RB Leipzig’s game against Mainz revealed Marsch’s sore spot, the best player in the Bundesliga does not play for FC Bayern Munich and Hertha’s cause of the optimistic mood is over for now. The theses for the 1st matchday of the Bundesliga .
Bayern does not have the best player in the league
Robert Lewandowski scored 41 goals last season, was named Germany ’s Footballer of the Year, Europe’s Footballer of the Year and World Footballer. As a single player, Lewandowski had the most spectacular season in the history of the Bundesliga , none of which was as good as the Pole before. Since Bayern have dominated the Bundesliga at will, the record champions have been the footballer of the year in six out of nine cases, with Marco Reus (2019) only one player who has both a German passport and plays in the Bundesliga . Kevin de Brunye (VfL Wolfsburg) and Reals Toni Kroos were the other two exceptions.
Now predictions after a matchday are perhaps a little premature, but what Erling Haaland showed against Eintracht Frankfurt and what a bombastic shape the Norwegian is in, suggests that the best, most spectacular player of this season does not wear a shirt from FC Bayern Munich. Because Haaland has, in addition to his footballing and physical skills, something that only happens once every jubilee year: Even fans of other clubs want to see this player play. Because it’s so extraordinary and there doesn’t seem to be a limit for this 21-year-old.
Most scorer points: serial offender Lewandowski – Haaland catches up
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Erling Haaland was the outstanding man on the field with four goals at the BVB gala against Frankfurt and is now represented twice in the ranking of the most scorer points in a game. The overview.
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Since 2004/05 over 60 players have achieved 4 scorer points in one game. Here is a small selection. – 11th place: Szabolcs Huszti (Hannover 96) – 4 points scorer. 4 assists in a 4-0 win against VfL Wolfsburg on September 2nd, 2012.
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11th place: Heung-Min Son (Bayer Leverkusen) – 4 points scorer. 3 goals and 1 assist in a 5-3 win against Hamburger SV on November 9, 2013.
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11th place: Thomas Müller (FC Bayern) – 4 scorer points. 2 goals and 2 assists in an 8-0 win against Hamburger SV on February 14, 2015.
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11th place: Stefan Kießling (Bayer Leverkusen) – 4 scorer points. 2 goals and 2 assists in a 5-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on December 12, 2015.
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11th place: Ciprian Marica (VfB Stuttgart) – 4 points scorer. 1 goals and 3 assists in a 6-0 win against Werder Bremen on November 7, 2010.
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11th place: Milivoje Novakovic (1. FC Cologne) – 4 points scorer. 1 goal and 3 assists in a 4-1 win against Bayer Leverkusen on September 17, 2011.
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11th place: Marcelinho (Hertha BSC) – 4 scorer points. 1 goal and 3 assists in a 6-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on December 4th, 2004.
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11th place: Alexander Meier (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 4 points scorer. 1 goal and 3 assists in the 6: 3 against 1. FC Köln on October 22, 2005.
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11th place: Rafael van der Vaart (HSV) – 4 points scorer. 1 goal and 3 assists in the 7-0 win against Karlsruher SC on May 17th, 2008.
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11th place: Diego (Werder Bremen) – 4 points scorer. 1 goal and 3 assists in the 8: 1 against Arminia Bielefeld on 09/29/2007.
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11th place: Mesut Özil (Werder Bremen) – 4 points scorer. 1 goal and 3 assists in a 6-0 win against SC Freiburg on November 21, 2009.
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11th place: Sergej Barbarez (Bayer Leverkusen) – 4 points scorer. 2 goals and 2 assists in a 4-0 win against Arminia Bielefeld on November 3rd, 2007.
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11th place: Franck Ribery (FC Bayern) – 2 goals and 2 assists in a 4-3 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on May 18th, 2013.
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11th place: Grafite (VfL Wolfsburg) – 4 scorer points. 3 goals and 1 assist in the 4: 3 against Schalke 04 on March 13, 2009.
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11th place: Dimitar Berbatov (Bayer Leverkusen) – 4 points scorer. 3 goals and 1 assist in a 5-1 win against 1. FC Kaiserslautern on April 1st, 2006.
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11th place: Roy Makaay (FC Bayern) – 4 points scorer. 3 goals and 1 assist in a 5-0 win against Borussia Dortmund on February 19th, 2005.
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11th place: Patrick Helmes (Bayer Leverkusen) – 3 goals and 1 assist in the 4-0 win against Hannover 96 on September 19th, 2008.
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11th place: Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen) – 4 points scorer. 3 goals and 1 assist in a 4-1 win against VfL Bochum on September 25, 2004.
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11th place: Kevin Kuranyi (FC Schalke) – 4 points scorer. 4 goals in a 5-0 win against Energie Cottbus on April 15, 2008.
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11th place: Christian Eigler (1. FC Nürnberg) – 4 points scorer. 4 goals in a 5-0 win against FC St. Pauli on March 5th, 2011.
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11th place: Martin Petrov (VfL Wolfsburg) – 4 points scorer. 4 goals in a 4: 3 against FSV Mainz 05 on October 30, 2004.
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11th place: Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern) – 4 points scorer. 4 goals in 4: 3 against Hertha BSC on October 4th, 2020
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11th place: Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern) – 4 points scorer. 3 goals and 1 assist in the 6-0 win against Borussia Mönchengladbach on May 8th, 2020
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11th place: Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) – 4 points scorer. 4 goals in a 5-2 win against Hertha BSC on November 21, 2020
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11th place: Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) – 4 points scorer. 2 goals and 2 assists in the 5: 2 against Eintracht Frankfurt on 08/14/2021
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3rd place: Roberto Firmino (TSG Hoffenheim) – 5 points scorer. 2 goals and 3 assists in a 5-1 win against HSV on August 17th, 2013.
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3rd place: Arjen Robben (FC Bayern) – 5 points scorer. 2 goals and 3 assists in an 8: 1 against FC St. Pauli on May 7, 2011.
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3rd place: Wout Weghorst (VfL Wolfsburg) – 5 points scorer. 3 goals and 2 assists in a 5-2 win against Fortuna Düsseldorf on March 16, 2019.
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3rd place: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) – 5 points scorer. 4 goals and 1 assist in a 5-2 win against HSV on November 5th, 2016.
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3rd place: Mario Gomez (FC Bayern) – 5 points scorer. 4 goals and 1 assist in a 7-0 win against SC Freiburg on 09/10/2011.
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3rd place: Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 5 points scorer. 5 goals in a 7-1 win against Fortuna Düsseldorf on October 19, 2018.
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3rd place: Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern) – 5 points scorer. 5 goals in a 5-1 win against VfL Wolfsburg on September 22nd, 2015.
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1st place: Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) – 6 points scorer. 3 goals and 3 assists in an 8-0 win against FSV Mainz 05 on November 2nd, 2019.
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1st place: Claudio Pizarro (FC Bayern) – 6 points scorer. 4 goals and 2 assists in a 9-2 win against Hamburger SV on March 30, 2013.
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Leipzig’s game against Mainz reveals Marsch’s sore spot
Leipzig’s game against Mainz was reminiscent of some of the lows of last season in many phases. In the games against so-called small opponents such as Cologne, Hoffenheim and Mainz, Leipzig stumbled too often and therefore didn’t even have the chance to intervene in the fight for the title in the end. Now some believe that the team is still there, even if one or the other top performer is no longer there. Especially since Andre Silva finally has the scorer in the squad who was so sorely missed last season. It was Leipzig’s biggest problem that the team did not have a real clipper like Bayern, Dortmund or Wolfsburg, which, in case of doubt, can make a mess of a tight game.
Something like now in Mainz, where the team revealed massive problems against a low opponent. And with it, in a way, the sore point of the new coach Jesse Marsch. Under Julian Nagelsmann, Leipzig had a good mix of RB-DNA with a lot of switching football and that certain something in terms of positional play. Despite numerous successes with Red Bull Salzburg, Marsch is not a proven expert in dominant possession football. But that is exactly what will be important in the majority of the games. Most opponents should face Leipzig in about the same way as Mainz on Sunday, with a deep defensive block, with a lot of passion and willingness to make sacrifices. On the other hand, playful solutions are needed and not just 17 crosses from Angelino’s half-field, in the good hope of a buyer in the center.
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