Juranovic is ahead
Captain Christopher Trimmel has to nibble on his current role with Champions League contenders 1. FC Union Berlin. The 36-year-old is no longer part of the team coached by Urs Fischer and has only started in the 4-2 win against SC Freiburg in the last six Bundesliga games – it was his 300th game for the “Iron”. Despite a contract extension at the beginning of the year, the Austrian did not rule out a premature departure under certain circumstances.
“If I don’t play the first half of the season next season, as I know myself, I’ll want to change,” he said in a media round on Tuesday and explained: “Because I’m like that.” Trimmel is slowly heading towards the end of his career, two He wanted to be active for up to three years, he emphasized and remarked: “If you want to remain a professional for that long, you have to be on the pitch in the end.” He is fit because “I train with 18 and 19-year-olds and I don’t see myself at a disadvantage at the moment”.
The Croatian winter buyer Josip Juranovic gave Trimmel a strong competitor who was fourth in the table and was often preferred by Fischer. With regard to the veteran in the team, the Swiss coach had said several times that Trimmel was in a different role, but that the competition on the right flank was “a tight box”. Trimmel indicated that the statement surprised him. The situation is not easy for him: “The coach also felt that it was on my mind. I’m the captain of this team and there should always be a captain on the field, and I have that ambition too.”
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The starting eleven against Freiburg freed him: “I’ve already seen internally that it’s time for me to play again.” For him, it’s just about “being told that the chances are equal, at what level.” anyway”. But Trimmel didn’t want to reveal what he was told himself. The Austrian has been with Union since 2014 and is the longest-serving professional in the squad, has contributed six goals and 61 assists since then and still has a contract until 2024.
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