Julian Brandt: First Dealed, then enchanted

Mage with toggle - so the Julian Julian Brandt called almost one and a half years ago. It has changed in this assessment since then nothing, even though the 25-year-old in the past season as a shaped part-time worker could sham little spells. Brandt is still an outstanding technician, an instinct soccer, a man for the risk - and for cabinet pieces, where other footballers would break both ankles. But he is still a player who drives his coaches sometimes for despair. Because he often works as if he is still the Pausenhof Zocker from his school time - and a goal only half so wild.

On Saturday it was time again that Brandt commuted between the extreme. In the absence of the injured Giovanni Reyna, the former Leverkusener rotated at his old facility in the Dortmund. He had earned that after a very decent preparation in which he had recognizable on his game. Brandt wanted to meet the high demands of his new coach Marco Rose at work against the ball - but then a Covid-19 infection slowed down at the season opener. His qualities, Rose said before the game in Leverkusen, we all know. He is an excellent footballer with dynamics. And he worked very well against the ball in the preparation.

Brandt, however, first hard to play in the game on Saturday. The high aggressiveness of the Leverkusen made him creating. He lost balls, truck a top chance because he graduated with the wrong foot (11th) and then led shortly before the break by a half-hearted duel with Kerem Demirbay the Leverkusen leadership on 2: 1 (45. + 1). If Rose had replaced him for a break, Brandt could not have complained.

Reparation on a spectacular way

Rose, however, supported him on the field - and Brandt made his mistakes well again well: An actually poorly clear pass from Erling Haaland he took with the right hoe to put the ball perfectly on the right with the left in a liquid movement. . With force Drosch Brandt then ball then from a short distance under the Tordach and turned jubilant. When he conquered the ball of a Leverkusener in the fifth minute of the injection time and thus the presumably last attack of the game subordinated suborders before he had even gone, his mistake was finally repaired from the first half.

For me it felt extremely good, said Brandt after the game at Sport1. Especially after recent times, I enjoy such moments. My goal was also a bit of rectification. It was revealing because I had annoyed myself personally about some situations in the first half.

Rose also found praising words for the changeable appearance of flexibly usable Dortmunder, who had played against Leverkusen on 10, 8 and 6: We are glad we have him. I like Jule, Rose said after the game and struggling in His remarks are not branding before 1: 2, That's also a truth . One will therefore continue to work on the things, where we have to work with him . So from the magician with clays soon maybe one without it - and full time.

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