Prank: Sallai thought he shoots twenty goals

Grasse in the midfield and off is the post: against Maxim Leitsch Roland Sallai conquers the ball, calls for a string of the ball from the passed Woo-Yeong Jeong and closes precisely on the long inside post - the 2: 0 for the SC Freiburg Against VfL Bochum on Saturday afternoon. A little later: With three quick hooks, Jeong VfL defender shakes Christian Gamboa, flanks high in the penalty area - and Sallai heads to the 3: 0 final score. Two scenes in which above all the two offensive players of the Breisgauer sh1. What is not a matter of course: the season was changeable for the duo so far. Now they seem to be in the upswing.

Above all Sallai. The Hungarian initiated the leadership hit at the 2-1 victory in Frankfurt before one and a half weeks with a good hit. Now he decided as a double packer the game. "He had a very good phase last season. Roland is emotional and has high expectations in itself. That's why he thought: So steep upwards," says Freiburg's head coach Christian Streich. Eight goals and seven templates Sallai headed at that time, playing a good em - for his home country - and could not shrume in the form this season, which had previously awarded him. "He did not pull the right conclusions and thought he makes twenty goals rather than he sits outside," explains the SC coach. In the autumn, he braked him then an injury to the knee. Now the 24-year-old is also physically resilient, emphasizes his coach. "That's why he can conquer balls he then pounds themselves."

Jeongs outstanding values

With a hit it did not work with Jeong, but with two assists. For the first time since the 2: 1 pokal success in the quarter-finals against Bochum he stood again in the starting eleven, before had a corona infection out of action. "Woo-Yeong has done well in the first round," says prank, the South Korean was mostly belonging to the starting eleven. But his appearances were angular despite all progress: "The others also bring good performance, and he was not very there for Corona." This week, the 56-year-old head coach recognized an upward trend at his 22 year old professional. "I've seen: he's back again and has his hooks. It is outstanding as he does that, Woo-Yeong lives from his enormous physique. He can run 13 kilometers and make 110, 120 sprints. That's exceptional," who entharms Prank. Against Bochum there were "only" 8.6 kilometers of mileage and 32 sprints. But the whole thing within 64 minutes. Then prank changed his protégé. Outstanding values.

A duo comes back in the form - prank can only be right before the decisive weeks in the season end spurt. On Tuesday evening, the Hamburger SV is about the entry into the final of the DFB Cup. Next Saturday, the sports Club Borussia Mönchengladbach receives. Both should be warned against Sallai and Jeong.