Ruhnert also answered questions about incidents involving squad captain Rani Khedira and defensive linchpin Robin Knoche.
Ruhnert – speaking to journalists in the mixed zone – continued to give Fischer his explicit backing. The club administrator also commented specifically on the fact that squad captain Rani Kheidira will face time away from the team after (presumably) earning a suspension to go along with his red card. Ruhnert also lamented the fact that defensive stalwart Robin Knoche, who just like Khedira only recently returned to the team, scored an own goal.
“[Knoche’s goal] is indicative [of the current situation],” Ruhnert said, “In the end, the coach is relatively powerless when you turn the ball into your own net.”
“Thank goodness nothing happened to [Romano Schmid],” Ruhnert said when addressing the dirty tackle that earned Khedira a sending off, “Such play usually means two to three games [suspended]. That will certainly be the case here as well.”
“The performance was such that you can be worried, that’s quite clear,” Ruhnert said of the team’s current form, “We are also simply lacking the idea of scoring goals at the moment. We’re not getting into the finishing situations and that’s certainly a point where we have to think about.”
“We said last week – and this still applies – we will discuss things internally and also want to try to get through this really difficult time,” Ruhnert continued, “For the first time in all these years, we really have a situation that’s about staying in the league.”
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