The Sportschau team from the 14th Bundesliga matchday

Two goals against FC Bayern that bring three very important points: Jae-sung Lee is of course in the Sportschau team for the match day. In addition, two professionals shone against their former clubs.

Goal – Michael Zetterer (Werder Bremen): In the end, the score on goal for St. Pauli was 15:9, but none of the 15 shots on goal found its way past Zetterer. But the Bremen keeper not only shone with his reactions and calm charisma, he also initiated the second goal: his precise shot landed on the right wing exactly at Mitchell Weiser, who then served Marvin Ducksch. Zetterer’s passing rate was also very strong: just over 95 percent of his passes (39 of 41) found their way to a teammate.

Defense – Lukas Kübler (SC Freiburg): If he scores, then twice! Freiburg’s right-back doesn’t normally shine with a constant presence in front of the opponent’s goal, but like on matchday 1 against Stuttgart, he now scored a brace against Wolfsburg and made a significant contribution to the 3-2 win.

Defense – Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach): It wasn’t a given that the Swiss was allowed to replace the previously strong Marvin Friedrich after returning from a muscle injury, but Gerardo Seoane trusted his compatriot. In the 4-1 win against Kiel, the central defender justified this decision: top duel behavior, great pass before the 2-0 and another shot at the inside post shortly before the end.

Defense – Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund): There were slow-motion repetitions that made you look away: The way Schlotterbeck buckled away shortly before the end of the premier class game against Barca on Wednesday evening looked terrible. The central defender left the pitch on a stretcher, holding his hands in front of his face. Four (!) days later, the question of who should replace him against Hoffenheim was answered: Schlotterbeck played. And strong, despite a “ligament injury” (BVB original sound), he had the best tackle rate of all players on the pitch (72.3 percent), the most ball contacts (101) and also a good final action with his heel just next to the TSG -Goal.

Midfield – Granit Xhaka (Bayer Leverkusen): With the win against Augsburg, Leverkusen is back at Bayern, and Xhaka played a big part in that. It wasn’t a football spectacle from him or from the entire Bayer team, but a completely confident and ripped-off performance. Almost everything went through Xhaka, in the end there were 115 ball contacts, 11.4 kilometers of running and a decent duel record of 60 percent.

Midfield – Franck Honorat (Borussia Mönchengladbach): After just half a minute of play, the Frenchman was too quick for the Kiel defense for the first time and hit the measured cross to his favorite addressee, Tim Kleindienst, to take the lead. Even after that, Honorat couldn’t really be grabbed, went wide on the right wing and provided an assist through Alassane Plea to make it 2-0.

Midfield – Jacob Bruun Larsen (TSG 1899 Hoffenheim): Bruun Larsen has made eleven appearances for Hoffenheim this season, but he hasn’t played through them yet. He was substituted once or twice nine times. He showed that he is more suitable for substitution in his old place of work: between 2018 and 2020, the Dane was in BVB’s professional squad, now he returned with Hoffenheim, came into the game in the 54th minute and scored a late joker goal Compensation for TSG is a very important point, especially for morale, in the fight against relegation.

Midfield – Jae-sung Lee (1. FSV Mainz 05): In 103 games for Mainz, Lee has scored 22 goals so far – he will probably never forget these two. Not that the South Korean’s goals to make it 2-1 against Bayern were particularly spectacular, but they were crucial to the matchday sensation and showed that the offensive all-rounder has an incredibly good feel for the space in which danger can arise. His effectiveness is also cool: he had two shots on goal in 90 minutes, both of which were in.

Attack – Lois Openda (RB Leipzig): The team owes a large part of the fact that Leipzig is back in the race for the Champions League thanks to the “threesome” against Frankfurt to Lois Openda. He repeatedly ripped holes against Eintracht, whipped up the crowd and his colleagues, was also the most successful player on the pitch with four shots on goal – and crowned his performance with the winning goal.

Attack – Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart): Woltemade was clearly the difference player against the defensive Heidenheim team: with a clever pass to Maxi Mittelstädt, he gave VfB the lead, then later played the pass to Fabian Rieder, who was fouled for a penalty – Woltemade himself converted to make the final score 3-1. A little sports show tip for VfB: If the knockout round in the Champions League works out, three professionals can be registered by February 6th. The Stuttgart team had missed that before the start of the season at Woltemade.

Attack – Armindo Sieb (1. FSV Mainz 05): There are Somehow they keep coming back, these stories that only football writes. Armindo (not Armando) Sieb played in FC Bayern’s U19 team and is currently on loan from the record champions to Mainz. Then Jonathan Burkardt, who was in top form, was injured in the 15th minute and the audience was already worried. But Sieb came on for Burkardt – and prepared both goals in the win against the club, with whom he has a contract until 2026 after his loan in Mainz.

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