NAfter three training units in the final preparation phase for the new season, Adi Hütter made a cut. On Wednesday, the head coach of Frankfurt Eintracht and his assistants Peintinger and Reutershahn only worked with 20 field players. The youngsters Joveljic, Cavar, Fahrnberger, Stendera, Makanda and Brugger practiced for themselves with an athletic trainer. The advantages are obvious: The training work becomes more intensive, more concentrated and more effective for the first choice. Especially in units like on Wednesday lunchtime, in which Hütter rehearses the tactical behavior of his professionals in a very competitive manner.
But there are also disadvantages. The measure does not exactly promote the development of talent, neither athletically nor psychologically. Joveljic in particular can be seen as a case of hardship. The 21-year-old Serbian attacker is certified as having a good professional understanding and promising investments. The attacker, who was loaned to RSC Anderlecht in the preseason, was hit particularly hard by the corona pandemic, because the rest of the season was canceled in Belgium. Joveljic has not been able to acquire any gaming experience. Now he doesn’t even have the opportunity to orient himself to Bundesliga standards during training.
But in professional football it’s about points and thus about top-level support and not about guaranteeing as many as possible the best possible progress. Right-back Almamy Touré emphasized after Wednesday’s training how well the first day’s session had gone. “If we keep that lust and greed with which we started training again in the games, we will play a good role,” said the 24-year-old Frenchman.
There are several reasons for the aggressiveness, which was also noticed by the observers of the training game. First, it is demanded by coach Hütter, second, after a four-week and a one-week break, the players are fully in the juice again, third, the competition has become even greater. Without a Europa League commitment, only 35 + x (performance in the DFB Cup) matches are on the program of Eintracht and no longer over 50. Hütter no longer has to rotate.
Touré is only too aware of this situation. “If you don’t perform properly, you may not be there for weeks.” A starting position that doesn’t make him nervous: “It’s pressure, but I take it positively. It’s just up to me that I take my chance. I will do everything to improve myself and fight for my place. “
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Last season, the Frenchman fought for a regular place after a few months, but then lost it again because he made too many mistakes in his otherwise ambitious work. The former junior international is fast, athletic, well trained on the ball, and can cross and shoot well. Sometimes, however, he seems a little absent, at least unfocused, which then leads to positional errors and ball losses, which lead to dangerous situations. When asked about this, Touré is quite self-critical. “The coach talked to me about it. I had to get used to the back three but I think I now know what it takes. I have to admit that I play better with less risk. In the second half of the season the deficiencies were less. “
A lot of attention, a lot of aggressiveness
In general, not only with him, says the defender, who with Abraham, since Costa and Chandler has plenty of competitors in his position, Hütter is about a high level of attention and aggressiveness of his players. “The basic idea is unchanged, but Hütter demands even more intensity and quality from us in conquering the ball and in the vertical game forward. We had too many easy ball losses, which brought the risk of being countered. ”Touré believes that an improvement is possible with Eintracht, as they now have fewer English weeks to contest and can go into the games with even more aggressiveness. Like colleague Kohr the day before, he gave the Frankfurt squad enough class to hope for a place in the next Europa League.
Touré seemed motivated to the tips of his hair on Wednesday – despite all the calm he exuded. This was also made clear in his statement on the subject of waiving wages due to the financial difficulties of unity due to the Corona crisis. “It is clear that the clubs and Eintracht have to react to the loss of income. I spoke to sport director Bobic in private. For me, but also for my teammates, it goes without saying to help the club in this complicated situation. “
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