Live broadcast on August 9th, Leipzig introduced opunda and Cesco at a high price on the front line this summer. Werner did not perform well during the preparation period when facing their competition, pictorial pointed out that the 27-year-old German international was facing a bench in the new season.
Werner returned to Leipzig a year ago. It was a bold transfer operation for the club to sign him with 20 million euros: he was regarded as the savior of the team at that time, but now he is more like a problem child.
Werner played 4 warm-up matches for Leipzig this summer, but he didn’t score any goals. For him, the preparation period cannot be worse than this. Pictorial said that the consequence of this situation was that Werner was facing the bench when Leipzig fought against Germany Super Cup in Bayern on Saturday.
Coach Luo Ze stressed: “Everyone should be clear that no one’s position is stable. We have many open positions on the offensive side.”
Pictorial said that although Werner lacked luck and did not score goals, his competitors in the team accumulated a lot of confidence in the warm-up match: ogunda scored 7 goals and Cesco also scored 6 goals.
Cesco said in an interview in “Pictures”: “I will not consider whether to start or not. As long as I am on the court, the important thing is that I will do my best to score goals and help the team.”
Compared with Werner, Cesco’s advantage lies in his height: he is 14cm taller than the former at 1.94 meters tall. “Pictorial” pointed out that if Leipzig sent Cesco and opunda to partner in the Munich competition, they would be more flexible: because in addition to the extremely fast opunda, cesco provides strong ball holding ability and extremely threatening transmission.
Werner played 27 Bundesliga matches last season, but he only scored 9 goals (40 games in total/16 goals and 6 assists). After such a mediocre season, it will be another setback for him to sit on the bench in the new season.
(Ximu)