Sinsheim, Germany – Make we gist small about how TSG Hoffenheim don start di new Bundesliga season like say dem get fire for body. First match, dem show dem power by smashing Hansa Rostock 4-0 for di DFB Cup. Then, dem waka come Bayer Leverkusen side, win dem 2-1. No be small matter o!
Head coach Christian Ilzer don bring new players join di team, seven to be precise. Dem don give di squad fresh flavor and dem tactics don change too. Di guys dey switch between 4-2-3-1 and 4-4-2 formation – like di gaffer dey try mix things up for kitchen!
But no be all good news for dem, as two of dem fresh talents, Wouter Burger and Kiko Machida, dey out because of injury. Meanwhile, Adam Hlozek, Valentin Gendrey, and Ozan Kabak dey long-term injury list. E be like say injury dey follow dem like shadow!
Now, make we talk about Frankfurt. Dem no go fit run am for Sinsheim because goalkeeper Kaua Santos and Jessic Ngankam dey sidelined too. Di coach go decide wetin happen with Ellyes Skhiri after him final training session on Friday. E no easy at all!
One player wey everybody dey eye now na Fisnik Asllani. Di guy start for Union Berlin academy before he come join Hoffenheim in 2020. Him don get serious time for Bundesliga, and for summer 2023, he go Austria Wien on loan. E shine well when he dey with Elversberg, na im make scouts dey find am like say he be rare gemstone!
In other news, for di first match, Eintracht Frankfurt no carry last come as dem win possession high up di pitch 14 times – na di most for di league! E be like say dem dey ready for battle, even though dem still dey cowl under Hoffenheim’s recent form.
Sporting Director Timmo Hardung and head of first-team football Pirmin Schwegler don dey for Hoffenheim before, so dem sabi di team mentality well. Plus, Elias Baum and Asllani don play together for Elversberg. Na wa o, reunion everywhere!
For fans of young players, dis season dey bring better news o. Can Uzun and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya don show say dem dey ready to take Bundesliga by storm. Can Uzun na di youngest player wey don ever get three goal involvements in one match – e just 19 years old! Na wah, wetin dem dey feed dem for breakfast?
dino Toppmöller, di coach of Frankfurt, don express some joy about di team’s performance but e also advice dem make dem no get overconfident. Di way dis season dey start, this league no go soft on anybody.
As di Bundesliga dey hot up, you fit expect more shakara from both sides. As fans, we go just sit down dey watch dem dey shine like stars for di pitch, and hope say dem no go let us down!
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