Bochum captain Anthony Losilla on being the Bundesliga's oldest player, and turning the season around against Bayern Munich
It’s fair to say that Bochum haven’t had a good start to the season, but it’s also reasonable to point out that anything is possible with Anthony Losilla as their captain.
The French midfielder is now in his 11th season at the Ruhrstadion and a club legend as their fifth highest appearance holder with 349 games. His iconic spell has included Bundesliga promotion and a number of stunning survivals, including last season from 3-0 down in the play-off.
Now the league’s oldest player, Losilla is looking to turn things around after the departure of head coach Peter Zeidler, but his side couldn’t have much harder task than the visit of record champions Bayern Munich. Still, anything is possible at Bochum, as Losilla discussed in an exclusive sit-down with bundesliga.com…
bundesliga.com: Bochum never give up in games, but often struggle to protect their leads. Why is that?
Anthony Losilla: “Yes, exactly. I agree with that. We have had chances to shut games down but we haven’t done so. We didn’t take our chances against Borussia Dortmund to go 3-0 up. We conceded a goal to make it 2-1 just before half-time, and that changed the game. And it was the same against Holstein Kiel. We had some good periods, especially between the 10th minute and half-time. We were 2-1 up but it wasn’t enough. We need to work on that. We tend to struggle in the period after the 60th minute. We need to do better because we are dropping points in those key phases of matches. We need to be more concentrated in order to pick up more points.”
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