Blessing on the ankle
Founding moment in the test: Service carrier replaced at an early stage
10.07.2025 – 10:05 a.m.Reading time: 2 min.
There were not many noteworthy scenes at the Eintracht Braunschweig test game against Istanbul Başakşehir. But one triggered worries at least for a short time.
Not even ten minutes were played in the Eintracht Braunschweig test game against Istanbul Başakşehir on Wednesday, there was a first big moment of shock. Lino Tempelmann went down to the ground after a confusing scene in the middle circle with a face that was distorted by pain.
The power carrier of Eintracht held the ankle. Previously, he was unhappily kinked with his left foot. After a short break of treatment, the midfielder continued. However, the 26-year-old visibly ran out of round. Coach Heiner Backhaus played it safe and took his central engine off the pitch around eight minutes later.
How serious the injury of Tempelmann is initially remained open. However, coach Backhaus gave at least cautious all -clear. “If it had been a league game, he would have continued,” he told the “Braunschweiger Zeitung”. “But we don’t have to take any risk here. I think and hope it’s nothing dramatic.”
Far from the Tempelmann Blessing, the new coach saw a decent appearance of his team in the first real endurance test during the summer preparation. After two test games against the district league teams MTV Hondelage and VfL Oker (12: 0 and 13: 0), however, there was no fireworks aggressively in the 0-0 against the Conference League participant, and many small fouls were involved.
At the first appearance in the training camp in Jenbach in Tyrol, Eintracht offered at least a strong opponent who is the favorite club of Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Mesut Özil had played his last game as a professional at this club before he announced his resignation in March 2023.