The start of the season was initially not according to plan at VfB Stuttgart, but the cup winner is now on track again. This also has to do with the fact that the players have “put on the switch”, goalkeeper Alexander Nübel emphasizes in an exclusive interview with RTL/NTV and Sport.de before the second Europa League duel of the season.
The “fun” is back in the country, says national player Alexander Nübel in an interview with RTL/NTV and sport.de Before the Stuttgart European Cup game in Basel (Thursday, from 8:15 p.m., live at RTL).
At VfB Stuttgart there was still some sand in the gear at the start of the season, after the Franz Beckenbauer supercup against FC Bayern (1-2), the games against Union Berlin (1: 2) and Freiburg (1: 3) were lost in the Bundesliga one and three. There are already rumbling with the Swabians, “there were a few tumults”, the sound at VfB “became rougher,” said Nübel in retrospect.
At the latest with the victory after the deficit at 1. FC Köln (2-1) on the last matchday (Click here for the highlights on RTL+) – VfB Stuttgart has successfully completed the “intensive” phase of the third league victory in the fifth game. “That was very important. So we look forward to Thursday and the Europa League evening in Basel. It will be a nice game.” VfB had already successfully completed the Europa League start against Celta Vigo (2-1).
Nübel looked closely at Basel bankruptcy in Freiburg
What has changed in VfB Stuttgart compared to the start of the season? “It has been seen that the energy was different in the past few weeks than in the first two or two and a half weeks. We killed the switch,” reports Nübel in the interview.
Video: Nübel provides an insight into the future planning
That energy is now the new “bar” for the upcoming tasks. But the national goalkeeper also sees potential for improvement.
Nübel looked closely at the upcoming opponent FC Basel the previous week when the Swiss were guests at SC Freiburg and lost 1: 2 (0: 1). “Not an easy game for Basel,” analyzes the goalkeeper: “Freiburg was effective. In the end, Basel comes back again, so it got briefly. Basel is a good team.”