It was not the night sky of Rome, the aufspannte about Achim Beierlorzer, and the coach of Mainz 05, also made a long walk across the lawn, as once Franz Beckenbauer after the German world Cup victory in 1990. But a Moment of lonely pleasure and went and took Beierlorzer late Wednesday night after amazing 2:0 win for Borussia Dortmund.
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He moved away a few steps from his exhausted players, his gaze directed into the distance, he took a deep breath. And when he was later asked if he had experienced greater moments in his coaching life, he thought for a long time before he said: “This is difficult, since I would have to dig into memories”. The ascent “in the Bundesliga with Leipzig, that was great,” said Beierlorzer then, at the time, he was only on the staff of head coach Ralf Rangnick. “This is a very, very big day,” he said finally.
Because without this success is a horror game against Werder Bremen before would be now, the can take the Mainzer with these three additional points it is much calmer to the eye. Although raised sports Board Rouwen Schröder cautionary index finger: “We must not let ourselves be blinded. We are not, We need to score.“ But instead of going on the Saturday with anxiety and fear in the game, you will have now against Bremen and Leverkusen two chances to make the final step to the Class whereabouts. Including the realistic possibility that the now-collected could be enough for 35 points.
Very special the Moment was for Beierlorzer however, for another reason: His Reflections on this away game, were almost worked perfectly. Sometimes the motivation rhetoric for this Trainer seems to be a little eccentric, that evening they had reached the Innermost of the players. “Faith is elemental, essential”, said Schroeder, and “the coach has always appealed to believe in it again.”
The decision to send six fresh players, in this duel, in order to perform a high intensity game generate, also proved to be a good idea. Added to this was the luck of meeting an opponent, the kind of Hunger the loss came after the championship, lost and the upcoming Champions League round is reached. The Dortmund left by the impressive Mainz, commitment and the physicality of the Rheinhessen every joy to their football Superiority to take.
