The head coach declared, “We didn’t perform well enough to advance.” Commentary on the game from goalie Gregor Kobel, who took responsibility for the fourth goal, captain Emre Can, sporting director Sebastian Kehl, and Niko Kovac.

Niko Kovac (on DAZN): “It’s challenging to give up four goals in the Champions League, as we have already done in the league phase.” Now is not the time to discuss the penalty. We simply weren’t present when we gave up the goals. We are quite dissatisfied and depressed because errors like that are penalized in the Champions League. Even though we knew it would be difficult, we can’t let a tie like this slip away here after performing so brilliantly at home. Since we play in the Bundesliga, we must be able to manage that. We were deserving of being knocked out. Our performance was insufficient to advance.

Sebastian Kehl (in the mixed zone): “We had a really bad game in a lot of different stages. Giving up four goals today is just too much, even though we deserved to fall down and bounced back in some of our phases. We deserved to be eliminated since that shouldn’t have happened to us at this level.

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“I’m not blaming any player, but it’s difficult to progress when you make so many individual mistakes,” stated Emre Can on DAZN. It would have been quite unfortunate in the end if we had seized our chances, and I think we had a couple clear-cut opportunities in the second half. We deserved to be knocked out, though, to be honest. It aches a lot. This season, how many times has Gregor saved and assisted us? It was amazing how he made yet another outstanding stop in the first half. I’m sorry for him! No blame, no blame at all, as I stated. We’re all on the same page.

“That was my mistake, and I’m obviously really sorry for the lads because I think we had a good comeback,” Gregor Kobel said on DAZN. That’s how it ended, even though we were back in the game. Naturally, I had to make a snap decision since I wanted to clear the ball first. I looked for another way, but like I mentioned, I simply need to find a way to get it cleared. In order for us to all swiftly reassemble and be prepared for the weekend, it is now time for us to get back up, go on, and support the team. The done is the done.
Boris Rupert recorded