The Positive: Stuttgart collects his second point this season. The Negative: The way of the zero point against newly promoted Düsseldorf leaves no room for positive development – except for the goalkeeper.
A world champion was not what Benjamin Pavard since in the 53. Minute showed. After düsseldorf’s professional Marcel Sobottka had held the French lightly on the Arm, the defender’s theatrical fall and writhed on the floor. Would have been his Team in the Offensive half as creative as Pavard in this action…
It had been expected that it would be against the defensive opponent from Düsseldorf necessarily a Torfestival. But in their own stadium against a newly promoted team – there simply must be more than a zero number. Especially since Stuttgart could not thank his goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, the team went out as a loser from the lawn.
The Problem with Mario Gomez spoke last weekend, as the VfB suffered in Freiburg, the equalizer: “for Us the self-confidence is currently lacking.” After the surprising Cup in the third League, Hansa Rostock, two defeats and two draws put the Swabians in the table cellar.
Momentum is not taken from the past season
A little perplexed: Stuttgart’s coach Tayfun Korkut
But why the Team of coach Tayfun has such a start Korkut problems? The coach is not new, it is since January of 2018, in the office and has led the former relegation candidates almost even in the Europa League. On the penultimate round was celebrated even to a 4:1 away success of the German record champion Bayern Munich. The season was concluded very positively.
The club even managed to keep the world champion Pavard, although the major European clubs vying for him. Daniel Ginczek has to leave a scorer to the club, but with Daniel Didavi and Gonzalo Castro two seasoned League came to offensive forces.
Many questions, hardly any answers
And nevertheless, Stuttgart is after four Games with just two points. That is no crisis. But questions must be allowed: Why does the VfB offensive ideas – and harmless? Why not he manages to dictate in their own stadium in the game? Why he is so often in arrears? Why does he back against a newly promoted team, seven of the Top opportunities?
“We have tried everything, it works everything,” said VfB captain Christian Gentner in the Eurosport microphone. “We have no Ball over the line down.” An explanation for the performance. “We wanted to, but it is not everything,” said coach Korkut after a long stay in the cabin and stressed the Positive: “The team lives, you fought back.” And then he adds: “we are not overturning. We will try to take a new start.” This is a good idea. Alone in the implementation of it is missing but so far.