Göppingen in the crisis: Josip Sarac fails for weeks!
Göppingen in the crisis: Josip Sarac fails for weeks!
The sporting situation at Frisch on Göppingen has tightened again. The back area player Josip Sarac will not be available to the Swabians for several weeks. The club announced this on Tuesday and brings further challenges for the team.
SARAC injured the foxes Berlin in the highly dramatic cup defeat when he slipped unhappily in the final phase. The result was a painful knee injury, which now forces him into the forced break. A few days later, last weekend, the team had to compete in the Bundesliga without him, which ended in a 24:31 defeat against master Magdeburg. The loss of Sarac is not only a sporting setback, but also an emotional one for the team because it is considered one of the top performers.
A look at the challenges
The Göppinger had expected a longer failure. The head coach Ben Matschke indicated the importance of Sarac for the team. "It hits an important player at an unfavorable time," says Matschke. This season Sarac scored a total of 18 goals in four Bundesliga games and had an impressive throw rate of 69 percent. His contribution was of great importance for the team, especially in a phase in which other key players such as Ludvig Hallbäck had to be replaced due to injury.
The association announced that further discussions with knee specialists are currently taking place in order to clarify whether surgery is necessary. Josip Sarac and the team doctors are in contact with the doctor of the Croatian national team, which is still underlining the importance of this injury.
In view of the current form of the team, which has recently lost five competitive games in a row, the upcoming league games are particularly crucial. These defeats came against some of the strongest teams in the league, including Kiel, Flensburg and Hanover. Matschke emphasizes the need for a quick changeover of the game: "As a team, we have to move closer together and other players will have to take over Sarac's position." The next challenges are already in front of the door, with home games against the teams from Gummersbach and Bietigheim as well as an away game at THSV Eisenach, which could be of great importance for morality and the course of the season.The coming time will be crucial for Göppingen to show that the team remains competitive despite the difficulties. The team will do everything possible to improve the results and to compensate for Josip Sarac's failure. Further information can be found here
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