Bayern Munich is still working out at Säbener Straße, but Borussia Dortmund kicked off its preseason slate with a match against BG Pathum. In case you missed it, BVB got wrecked by the Thai side, 4-0.
Needless to say, the internet was going to do what it always does. The reaction to Borussia Dortmund’s own tweet really says it all:
Nuri Sahin’s Borussia Dortmund just lost 4-0 to a team from Thailand with many strong players in the starting line-up [Sule, Brandt, Adeyemi]
Pre-season is a funny old thing.
— Anfield Sector (@AnfieldSector) July 21, 2024
UN INICIO DESASTROSO!!!
Nuri Şahin se estrenó como DT del Borussia Dortmund con un goleada de 4-0 en contra en partido amistoso con el equipo Tailandés BG Pathum United#football pic.twitter.com/0WZZ3tJioK— 11IDEAL (@11ideal11) July 21, 2024
A DISASTROUS START!
Nuri Şahin made his debut as Borussia Dortmund manager with a 4-0 defeat in a friendly match against Thai side BG Pathum United.
Borussia Dortmund just lost 4:0 to bathroom united
That’s crazy— Best African Actor (@yosoye_elisha) July 21, 2024
Partido normalito que muchos haters de Sahin van a usar para medirlo y empezar con las críticas ay dios mio que zzzz que mejoren y ya mejor que pulan todo ello para que estén afinados para el comienzo de temporada con el primer partido de Pokal. https://t.co/BSi6DXuLHv
— Borussia Dortmund Honduras (@bvbhonduras) July 21, 2024
Average game that many Sahin haters are going to use to measure it and start with the criticism, oh my god, zzzz that they improve and they better polish everything so that they are fine-tuned for the start of the season with the first Pokal game.
#BorussiaDortmund lost 4-0 in a friendly against a Thai team (Pathum United)
In the German team, players such as Brandt, Adeyemi, Moukoko, Süle, Nmecha and Ryerson took the field from the first minute. Haller also took over in the second half pic.twitter.com/6YdSniFfLI
— DCM (@DIRETTADCM) July 21, 2024
Borussia Dortmund just been battered 4-0 in a pre-season friendly against Pathum United; a side that finished 4th in the Thai league last season.
Dortmund played a very strong XI too. pic.twitter.com/4jUobiMt5b
— Statman James (@JamesStatman) July 21, 2024
In the end, the result does not matter much, but BVB fans likely would have preferred a more inspiring start to the tenure of Nuri Sahin.
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