About a month ago, the use times of the Dortmund Winterleihendung Ansgar Knauf in his new club made for amazement. Two joker inserts in three Bundesliga pairs – Eintracht-Coach Oliver Glasner initially had little use for the fast outer railway player.
- Knauf: “We look forward to a beautiful quarterfinal against Barcelona”
- U 21: Knauf hot starting style candidate on the right offense side
Four and a half weeks later, Knauf says in the context of a DFB media customer about his workplace change on January 20, 2022: “So far, it has run optimally, just as we all introduced us. I’m getting better in the team, I’m fine in the team, in the game flow and hopes that it goes on the same way. It’s great guys, it’s just fun with the whole troupe and the team of drummerum. This is still the beautiful stadium with great fans with every home game – that’s just cool. “
In the first round Knauf was even more in the third league at BVB than in the first division team. Now he is a typical example of the often quoted fast loyalty in professional football. In the past six mandatory matches, KnaufF is always in the Eintracht-Startelf, achieved his premier hit at Hertha BSC at the 4: 1 away win and elevated the right-wing house of Hesse. There, the trained offensive force usually acts as a rail player in front of a triple chain, so must do defensive task.
Knauf: “We look forward to a beautiful quarterfinal against Barcelona”
“That’s good for me, so I’ll be more variable,” explains Knauf and summarizes overlooking seven points from four league rates and the progress in the Europa League Octagonal Final against Betis Seville, where he stood on the square complete 210 minutes : “Overall, we have made a very good development with the team, have shown very good games in recent weeks, withdrawing our style of play and accordingly delivered results. All are extremely happy about the progress in the Europa League. We look forward to a look forward to Beautiful quarterfinals against Barcelona. “
It takes two weeks to measure the Eintracht professionals with the Barca stars. First, Knauf has to prove to other colleagues. For the German U-21 selection, in which the still for the U 20 to play in October in October and November has already been used once as a Joker, important EM qualifying games against Latvia (Friday, 18.15 in Aachen) and in Israel (March 29 in Petah Tikva).
Point losses should be the team of coach Antonio di Salvo, which leads to the same with Israel (15 counter) the group before Poland (13), but will be impaired by violent personnel problems.
U 21: Knauf hot starting style candidate on the right offense side
“This is annoying and a pity, for those who can not be there. For that other players have come directly. The mood is good and it is not really no topic for us because we are concentrating on the games,” says Knauf, says The now itself is a hot starting diagram on the right offensive side. Because of his recently good performances and abdominal problems of the Freiburg’s Kevin, which was previously set in the U 21, which initially did not travel to the DFB team and at most, hopes for a possibility of use in Israel.
Knauf seems ready to take responsibility and, despite the adversity, does not remove from the high demand within the DFB selection: “We want to win and are all firmly convinced if we stay with us and prepare well that we are well preparing for us successfully will.”
Soon after, the European epocal nights are against Barcelona, who wants to make harmonics to magical from their point of view. But even then Knauf has contractually until summer 2023 time to leave its mark in the main metropolis.