Bundesliga traffic light: Descent at the Alte Försterei – The perfect coaching effect
Which events stood out on matchday 8 of the 2023/24 Bundesliga? In the usual form of the Bundesliga traffic light, Flashscore presents you with a positive and a negative highlight of the match day.
Red: Union Berlin on the decline
What is Union Berlin actually known for? For defensive stability. For outstanding efficiency. For pushing underestimated players to the absolute performance limit. But there will be no sign of the classic Union virtues in 2023/24.
The Iron have already conceded 21 goals in the new season. Most recently they lost eight competitive games in a row. The transfer market has been strengthened with many prominent names – but the new additions don’t really want to work. Union is on the decline.
While they have had a lot of bad luck over the last few weeks, they simply looked terrible in the 3-0 defeat against VfB Stuttgart. “In the first half nothing came together. We weren’t aggressive enough against the ball and had little access overall. (…) We don’t really do well when it comes to conceding goals and are now left empty-handed again in the end,” explained head coach Urs Fischer.
At the start of the season, Fischer was ridiculed for declaring staying in the league and 40 points in the Bundesliga as his season goals. It is now clear that the multiple burdens caused by the UEFA Champions League are also leaving their mark in Berlin-Köpenick. And that Union is actually closer to the relegation battle than to the top of the Bundesliga. Despite Robin Gosens, despite Kevin Volland, despite Leonardo Bonucci.
Green: Perfect debut for Jess Thorup
Played 18 minutes. 1. FC Heidenheim leads 2-0. Despite the change of coach, the guests from Augsburg don’t seem to be able to get back to winning ways.
But everything changed in the 29th minute. Phillip Tietz scored the next goal. The start of a furious race to catch up. In the end it was 5:2. And the whole of football Germany asked itself: Can Jess Thorup do magic?
For the first time since April 24, 2022, FC Augsburg celebrated a Bundesliga victory with a lead of more than one goal. A feat that Thorup’s predecessor Enrico Maaßen never wanted to achieve in 41 Bundesliga games. Will the Dane manage to unleash the full potential of his team in the long term? In any case, the people of Fuggerstadt have talent.
In any case, Jess Thorup’s offensive drive should please his team: “During the break I told the team that we can now not only defend the 3-2, but also have to play for the fourth and fifth goals.” Words that would probably never have come from the lips of the often cautious Maaßen.
2023-10-23 10:24:19
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