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They thought they could get away with it, sneaking in a Champions League disaster right before facing Bayern, so we all get distracted and forget about it quickly. Aha! I caught them. They thought they were being clever, but I haven’t forgotten. We’ll have all next week to talk about whatever happens tomorrow at the Westfalenstadion. This Daily Bee is for the Champions League.
What happened on Wednesday was a disaster. Here’s what BVB’s various personnel had to say about it:
- If there’s one person who must be jumping for joy at Wednesday’s result, it’s Sebastian Kehl. This is because, according to Kicker, BVB’s annual revenue projection included, baked in, revenues from the Champions League Round of 16. Now, according to Kehl, they will have to adjust their revenue expectations downward. This is great for Kehl because now he has a built-in excuse for when next summer’s transfer window is inevitably incredibly underwhelming.
- One event on Wednesday that snuck under the radar was Nico Schlotterbeck being shown a straight red card while he was on the bench. Per Ruhr Nachrichten, Schlotterbeck posted an explanation on his Instagram story, and this is what he had to say:
After ten Atalanta players jumped up at the same time and complained loudly, I also got up and told them to sit down again. That was all. Without insults, without disrespect, or anything else. Why I saw a red card for that, even after the game, the referee couldn’t explain.
- Also according to RN, at least the players and coach have taken responsibility, Kovac and Emre Can both laid the blame on individual mistakes while stressing that the team as a whole was bad, while Gregor Kobel took direct accountability for the misplaced pass that led to Bensebaini’s penalty.
In all seriousness, the players seem to realize that they screwed up, and there’s really not much else for Kovac or Kehl to say. All they can do now is go play their best against Bayern and prove that Wednesday was just an unfortunately-timed one-off.