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TSG Hoffenheim like in Julian Nagelsmann’s time

Nthree weeks ago, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim seemed to have sunk somewhere in the inconspicuous midfield of the Bundesliga. The village club, which climbed to the top class in 2008 thanks to the generous support of its patron Dietmar Hopp, no longer produced headlines as it did under the promoted coach Ralf Rangnick or under the young promoted coach Julian Nagelsmann (2016 to 2019) when it was tenth in the table after four wins, three draws and five defeats ).

Under Sebastian Hoeneß, the successor to the current chief trainer at FC Bayern Munich, the Hoffenheim team seemed to be bobbing, also because a long chain of Covid diseases and injuries within the team had slowed down rapid progress. But now, after three wins in a row, TSG has made a big step forward for the time being.

With attacking football worth seeing, the team won 2-0 against RB Leipzig, 6-3 at the bottom of the league, Fürth and 3-2 against Eintracht Frankfurt. The catapult effect: Hoffenheim made the big jump to fifth place and this Saturday (3.30 p.m. in the FAZ live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky) in the Baden derby, SC Freiburg will meet SC Freiburg in their new arena. Fourth against fifth: It’s the top game of the fifteenth matchday.

Great prospects for TSG 1899, which in its second year under the meticulous foreman Hoeneß reveals the qualities that were ascribed to the Hoffenheim team in their prime. And recently even without their Croatian star Andrej Kramaric, who was injured in the head and foot and only scored two goals in this round after twenty hits in the previous season.

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