5 things we learnt from European Football this weekend

#2 Peter Bosz still can’t coach a team to defend

Dortmund look rudderless defensively and Peter Bosz doesn't seem to know how to fix it

There is much to admire about Borussia Dortmund as they are a credit to German and European football. However, the club’s insistence on going for the lesser options in both player and coach recruitment isn’t one of them.

Peter Bosz’s record before being employed as coach of Die Schwarzgelben (The Black and Yellows) is average at best and why he was seen as an ideal replacement for the erratic Thomas Tuchel is something only sporting director Joachim Watzke can answer.

While he should be credited for Ajax’s run to the Europa League final, the fact that the team conceded 18 goals in 15 games is a pointer to his inability to coach teams to defend.

Dortmund already had a good attacking unit before his arrival but while there have been new defensive arrivals in the form of Omer Toprak & Jeremy Toljan, the team has gone backwards defensively.

The team has conceded 16 goals in the league and have fallen from first to fifth place on the table.

There has been a glaring lack of cohesiveness or any form of defensive planning from the coach with games having three goals and more a feature of the team’s season.

They are as good as out of the UCL (and may even lose out on Europa League qualification) so unless something changes and soon, Peter Bosz may be the next Dutch coach to get the sack in European football the season.