That could have been eye-opening…
In the 3rd league, Yannik Engelhardt (22 / came from Freiburg II for 600,000 euros) was the best midfielder – but on his competitive debut for Fortuna Düsseldorf, he felt very hard that the 2nd league is something completely different . Coach Daniel Thioune (49) still believes in the abilities of his dream player.
Patzer debut against Hertha – Thioune builds up Engelhardt!
After 69 minutes, the new signing came into play with a score of 1:0 – and during this time has repeatedly endangered the opening win against the promotion candidate from Berlin. Engelhardt played three blatant bad passes – sometimes even in front of his own penalty area. Shortly before the end, for example, during a counterattack he passed the ball right into the foot of a Hertha player, who then led to a counterattack.
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Because it was still enough to win, Thioune can break this blunder debut down to a valuable experience. The coach: “He’s gotten a bit stressed, but maybe that’s normal when you’re so young and playing your first second division game in front of 40,000 spectators. We saw a lot of positives against the ball, there were some scary moments for him with the ball – but we caught it.”
Engelhardt was able to thank the strong Fortuna defense that his premiere didn’t go completely wrong. In the next few games, he needs to play better as a joker to become an option for the starting XI.
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Thioune: “It was just wrong decisions, because he didn’t read the game carefully. Maybe it was also a confirmation of why it was good to let him arrive softly at first and not let him start straight away. But he will grow from it. Yannik has made us happy from day one, but we’ve already seen that he has a few challenges under pressure. This game strengthened my feeling that he still needs a tick.”
Because something like this is often not allowed to happen to Engelhardt in the 2nd division…
2023-08-02 04:39:20
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