When reality is not quite so pleasant, then man is tempted to dream. In the case of Frankfurter Eintracht, after the rather botched start of the season against Arminia Bielefeld (1: 1), this means imagining what it would be like if Luka Jovic would slip on the jersey with the eagle on his chest again. The desire to see the young striker again, who scored five goals in a Bundesliga game against Fortuna Düsseldorf, has been around for a long time.
He was recently fired with media reports from Spain, according to which Jovic asked Real Madrid to return to Frankfurt on loan and coach Zidane basically had nothing against not having the young Serbian striker in the squad. The words of the former world-class player on this subject are not recorded, but his actions confirm the statement. In the first game of the season against San Sebastián, Zidane let the attacker, who had been brought from Eintracht for 60 million euros, sit on the bench until the final whistle, although the dispute with the underdog ended 0-0. The French preferred to bring the youngsters Marvin Park (20) and Sergio Arribas Calvo (18) into play instead of the 22-year-old Jovic.
In the German media, these facts hit like a bomb, some gave the impression that Jovic was already sitting on the plane towards the Rhine-Main. Everyone mentioned one little thing that speaks against a transfer, but gave it different meanings: The striker’s annual salary is around ten million euros. To make matters worse, the Spanish tax legislation leaves football professionals more net than the German. Not so bad, because Los Blancos could forego a loan fee and continue to pay a large part of their salary so that their unfortunate talent could gain gaming experience in Frankfurt and find their luck.
Information from the FAZ is consistent with what common sense says: Jovic may dream of unity, but will not come to Frankfurt. Why should the Madrilenians basically pay Eintracht to take a player for whom they can expect a high loan fee and full payment of the fee from other clubs?
Jovic for free in Frankfurt, fairy tales are made of this material, the Frankfurt reality is players like Stefan Ilsanker who are paid for what they do. The 31-year-old Austrian international smiled maliciously on Tuesday when asked what he knew about the status of the Jovic transfer and replied: “I would be happy if he would return, but I can’t say more about it, I don’t know more . “What Ilsanker knew how to name very well, was what went wrong at the Bundesliga premiere against Bielefeld and what needs to be improved on Friday at Hertha BSC Berlin (8.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and at DAZN):” If we Leave such gaps again, sometimes with the team parts too far apart, then the Berliners will rip our asses off, and then we won’t play a draw either. “
“Work and march”
The Austrian thinks the Berliners are a completely different caliber than the climber from East Westphalia. “They played some good games in the second half of the season, have now strengthened themselves tremendously and are in a really good mood.” This can be seen from the 4-1 away win at Werder Bremen. Accordingly, Eintracht must act more compact and cohesive in Berlin and simply defend better in front of the goal.
Because there was a draft in Frankfurt midfield, coach Adi Hütter had brought his defensively oriented compatriot onto the pitch against Arminia in the second half when the score was 1: 1. There Ilsanker tried to bring his strengths to bear: running and fighting. He knows that he is not a “fine motor” player, as he once said of himself. “I leave the magic to those who can,” said Ilsanker on Tuesday, by which he meant Silva and Kamada and when asked whether he wanted to score two goals again, as in the last Bundesliga game against Hertha. “First of all, it’s about the basics: working and marching, and last but not least, it’s about doing magic.” He didn’t just mean himself, but the whole team.
Ilsanker was optimistic that Eintracht would play better in Berlin: “At the beginning of the season we are still in the warm-up phase, the many mistakes are understandable. And with 1860 Munich and Bielefeld we had two opponents that we didn’t know. ”Ilsanker can’t hope for one thing against Hertha: that Luka Jovic will strengthen Eintracht. But that’s not that bad either: “André Silva and Bas Dost have proven that they are not blind.”
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