After his mistake at SC Freiburg, Kaua Santos moved back into the second tier at Eintracht Frankfurt. Coach Dino Toppmöller surprisingly changes the goalkeeper again and relies on Michael Zetterer.
Coach Dino Toppmöller knew exactly on Tuesday afternoon that he would now announce something surprising: “Now you’re all excited,” he said with a grin and then created facts: Kaua Santos, who was sharply criticized after unfortunate performances and his momentous mistake against SC Freiburgloses its status as number one for the time being.
Just before the highlight in the Champions League against Liverpool FC on Wednesday (9 p.m., live in the audio stream at sportschau.de), Eintracht is changing the goalkeeper again. “Michael Zetterer will play tomorrow,” said Toppmöller.
The young Brazilian Santos, who had to swallow a whopping 18 goals in five appearances after his return, was disappointed when he received the news, emphasized Toppmöller. But the decision is for his own good: “I have the feeling that it is important that he takes another step back. A lot has been thrown at him.”
No discussion about Santos? Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that
Remarkable: On the Sunday after the game in Freiburg, in which Santos gave away the victory with a mistake shortly before the end of the game, things sounded completely different at Eintracht. Sports director Markus Krösche immediately weighed down possible discussions about SantosToppmöller said that the goalkeeper was not up for debate. “I don’t know if I can stop the discussion. It’s not being held internally,” he said.
Two days later, however, the world looks completely different at Eintracht. After numerous discussions, the decision was made to rely on a little more experience and calm between the posts. “We made this decision after one or two exchanges. We have the luxury of having three top goalkeepers.”
It remains to be seen to what extent Kaua will recover from this demotion after just five games. The impression that the 22-year-old was declared the starting goalkeeper somewhat prematurely and too quickly is now becoming more and more solid. After all: Eintracht has closed this construction site for the time being, but the discussions will certainly continue.
