659014]The World Cup after the World Cup, when Götze scored his most important goal, which is always and always used as a point of reference to evaluate his performance. "At least now, since he was not nominated for the World Cup, he should finally be finished," said athletic director Michael Zorc a few days ago: "He should play football , do what he does best – so let's see out. "And this remains true regardless of the position.