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I still believe that this skirmish after the Dortmund game was helpful in the medium term. For me, there is only one conclusion to be drawn from this: the players want more and the coach must also be prepared to take more risks. Because 9th place is no longer enough for anyone.

The team is stable and solid. There is no danger of being relegated this year, I think that much has already been clear. Of course there can always be injuries and weaker phases. Then you end up somewhere in the middle of the table. Of course the others can still get better, but I just don’t see how Kiel, Pauli and Bochum can collect more points than Werder over 34 match days. And then you can take a bit more of a risk in your approach to the games. And that’s exactly what happened: with one man less in the final phase yesterday, we delivered a mirror image of the Dortmund game.