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Julian Justvan had two goals and six assists after the first half of the season. Nevertheless, the midfielder was very self-critical about the first half of the season: “I often play behind the leaders and actually always get pressure when I have the ball. I just made too many mistakes in the first half of the season,” he admits, which is why he wants to correct them in the second half of the season. “I have clearly decided to exude more security because that will also give my team a better feeling.” He also went into the game against Elversberg with this intention: “It was important for me to first gain a certain level of security through my actions. As self-confidence grows, you can then succeed in such final actions. I took a lot of positive things from the start,” he looks back on the 3-2 home win against Elversberg, in which he first hit the crossbar, but then netted to equalize 1-1.
“This start was extremely important for us. It’s a close result, but when I look at the whole game, we are currently taking the next development steps,” Justvan sees a positive trend in the Klose team. And it’s exactly this development that he and his teammates want to continue and confirm: “To a certain extent, football depends on the self-confidence of the players. We have to take this good feeling with us into the game on Friday,” he demands.
“I’m really looking forward to it”
In two days we will go back to his old place of work. In the 2023/24 season, the Landshut native was active on loan for SV Darmstadt for the second half of the season and is looking forward to his return: “I still know a lot of players from the current team. The Böllenfalltor is small, compact and under floodlights it quickly becomes a real cauldron because the people live the club,” he describes his experiences from half the Bundesliga year with the Lilies. In addition, the SVD is the next top team in the league: “Otherwise, those were always the opponents we had problems against,” he knows.
But thanks to the development already mentioned, the Klose team managed to beat exactly such teams twice with the two home wins against Hannover and Elversberg: “We know that we can now hold our own against such teams. We have to make sure that we continue to increase the gap at the bottom and want to pick up exactly where we left off against Elversberg,” is the 27-year-old’s target for the game against the third-placed team.
