Lack of mentality or quality?
Löw then elaborated on the long-running narrative of BVB lacking a winning mentality:
""I'm not a fan of constantly questioning things like 'mentality' or 'fight.' Of course, when Freiburg or Mainz are ahead of Dortmund by multiple points, then something usually isn't right, but... "."Joachim Löw
"I know these players, and so does Rudi, and when they step onto the pitch in front of 80,000 in Dortmund, I do not think anyone can question their will to win at that moment. Calling it a mentality problem is too easy, in my opinion, and I would not accuse them of something like that. Perhaps the problem in Dortmund is that, in certain areas, they cannot shape a game in the way they should."Joachim Löw
An interesting conclusion that is difficult to disagree with. Ultimately, whether we talk about Kovač, Sahin, or Terzić, they can only affect the matches to a certain extent. Dortmund keeps rotating coaches, yet they expect different results from the same group of players. The days of Erling Haaland, Jadon Sancho, and Jude Bellingham are long gone, and Dortmund currently don't have a player of that special category within their ranks. A far more valid argument is that the squad was constructed in a poor and unprepared fashion by the BVB higher-ups.