Terzic Fuming after Dortmund Suffer Defeat at Mainz

Dortmund's German head coach Edin Terzic (C) reacts with players after the German first division Bundesliga football match between Mainz 05 and BVB Borussia Dortmund in Mainz, western Germany on May 11, 2024. (AFP)
Dortmund's German head coach Edin Terzic (C) reacts with players after the German first division Bundesliga football match between Mainz 05 and BVB Borussia Dortmund in Mainz, western Germany on May 11, 2024. (AFP)
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Terzic Fuming after Dortmund Suffer Defeat at Mainz

Dortmund's German head coach Edin Terzic (C) reacts with players after the German first division Bundesliga football match between Mainz 05 and BVB Borussia Dortmund in Mainz, western Germany on May 11, 2024. (AFP)
Dortmund's German head coach Edin Terzic (C) reacts with players after the German first division Bundesliga football match between Mainz 05 and BVB Borussia Dortmund in Mainz, western Germany on May 11, 2024. (AFP)

Champions League finalists Borussia Dortmund deserved their 3-0 defeat at Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga as they lack the drive to achieve consistency in their performance, manager Edin Terzic said.

Lee Jae-Sung scored a brace after Leandro Barreiro had opened the scoring to hammer Dortmund 3-0 on Saturday.

Terzic's side had the opportunity to sink Mainz into the relegation zone but Mainz climbed up to 15th place, two points clear of the relegation play-off spot they previously occupied.

Terzic had said he wanted his team, in fifth place, to maintain their intensity levels after Tuesday's 2-0 aggregate win over Paris St Germain set them up for the June 1 final of Europe's top club competition against Real Madrid.

"Let's let Paris be Paris and talk about last week and this week," Terzic told reporters. "We were the team that were always late to the ball and always losing out in the tackles.

"That's why it was a deserved defeat. Mainz fought for every inch, didn't give us any peace in possession, whereas we did.

"We demonstrated that we could play really good and mature football, but we didn't prove it regardless of the opponent, competition, weekday and stadium and this is what makes me angry...

"There's so much inside of us and we can't get it onto the pitch every time."

Dortmund's fifth position has secured their Champions League participation next season. They host bottom side Darmstadt 98 in their last league game next Saturday.



Moyes Is Doing a Better Job than Me, Says United Boss Amorim

Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - February 15, 2025 Everton manager David Moyes celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - February 15, 2025 Everton manager David Moyes celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
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Moyes Is Doing a Better Job than Me, Says United Boss Amorim

Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - February 15, 2025 Everton manager David Moyes celebrates after the match. (Reuters)
Football - Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - February 15, 2025 Everton manager David Moyes celebrates after the match. (Reuters)

The reason newly appointed manager David Moyes has had instant impact on Everton's form while Manchester United's fortunes are yet to turn around under Ruben Amorim is because Moyes is doing a better job, Amorim said on Friday.

Amorim, who joined in November, has won only four of his 14 Premier League matches, while Everton are on a five-game unbeaten streak under Moyes and have climbed a point above 15th-place United.

"Simple thing... David Moyes is doing a better job than me. It's quite simple," Amorim, 40, told reporters before visiting Everton on Saturday. "I think we have to give merit to the players of Everton and especially to the coach of Everton and that's all. We need to do the same."

Moyes, who previously managed Everton for more than a decade, faced similar struggles when he took over at United in 2013 after Alex Ferguson retired. Moyes was fired 10 months into his tenure as defending champions United finished seventh.

The 61-year-old, who has won four of his six league games since his return to Everton in January, said having more experience helped him deal with the pressure of the job.

"Sometimes you can calm yourself down, but don't take my calmness as meaning I'm not passionate," he said. "Have I changed? Maybe a bit. I'm not having to fight the world all the time now, which when you first come in you feel as if you need to."