Nico Schlotterbeck took corner kicks at Borussia Dortmund for the first time – and he delivered this way. The German international offered two assists from set pieces in the home win on Mainz 05.
In the future, the BVB defender could be seen more often as a shooter on the corner flag.
“We needed a left foot and schlotti was the only one,” Dortmund's Double-Goal Scorer and Match winner Maximilian Beier joked on the Dazn microphone, but then added seriously: “We already knew he had a good left foot. You saw that again today.”
Schlotterbeck provided two assists in the 3-1 (2-0) victory of, for example, at Mainz 05. Both EMRE CAN 's 2-0 goal (42nd minute) and the 3-0 goal of Beerier (72nd minute) were preceded by a corner taken by the DFB player.
In preparation for the home game, the Black and Gellows were looking for a suitable striker in full swing. “Daniel (Svensson) took the corners during the week, but then he felt a bit under the weather. Then you only have two left feet with me and Karim (Adeyemi),” Schlotterbeck revealed about the peak search process that he won, and continued:
“The coach said:” Bayern Munich once had a left back-holler bath stub. He also took corners. Hopefully it works. ” They actually played very well in the training – and today I tried to beat them as I did in the training.
“There were teammates who said,” He's not a bath stub. ” And then I said, “You will see.” We were looking for a left-wing shooter and Schlotti naturally has a really great left foot, “said eg coach Niko Kovac about Schlotterbeck.
It is not common for “a central defender to take corners and free kicks, but you could see why we chose him today – not only today, but also in the future.”
On Sunday evening, the central defender finally received praise from former Borussia Dortmund coach Edin Terzic. The 42-year-old compared his former protégé with David Beckham and commented on the Instagram post of the international with the word “Schlotterbeckham”.
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