VfB head coach Sebastian Hoeneß: “It hurts to end the year with a defeat. We had our moments and chances, but just didn’t manage to score. That’s something we have to be self-critical about today. We tried to get an equaliser at the very least but we know that it’s not always possible to turn games around. We have to accept this frustrating defeat, even if that’s hard to do right now.”
Maximilian Mittelstädt: “We threw everything forward today and wanted to give our fans a nice way to end the year. But unfortunately it didn’t pan out that way. Our chance conversion was a decisive issue today. Having said that, we’ve had an extraordinary year, even if today’s result puts a bit of a dampener on that. But we’ll do everything we can to make sure 2025 is just as successful as this year was.”
Alexander Nübel: “We’d pictured signing off for the year in a different way, so we’re pretty disappointed right now. We had a lot of chances but just couldn’t put the ball in the opposition’s net. It hurts and is frustrating.”