“A good fight” | OneFootball

Markus Krösche, Dino Toppmöller and Ansgar Knauff saw a hard-fought cup tie with deserving winners.

Board member for sport Markus Krösche: “It wasn’t spectacular but it was an assured performance over 90 minutes. Viktoria have a good team. They had chances, that happens, but we went about the task in a professional manner.”

Head coach Dino Toppmöller: “You could tell the BVB game took a lot out of us. However, we have a super spirit in the team and defended situations well. Overall our football wasn’t as good as in recent weeks, we wanted to play in behind too quickly and weren’t calm enough on the ball. It was a good fight, we won to nil. On we go!”

Ansgar Knauff: “It wasn’t our best performance but we’ve gone through – that’s what it’s about. We started well but then failed to score the second goal. We battled, it didn’t all come off, the pitch got more difficult and the ball was bobbling. It’s important that we gave it a go and showed the willingness.”