Borussia Dortmund need victories not only to make up ground on those above them in the Bundesliga, but also to rebuild their fragile confidence, says Niko Kovac. (More Football News)
Dortmund welcome Union Berlin to the Westfalenstadion on Saturday, having lo🔴st🌠 both of their domestic games under Kovac, who took over in late January
Borussia Dortmund need victories not only to make up ground on those above them in the Bundesliga, but also to rebuild their fragile confidence, says Niko Kovac. (More Football News)
Dortmund welcome Union Berlin to the Westfalenst෴adion on Saturday, having lost both of their domestic games under Kovac, who took over in late January.
BVB, who made the Champions League final last season and will face Lille in the last 16 this term, are 11th in the Bundesliga, eight points adrift൲ of fourth-placed RB Leipzig.
But Kovac does not believe their hopes of qualifying for the next edition of Europe's preဣmier club competition are over.
"We are not too far behind," Kovac sa🅘id at Friday's pre-match press conference.
"We have to win the game tomorrow becauseಞ we need the three points not only to climb up the table but more for us, for the team, forဣ the confidence to feel that we can win games again."
The coach insists they have made progress in🅷 training and team meetings, and he fee𓆏ls it is inevitable that their results will turn.
While Dortmund eased into the Champions League's last 16 with a 3-0 aggregate win over Sporting CP, 𒉰they have struggled in the Bundesliga, with one win in their last seven matches.
"We expect Union will b🤡e a very aggressive game," ��Kovac said. "We play at home and we have to show that we want to win the game.
"We want to win games. We want to👍 be winner🐷s. That is why we are here. We know the situation and it is not easy but there is no reason to paint everything black now.
"I believe that after the rain, comes the ♎sun."