The 2:1 home win of VfL Bochum against Union had a few protagonists to offer. One of them was Christopher Antwi-Adjej – even if he didn’t want to admit it himself.
On Sunday evening, it was clear that VfL Bochum would no longer be bottom of the table after the 11th matchday of the Bundesliga. The red lantern was passed on to their rivals FC Schalke. Christopher Antwi-Adjej played a big part in the 2-1 surprise win against Union Berlin – but remained modest as usual.
“We should go for the sack”
“I’m just happy that I could help the team”. After five substitute appearances so far in the current Bundesliga season, the 28-year-old was in the starting eleven for the first time and implemented coach Thomas Letsch’s demands one-to-one: “We were supposed to go on the bag like that, constantly running at the goalkeeper so they had to play the long ball. “
This required a high willingness to run, especially from the front row. “Especially in the current situation, we are not about playing pretty, but about being nasty.” But it was still beautiful: the 2:0 was a textbook counterattack, at the end of which Antwi-Adjej had crossed to substitute Gerrit Holtmann. “A lot of things went together. “
Four players for two outside positions
And so the legitimate question arose as to who should fill the outside positions in the coming games – especially as the third in the group, Jordi Osei-Tutu, also delivered a decent performance and advertised on his own behalf. “I don’t think there will be five games where the same people play all the time and that’s a good thing,” he said, adding that competition predominantly brings benefits. “The way we play, with the high pressing, no player can keep that up for weeks. “
His coach also agreed. “It’s important that everyone puts themselves at the service of the team and when they are flat, then the next row comes in,” said the 54-year-old. Simon Zoller is also expected back in training from Tuesday. So against VfL Wolfsburg (Saturday, 29 October, 15:30) Letsch will be spoilt for choice.