Would someone say it? Would anyone really dare to confront him with it? But of course. The saying “almost alone” is a sports deporter phrase with a beard as long as the famous Dutchman Vader Abraham once wore it, inventor of the Schlumknigiedes. But Martijn Kaars, 25, was the right addressee for the rhetorical standard situation, which he met several times when he stood in the interview zone of the Veltins-Arena with the ball under his arm and questions about the 5: 2 victory of 1. FC Magdeburg at FC Schalke 04.
As I said: that already fit. Kaars is also Dutchman, and that evening in Gelsenkirchen he had become a celebrity like the great bard Vader Abraham by scoring four goals against the recently strikingly strong Schalke – those Schalke, and so the circle, which in hostile Formed fan circles are called “The Smurfs” because of their royal blue origin.
And also the stereotypes almost single -handedly found literally fulfillment. Kaars, the leading shooter of the second Bundesliga, scored each of his fine goal in the showdown with Schalke goalkeeper Justin Heekeren, every time his teammates had staged him: at 1-0 he laid the ball over the keeper, 2-0 at 2-0 He shot into the long corner precisely, he milled 3-0 over the line while sliding, and in the 5-1 he enjoyed all freedom after knitting the horny Heekeren.
If the opposing center forward appears four times in front of his own goalkeeper, then debt issues must be clarified. Ron Schallenberg did not want to deny this, who, in addition to Marcin Kaminski, formed the Schalke central defense. “The deep protection didn’t fit that,” he said, and politely concealed that his next man was never on the spot if the FCM had again carried the ball into the back of Schalke cover zone. His team defended “naive”, said S04 coach Kees van Wonderen, but also rightly expressed his veneration for the opponent, whose game was “difficult to determine”: difficult to control.
Permanent changes in positions, rapid combinations and planned space gain – this is how counterattacks are almost on its own
He spoke to the playful qualities of the Magdeburgers, which they highlight in the league. Apart from the fact that you are presenting a presumably unique home and away balance sheet worldwide: In your own stadium, the FCM has not yet won a game, but there were already 28 points away. At home he is the last, away from the league.
Magdeburg previously won 5: 2 in Düsseldorf and Elversberg, the many goals are not based on mood and chance, but on the game concept of the coach Christian Titz, 53: On permanent changes in positions, rapid combinations and planned space gain. Fast counterattacks result in this. “We don’t play so differently at home either, we will still win games there,” assured Titz, who has been teaching in Magdeburg for four years. The team needs technical level and corresponding recruitment for his ball -quality football. Sports director Otmar Schork, 67, has procured the right players, previously eleven years at SV Sandhausen in the second division business. In Magdeburg’s eleven there are many footballers in the category Klein & Flink, even the central defenders are physically not giants, and the striker Martijn Kaars bought in summer is only 1.83 meters tall.
Kaars was not a good header, said his compatriot van Wonderen, but that was not a mowing, but a professional statement. Schalke’s coach still looked after the young Kaars as the U-18 selection coach of the Netherlands, in the same team with today’s A national players Donyell Malen (Aston Villa, previously BVB) and Cody Gakpo (FC Liverpool). “Martijn is a typical Ajax student, technically capable, a good footballer, always dangerous in front of the goal-compliment to Magdeburg, to recognize and exploit it,” said van Wonderen.
Kaars was trained at Ajax, four goals in one game he last scored as a 13-year-old
The attacker was trained at Ajax Amsterdam, but now Kaars from FC Helmond came from the second-class Kampioen League, the kitchen master league, to Saxony-Anhalt-for at least 800,000 euros. His 14 goals speak for themselves, but the sense of achievement from Saturday evening has exceeded everything that happened to him in the professional career: he finally scored four goals in a game as a 13-year-old, he said, and he was never before 62,000 Spectators performed.
The FCM had an away game at Schalke, but not Martijn Kaars. Nobody was supported more than him: he procured tickets for 33 relatives and friends, he reported that in December in Düsseldorf he even provided 71 relatives with tickets. However, his guests had to pay himself, but now he does not earn as much money in Magdeburg. But maybe there will be a first -class salary soon. While the Schalke now want to prepare another second division year as worry as possible in the remaining season (then with promotion sample), the reserved Titz in Magdeburg does not want to rule out a coup in the summer: “Nobody defends itself against sporting success,” he said.
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