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Leverkusen (dpa) - New mentality debate instead of masterly dreams: While waiting for the interview, Edin Terzic had to listen to Sky expert Dietmar Hamann making a devastating judgment on his team.

"Discipline, heartless and characterless" was the Borussia Dortmund team, the ex-national player complained in the studio.

Coach Terzic listened - and instead of contradicting him, he fueled the debate about the lack of mentality in the BVB team.

With the body language in the first half, he was "not at all agreeable," said the 38-year-old after the 1: 2 (0: 1) at Bayer Leverkusen, through which BVB said goodbye to the championship race for the time being.

"In some cases we relied too much on our talent," said Terzic: "And defended ourselves too little."

After just six games, the young coach seems to despair of his team.

Which is why Hamann added that the team had to be careful “that it doesn't become untrainable”.

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Now a narrow defeat in a really strong Leverkusen squad is actually no shame.

But as BVB almost showed up in a groundbreaking game for half a time, after the equalization by Julian Brandt (67th), the chance did not take hold and in the end lost with a "very stupid goal" (Terzic) was now anything but masterful.

The fact that the most exciting teenage troupe in Europe was defeated by the goal of 17-year-old Florian Wirtz (80th) was an irony on the edge.

And captain Marco Reus, who was supposed to lead the way, was again a little symbolic of the failure.

The 31-year-old, who missed a penalty in the 1-1 draw against Mainz, was replaced by U23 player Steffen Tigges shortly before the end while chasing the equalizer.

He followed stoppage time in frustration with a bottle of water on a small stone ledge.

His team lacks “a bit of everything”, Reus also analyzed relentlessly afterwards.

«We have to invest more in all areas in order to be more successful.

And we have to get more points in the second half of the season.

Otherwise we run the risk of missing out on the goals of the season. "

The minimum goal of the runner-up is to qualify for the Champions League.

But of course the Dortmunders always squint towards the title.

But especially in the year in which the weakened Bavarians are weak, BVB is not a competitor on an equal footing.

When asked if the title was already lost halfway through the season, Reus found it difficult to deny.

"The championship didn't play a relevant role either before or after the game," he said, looking back at the difficult second half of the season opener on Friday at his ex-club Mönchengladbach: "We have to score three times, otherwise we'll lose the connection."

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Borussia lost six games in the first half of the season, one fewer than in the entire previous season.

Which is why Brandt, as one of the few bright spots, did not want to talk about the title on Tuesday evening.

"A lot can happen in 17 games," said the international: "But of course we are far away."

Terzic added: “You can influence the table with results.

Not with talking. "

There is still a need for discussion in Dortmund.

And Terzic promised: "We will not accept that we try to play the ball across to score an incredibly beautiful goal with 48 stations."

© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210120-99-97391 / 3

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