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For Borussia Dortmund, the dream of the championship is probably over.

BVB went 1: 2 in the pursuit duel in Leverkusen, Bayer's exceptional talent Florian Wirtz scored the deciding goal ten minutes before the end after Julian Brandt equalized.

Dortmund thus continued its negative trend, winning only three of the last eight league games - the convincing 3-0 at RB Leipzig from the penultimate game day was apparently just a flash in the pan.

This was followed by a 1-1 draw against Mainz 05, the last team at the time, and now the deserved defeat in Leverkusen.

The lead in the standings is definitely a long way off, with a Bayern win on Wednesday in Augsburg (8.30 p.m.) the deficit at half-time of the season would increase to ten points.

In view of the past few weeks, this seems to be less of a problem for the fourth place in the table, and qualification for the upcoming Champions League season is increasingly in danger.

Dietmar Hamann has been a Sky expert since 2014

Source: pa / press picture / ULMER

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Sky expert Dietmar Hamann (47) dismantled the team after the game in front of the camera.

“It was without discipline, heartless, characterless.

It depends on character and discipline.

They missed all of that, ”said the ex-international.

You have to show this against a strong team like Leverkusen: “But I missed that for over 90 minutes today.” In particular, the performance before the break was unacceptable: “They played disembodied in the first half.

It was one-way street football.

You shouldn't be surprised if you are second winner in the end. "

An explanation for this cannot be found.

He also sees great danger for the future.

“The team has already worn out a coach this year.

It is important to make sure that it doesn't become untrainable, ”Hamann continues.

The team is currently coached by Edin Terzic, who replaced Lucien Favre during the season.

The coach came to a similar conclusion as Hamann in Leverkusen.

"Quality is always the result of talent plus mentality," said Terczic:

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We

relied

too much on talent and defended ourselves too little when something didn't work."

"We are far away"

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Captain Marco Reus also sounded the alarm.

“If we don't score three times over the weekend, we run the risk of falling behind.

We absolutely have to prevent that, ”said the 31-year-old.

But Dortmund seems to have already lost touch.

Even a draw by Union Berlin on Wednesday in the game in Leipzig would mean that BVB would slip out of the financially important Champions League places.

Disappointed Dortmund after the defeat at Bayer Leverkusen

Source: pa / dpa / Pool AP / Martin Meissner

The only BVB goalscorer of the evening assessed it more realistically.

"A lot can happen in 17 games, but we're a long way off," said Julian Brandt.

For him, the problem is the lack of consistency: "It often breaks our necks that we are not able to maintain the level for 90 minutes."

A statement that can apply to both the game against Leverkusen and the title fight over 34 game days.