The sky is not all blue on the Dortmund side. Despite their qualification for the round of 16 of the Champions League, where the Yellow and Black will face PSV Eindhoven, the German vice-champions are struggling in the championship. The Ruhr players have only won one of their last seven matches and are in poor form in the Bundesliga. So much so that, according to the German tabloid Bild, the former captain and emblematic player of the team Marco Reus is leading an internal revolt to have coach Edin Terzic fired.
People close to the German club assure that relations between Reus and his coach are not in good shape. Replaced during the game in Augsburg last Saturday, the No.11 from Dortmund shook his technician’s hand very coolly as he left. Tuesday evening, against Mainz, Terzic left the German midfielder on the bench throughout the match. According to information from Sky Sports, Reus would have, with other players in the squad such as Gregor Kobel, Julian Brandt and Niclas Füllkrug, questioned the style of play that Terzic wishes to imbue into the team. And this, directly with the latter but also with the general director of the club, Hans-Joachim Watzke. The Borussia coach would have many tactical shortcomings.
The behavior of Marco Reus, unworthy of a player who has worn the Dortmund jersey for eleven years, would be rather poorly received by internal managers. Boss Hans-Joachim Watzke and sporting director Sebastian Kehl will meet during the long winter break to discuss the future of their coach Edin Terzic and find a solution.
