VfB Stuttgart travels to the DFB Cup in Braunschweig in terms of sport and personnel – a story with parallels to the pre -season.
Two defeats and a few personnel worries in their luggage: VfB Stuttgart does not travel with tailwind to the tricky start in the DFB Cup at Eintracht Braunschweig this Tuesday (8:45 p.m. Live in the first and first and In the ARD media library). The competition, which was so much fun for the Swabians last season and with whose profit they have concealed their rather manageable Bundesliga season, should now become a turning point for them. Yet again. If the VfB loses, however, it already has the first little crisis.
After the defeats against FC Bayern Munich in the Supercup (1: 2) and To the league start at Union Berlin (1: 2) There was already “a little more weight” on the game with the second division soccer team, coach Sebastian Hoeneß admitted. Three competitions, three games, three bankruptcies? Such a triple at the start of the season has to be prevented from a VfB perspective. And be it with an emergency defense. In addition to Luca Jaquez, who broke his nose in Berlin on Saturday, two other central defenders are missing: Jeff Chabot and Ameen Al-Dakhil fight with muscular problems. Finn Jeltsch and Ramon Hendriks are now supposed to begin in the defensive center, as Coach Hoeneß already revealed.
Hoeneß wants to send VfB Stuttgart “Hellwach” into the race
The Eintracht, which initially celebrated two victories in the young second division season and At the weekend with 0-2 at Karlsruher SC Verlocis motivated to the stop. A “horny task” is the duel with the cup winner of the pre -season, said the new coach Heiner Backhaus. Only the violation of offensive ace Lino Tempelmann covers the anticipation of the Lower Saxony.
The opponents and stadium are certainly “lit,” VfB coach Hoeneß specified. For his team, it was important to be “wide awake” from the start. “We are the defending champion and of course we want to stay as long as possible.”
VfB Stuttgart with parallels to the pre -season
The at least weak season. Starting in Stuttgart is a parallel to the previous year. The Swabians also lost in the Supercup against Bayer Leverkusen and on the first league game day at SC Freiburg before setting the first statement with the 5-0 at Prussia Münster in the DFB Cup. What followed is known: In the cup, VfB stormed to Berlin and To the first big title since winning the German championship 18 years ago. And this time?
The performance in the first two competitive games sometimes looked better than the results may suggest. But Hoeneß knows: his team needs more power, more determination, more dynamics. The knowledge of your own playful superiority sometimes creates a deceptive feeling of security, which then costs the last important percentage at the crucial moment – you know that only too well in Stuttgart. As early as the previous season, they left points in the league several times.
VfB Stuttgart with Tomás and Leadership in the starting eleven?
In Braunschweig, where a strong opponent is waiting as at Union, the Stuttgart punch, resistance – and freshness. This is also why and with a view to the third game of the week against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Saturday there will be changes, said Hoeneß. The VOM VfL Wolfsburg returned Tiago Tomás Has done his own advertising with his goal in Berlin -Köpenick – just like the also substituted Chris Leader. Possible that both slip into the starting eleven. They are still at VfB, where they are used to become far from being hectic, especially from Hoeneß ‘entry in April 2023. But one was already warned, the coach said.
Broadcast on Monday, 25.8.2025 6:40 p.m., SWR1 Baden-Württemberg
