Ilzer wants to surprise Dortmund: Hoffenheim's big fight in the signal Iduna Park!

Ilzer wants to surprise Dortmund: Hoffenheim's big fight in the signal Iduna Park!

Austria's master coach Christian Ilzer faces a special challenge in the German Bundesliga. After moving from Sturm Graz to Hoffenheim, he will meet Borussia Dortmund on December 17, 2024 in Signal Iduna Park. On November 5, just five weeks earlier, Ilzer had played with his time-honored team from Graz in the Champions League against the "black and yellow" and narrowly lost with 0: 1 when Donyell painted the winning goal in the 85th minute, like Today.at reported .

Ilzer's upheaval to Hoffenheim goes hand in hand with well -known challenges for Dortmund coach Nuri Sahin. His team has to struggle with injuries: Waldemar Anton, Niklas Süle and Nico Schlotterbeck fail, which weakens the defensive. Sahin sees Ilzer's style of play as an advantage because he knows the intensity of Sturm Graz and could flow into the games. "I don't think his game philosophy from Sturm Graz to Hoffenheim has completely changed," said Sahin talkative. Ilzer, on the other hand, is aware of the difficult mission - his team is waiting for a win after five games. "We have to trust ourselves and increase our efficiency in the degrees," he said combative.

anticipation for the duel

Ilzer, who was signed as a new coach of Hoffenheim in early November, is not only faced with the sporting challenge, but also the responsibility to tear the helm around. Hoffenheim is currently only 15th place in the Bundesliga and has not scored a goal in the last three games, which led to the release of his predecessor Pellegrino Matarazzo. "The clarity and the high intensity" of his playing style are, according to Andreas Schicker, the sports director of the club, exactly what Hoffenheim now needs to come out of the crisis, such as . Ilzer's time in Graz, where he won the championship and broke Salzburg's years of dominance, seems to offer him a huge horizon of experience.