Niclas Füllkrug: “It was a difficult game, as expected. It’s clear that they would defend with their heart and soul. I think that we only played well in phases and that we struggled to find a way through. We’re taking a 0-0 draw to Heidenheim, which is okay. We controlled the possession in the first half, but we struggled in the second half. We started the second half well and Heidenheim struggled to get out of the blocks. But then unfortunately we lost control of the game.”
Maximilian Eggestein: “We have to be honest with ourselves, we didn’t play well today. So we have to take the 0-0 and we urgently need to improve in the second leg. We didn’t set up well in the first half and it felt as if we were playing in two lines so we couldn’t get any good combination play going. Heidenheim also played well and stuck with their man. We knew they would do that, but it’s not always easy. Nevertheless, we have to have better movement in the second leg and move the ball around better.”
Florian Kohfeldt: “I won’t beat around the bush; it was a really bad game from us. We didn’t manage to do what we spoke about before the game. Overall, there were a limited number of chances. We didn’t do enough, there’s no question. We didn’t play how we wanted to from the first to last minute. We all failed to show out on the pitch what we wanted to today. We put in a poor performance.”
