Didi Kühbauer actually wanted to build it up carefully. That was not possible due to many failures (like now with the team). “It had to work immediately,” says Rapids trainer enthusiastically about his “nature boy who is humble, grounded, will never take off”. Carefree, resilient under pressure, with a pull to the goal – that’s how he became a full-time striker in Ried from 2019 (31 goals in 81 games), and that’s how he came on Foda’s radar. Fast too fast? “The pace is already right,” Grüll dismissed just last week before the West Ham hit. He was promptly the only “hot spot” in London Rapids. He fades out the surroundings, the ever-growing stage.
