Goal of the Weekend: Alexander Baumjohann vs Werder Bremen’s entire Defense
By: Jan | August 31st, 2008
I guess Alexander Baumjohann’s impressive solo-run starting within his own half of the field would be even more impressive, if he had scored it against the defense of one of the seventeen Bundesliga sides not coached by Thomas Schaaf.
Baumjohann is 21 years old and joined Borussia Mönchengladbach back in 2006 from Schalke. He had the “promising young talent” tag slapped onto him, but his coach at Schalke thought that he didn’t have the right attitude to be a pro. An assumption which turned out to be correct. He played seven games for Germany’s U17 but didn’t make the cut to U18 level and beyond. Baumjohann didn’t get a lot of playing time in Gladbach’s team during their second division campaign either; to be precise, he managed 10 minutes on the pitch as a substitute for Marko Marin and that was it. Gladbach looked set to sell him to third division side Fortuna Düsseldorf this summer. They decided against it, after Baumjohann played an impressive pre-season. Maybe he’s one to watch in the future after all.
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Beutiful even though it was against my favorite Bundesliga team! We really need Mertesacker back Naldo and Prodl are not good together
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Wow. I don’t know what else to say. He had even made it to Goal.com’s Bundesliga team of the week for Matchday Three - http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=843302
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That was a fantastic run. Definitely one to watch alongside Marin.
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It will be interesting to see, whether Luhukay plans to play Bradley as a holding or attacking midfielder. As an attacking midfielder Bradley will probably kick Baumjohann out of the starting XI again and his revival from wasted talent status was rather short-lived.
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