NAfter three training units in the final preparation phase for the new season, Adi Hütter made a cut. On Wednesday, the head coach of Frankfurt Eintracht and his assistants Peintinger and Reutershahn only worked with 20 field players. The youngsters Joveljic, Cavar, Fahrnberger, Stendera, Makanda and Brugger practiced for themselves with an athletic trainer. The advantages are obvious: The training work becomes more intensive, more concentrated and more effective for the first choice. Especially in units like on Wednesday lunchtime, in which Hütter rehearses the tactical behavior of his professionals in a very competitive manner.
But there are also disadvantages. The measure does not exactly promote the development of talent, neither athletically nor psychologically. Joveljic in particular can be seen as a case of hardship. The 21-year-old Serbian attacker is certified as having a good professional understanding and promising investments. The attacker, who was loaned to RSC Anderlecht in the preseason, was hit particularly hard by the corona pandemic, because the rest of the season was canceled in Belgium. Joveljic has not been able to acquire any gaming experience. Now he doesn’t even have the opportunity to orient himself to Bundesliga standards during training.
But in professional football it’s about points and thus about top-level support and not about guaranteeing as many as possible the best possible progress. Right-back Almamy Touré emphasized after Wednesday’s training how well the first day’s session had gone. “If we keep that lust and greed with which we started training again in the games, we will play a good role,” said the 24-year-old Frenchman.
There are several reasons for the aggressiveness, which was also noticed by the observers of the training game. First, it is demanded by coach Hütter, second, after a four-week and a one-week break, the players are fully in the juice again, third, the competition has become even greater. Without a Europa League commitment, only 35 + x (performance in the DFB Cup) matches are on the program of Eintracht and no longer over 50. Hütter no longer has to rotate.
Touré is only too aware of this situation. “If you don’t perform properly, you may not be there for weeks.” A starting position that doesn’t make him nervous: “It’s pressure, but I take it positively. It’s just up to me that I take my chance. I will do everything to improve myself and fight for my place. “
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