Eintracht Frankfurt: Daichi Kamada appears

The creative mind of Eintracht Frankfurt should exploit its potential, just like the old master Max Kruse at Union Berlin. Coach Adi Hütter asks the Japanese for a raise.

Before participating as a guest in Berlin-Köpenick, Frankfurt midfielder Djibril Sow was actually asked if his coach, Adi Hütter, perhaps thinking of sending a chain dog to the top player in Berlin Max Kruse put yourself on a leash. In German football this is called men’s coverage, vaguely remembered by the many coaches of the national regional championships: “And when he goes to the bathroom, you follow him”.

Djibril Sow now does not have the path of the Eintracht for Saturday’s match at Union, but a special treatment for the eccentric 32-year-old who instead excludes from the inside. “Kruse he is certainly an exceptional talent, but I don’t think we will orient our game towards one of the opposing players ”.

Eintracht Frankfurt already had Union striker Max Kruse in its sights

Adi Hütter Despite having a lot of respect for the former Bremen player, he praises him as a player who “can play the decisive pass”, but such an approach is rather old-fashioned and does not fit Adi Hutter’s philosophy. Regardless, it is clear that Kruse raised the iron to another level, perhaps it was precisely the piece of the mosaic, the playful element that has always been missing in the industrious ensemble of the coach Urs Fischer.

Hutter he himself is a fan of the former national team, before the start of last season the courted Eintracht therefore in favor of professionals. The talks were held, but never confirmed, because the Kruse party’s financial vision was far from that of the Eintracht side. A salary of around six million euros was in mind for the sometimes plump offensive force – the Eintracht waved, Kruse he moved to Turkey and ended up in Berlin after the severe turmoil in Istanbul. The Eintracht By now he was no longer worried about the aging of the footballing instinct.

Daichi Kamada – Right presses the Eintracht midfielder on the shoe

This is mainly and secondly Daichi Kamada, the discovery of the past season. The Japanese, “space interpreter and key actor” (Hütter), is the future of Eintrachtwants to make a lot of money with him; Creative gamers like Kamada, just 24, are in high demand, as a sum in the double-digit millions would be owed. One day.

Unfortunately, the technician with the unpredictable hooks is currently not rolling, there is too much inactivity in the game, there are too many ball losses, too few dangerous actions. FR’s judgment in the class register of his last four appearances: once “so-so”, three times “weak”. There is room for improvement.

Kamada benefits from his teammates at Eintracht

All the more annoying since the Eintracht offensive depends on the infusion of the Asian. Also Adi Hütter admits some addiction: “If he’s having a good day, we’re a better class at the game. If it is canceled, it will be much more difficult for us. “So it would be time again for the talented Zehner to develop his potential more generously.

It certainly suffers Kamada understood that the attack efforts rest almost exclusively on his narrow shoulders. It is all the more important to him that the mighty Filip Kostic is back on the left and has another week of training in his bones. The interaction between the stunner and the watermark technician has worked well in the past. Because Kamada he needs teammates he can stage – or stage him. So it’s bad that another free spirit has now signed up for the next two games. Aymen Barkok, the magician of the last few weeks, has contracted the corona virus. An unbridled playmate for the offensive falls.

Hütter must coordinate midfield and defense at Frankfurt

This means for Hutterwho will have to mull over the occupation of the right. The choice of staff depends on whether they will play with a back four or whether they trust the old system. Would the playful, less bulky Erik Durm be the right choice in the chain of three? Hard.

Danny da Costa was with Hutter but in the end excluded, even if the coach does not want to know anything about a “broken relationship”: “On the contrary”. Timothy Chandler has not played a role so far, Almamy Touré is subject to strong fluctuations. And Amin Younes? The former international has overcome crown disease and resumed training, but after two weeks of quarantine it will hardly be an option. So complicated thing all in all.

gonna die Eintracht If you stay on top, no matter how, he’ll have to put aside his reluctance to assign tokens and mark them all. “The quality is more than ninth or tenth place”, underlines the midfielder Sow, who has already noticed the discrepancy between aspiration and reality: “We don’t need to talk about it. We have to take him to the square. ”Next occasion: Saturday, 3:30 pm, Berlin-Köpenick. (Ingo Durstewitz)