VfB coach Sebastian Hoeneß is going into the home game against Cologne with players who can start again and players who will start again. But maybe without his first two goalkeepers.
Has – as of Thursday – a small goalkeeper problem: Sebastian Hoeneß (left). imago images (2)
The Stuttgart media landscape is not the Munich media landscape, so there was only one question about this, quite cautiously. Not even whether Sebastian Hoeneß would be a potential Tuchel successor, i.e. whether he would perhaps take over the position of Bayern coach Thomas Tuchel, who left in the summer. With the last name Hoeneß, the connection to the record champions is almost inevitable.
It was then just a question of whether the VfB coach was happy to be associated with such a career move – and because it wasn’t the first time, he replied briefly and succinctly: “That doesn’t particularly affect me. ” And with that, the 41-year-old had already scared away the B word again on Thursday, before the home game against 1. FC Köln on Saturday (3:30 p.m., LIVE! on kicker). Stuttgart, not Bavaria. Stand now.
Hoeneß was less taciturn in providing information about the Swabian hospital that Deniz Undav and Alexander Nübel will not be leaving before the weekend. Things could get really tricky for Stuttgart between the posts because, in addition to the appearances of Waldemar Anton (back problems) and Maximilian Mittelstädt (adductors), Nübel’s replacement Fabian Bredlow is also in question.
Would Seimen be ready? “We trust him”
The Swabian number two, Hoeneß revealed, was unable to train on Thursday because he was overly tired and had “probably eaten something bad”. If Bredlow were to be sidelined alongside Nübel, Hoeneß confirmed that the 18-year-old Stuttgart goalkeeper talent Dennis Seimen – not yet a professional player – would be between the posts in the home game against relegation-threatened Cologne. The team boss was unable to answer whether Seimen was ready for this. “But we trust him.”
In the attack, Hoeneß took a little look at his cards. Enzo Millot received a starting eleven guarantee, the recovered African Cup driver Silas is at least considered a starting eleven candidate again. For Serhou Guirassy, who is also still approaching 100 percent performance, it is possible that 90 minutes are possible again. That remains to be seen, but according to Hoeneß, at least there is no longer any agreement to replace the goal guarantor early.
VfB is heading into a matchday with a lot of potential. If he wins his home game against Cologne on Saturday afternoon and Bayern beats RB Leipzig in Munich in the evening, Stuttgart would already be nine points ahead of fifth-placed Saxony with eleven game days to go. That would be a not insignificant step towards the Champions League. But this remark would be dismissed on the Neckar even faster than a Hoeneß rumor.
2024-02-22 16:14:08
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