In principle, the adventure at VfB Stuttgart could not have started worse for Alexander Nübel! In a blitz tournament in Heimstetten, the Swabians lost 5-1 to their league rival Borussia Mönchengladbach after 2×30 minutes.
Due to the Swabians’ particularly shaky defensive performance, the 26-year-old keeper had his hands full on his debut, but was unable to prevent the violent clap.
Nübel, who switched from FC Schalke 04 to FC Bayern in 2020 and is still under contract until 2025, only joined VfB on Tuesday for a season on loan after being loaned to AS Monaco for the past two years and in preparation briefly returned to Bayern for the new season.
Nathan Ngoumou (9th, 45th) and strong new signing Tomas Cvancara (15th, 47th, 56th) scored the goals of the five-time German champions. Silas Katompa Mvumpa (32nd) shortened for Stuttgart in the meantime.
Nübel was powerless in the first four goals conceded, but before the fifth goal the 26-year-old made a slapstick insert when he picked up the ball outside the penalty area. Cvancara converted the due free kick to the final score.
The fans then mocked Nübel’s performance online. User “dino” attested the ex-Bayern keeper a “disaster class” at the start.
Meanwhile, “Fabian der Koch” reacted ironically: “It was a great debut from Nübel, wasn’t it?”
“Grütze against Gladbach, lackluster compared to 1860. In addition, goalkeeper Nübel made a very weak debut – including slapstick action,” said “Felix Arnold” aptly summed up the Stuttgart day.
And “Timo Reitz SZN” wishes the Stuttgart fans a new goalkeeper: “Hope you have another good keeper, because Nübel was also semi-awesome”.
Gladbach, meanwhile, secured victory at the tournament. The team of new coach Gerardo Seoane was not only successful against VfB, but also won 2-1 against third division team 1860 Munich.
At the end of the tournament, VfB won 2-0 against 1860 Munich. While Nübel was not used, Jovan Milosevic (9th) and Genki Haraguchi (26th) scored the goals.
With Sports Information Service (SID)
2023-07-29 18:26:22
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