More questions than answers for Dortmund coach Rose after Cup exit

FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Bundesliga - VfL Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund - Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany - November 27, 2021 Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose before the match REUTERS/Cathrin Mueller /File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund coach Marco Rose had imagined his first season at the Ruhr valley club differently but just past the halfway mark, his team is playing catch-up, with fourth-placed Hoffenheim awaiting on Saturday.

Rose, who came to Dortmund from Borussia Moenchengladbach on a five million euro transfer, now has only the Bundesliga title and the Europa League to fight for.