“Achieve something great”

The Three-Game Week at Castroper Straße is in full swing, and an absolute highlight is just around the corner: On Wednesday evening, VfL Bochum 1848 welcome SC Freiburg for the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal. In the run-up to the team from South Germany, head coach Thomas Reis and director of football Sebastian Schindzielorz answered the journalists’ questions at the press conference.

Thomas Reis on…

… the personnel situation: Besides Simon Zoller, only Saulo Decarli won’t be fit to play. All other players are available.

… the atmosphere after the defeat against Leipzig: We have a Three-Game Week. The defeat was unnecessary but in total, the performance was very good. We want to show this way of commitment once again in the cup match. It will be another intensive match. With our great supporters behind us, we can achieve something absolutely great.

… SC Freiburg: For tomorrow, I expect a game quite like the one against Leipzig. SC Freiburg have huge quality in their squad. They press very high and are always in motion. Above that, they are really dangerous when it comes to set pieces. We must be wide awake.

… tomorrow’s line-up: We are already very far with the planning of the starting XI. There are always reasons why you think of making changes. It could well be that we shuffle the team on one or two positions.

Sebastian Schindzielorz on…

… the upcoming quarter-finals: First of all, it will be a huge sporting challenge tomorrow. It would be a great thing for all of us if we’d reach the semi-finals of the DFB-Cup. And certainly, there are also financial aspects that come into play. And last but not least, we get the chance to present ourselves in front of a huge crowd.

… the importance of our collective: There were murmurs here and there at the stadium last weekend. We must continue to build a collective, then we will be successful. We have always emphasised that. Andi f we live that, then we will achieve our goals.