Defender as a corner shooter
Everyone celebrates “Schlotterbeckham”-what his ex-coach has to do with it
For the first time this season, Nico Schlotterbeck against Mainz shot the corner balls at BVB – and promptly played two goals. He receives a lot of praise from an old acquaintance.
Actually, Nico Schlotterbeck in Dortmund is responsible for holding the defensive together. In the home game against Mainz, however, the 25-year-old jumped into a corner kick and revealed unexpected talents. Both Emre Can and Maximilian Beier provided with such precise flanks that the teammates only had to nod off. As a result, Schlotterbeck contributed significantly to the 3: 1 success of the BVB.
Until the game against Mainz, the central defender had not shot a single corner for Dortmund this season. Accordingly, BVB coach Niko Kovač surprised with his decision to try Schlotterbeck as standard shooters. After the home success at the DAZN microphone, the latter said that during the week in training, Daniel Svensson was still intended for this. “Then unfortunately he felt a bit struck and we had only two left feet with Karim (Adeyemi, editor’s note) and only two left feet.” As is well known, the choice fell on Schlotterbeck.
Holger Badstuber served as a model
Kovač said “that at Bayern with Holger Badstuber there was a left central defender who beat the corners,” said Schlotterbeck. “They actually got very well in training, so I tried to beat them like in training.” Successfully.
After the game, the BVB coach was open to continued to use Schlotterbeck as a flankener at corner balls. “You saw why we chose it today. And not only today, but also for the future,” said Kovač.
It is not common for a central defender to beat the corners. “But of course Schlotti has a really great left foot.” Schlotti – this is what coaching team, teammate and fans call Nico Schlotterbeck. But soon he could wear another nickname.
Edin Terzić comments on Schlotterbeck’s post on Instagram
After the game, Schlotterbeck posted. In the comments, the users of the platform celebrated Dortmund for his performance against Mainz. An old companion also spoke up. Former BVB coach Edin Terzić commented: “Schlotterbeckham”-a reference to the English football legend David Beckham, who was known for his sharp and winding flanks.
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For the BVB player, the comparison with Beckham is a knighthood. Kick it like Schlotterbeck! It remains to be seen whether his teammates take over the new nickname.
In any case, he seems to please fans: Edin Terzić’s comment received over 3,500 likes, and some users have already repeated him under the post. Others demanded that Schlotterbeck Emre can be replaced as BVB captain. If the central defender continues like this, the Dortmund managers will probably not avoid this discussion.
Source: Stern
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