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Jadon Sancho took a deep breath and kissed her fist. Then a smile crossed his lips. The knot finally broke in the 91st minute.
The English international scored Borussia Dortmund with a goal and an assist to make it 2-0 (0-0) at VfL Wolfsburg. With that, he left behind a weak second half of 2020 and broke his personal calm. He scored the first goal of the season in the Bundesliga. (Service: RESULTS and SCHEDULE of the Bundesliga)
The 20-year-old seemed like a changed player compared to recent weeks, he was much more integrated into the BVB game, successfully dribbled and put Manuel Akanji 1-0 after a corner.
“It was not an easy game. Wolfsburg started better,” said striker Manuel Akanji. Sky: “But we stayed calm. And I’m glad that Sancho made such a good cross and then the ball went in.”
Sancho speaks after the gala
In the 91st minute, Sancho made the decision after a counterattack. And how! Sancho deftly danced to his opponent before deliberately pushing to make it 2-0.
In the evening he expressed his satisfaction with Twitter: “To the team. Thankful.”
Sancho shot BVB almost single-handedly to fourth place and also put Erling Haaland in the shadows on his return after a torn muscle fiber.
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“After ten minutes we managed to turn the switch on. From then on we were in control, we had good possession and we created good opportunities,” said new coach Edin Terzic, praising the Englishman’s offense.
Terzic himself likely had a stronger role in Sancho’s presentation. After Lucien Favre’s training, Terzic Sancho deliberately spoke loudly.
So will Sancho get back to a good start after his first goal in 2021?
Watzke explains the Sancho low
With nine assists in all competitive games, the talent is clearly number one in the BVB ranking. However: Even before the short winter break, Sancho was in danger of sinking. (Service: Bundesliga TABLE)
“The biggest difference is: He used to not think about his next ball action,” said managing director Hans-Joachim Watzke, explaining the crisis in Kicker. “Now think about it. And the tenth of a second you lose is usually exactly the one where the opponent is already standing. The more you try as a creative person, the more difficult it becomes.”
The super talent was only absent from the field in four games this season, but for the most part he has only acted as a shadow of himself since the summer. No goal in the Bundesliga, four assists. Those were the weak numbers.
In the Champions League he shone in a 3-0 win against Club Brugge with a fantastic free kick and a great performance. Otherwise, he was light years away from his best form.
For comparison: Sancho scored 17 goals and 17 assists in the last Bundesliga season. The attacker scored his last goal in the German top league until the Wolfsburg game on May 31.
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Changing thoughts as a stumbling block?
The London player waited 13 games for his first goal this season.
The Englishman gave the impression that he was not involved.
It seemed that the failed transfer of 120 million euros to Manchester United in the summer had gotten stuck in the head. “Jadon might have been unconsciously primed for a change. I think at least he’d thought about it so much that he lost his cool. But I’ve been trying really hard for weeks,” Watzke explained.
When Sancho had to give up his vacation home for Christmas due to Corona’s mutation in England, a quick turnaround couldn’t be expected.
Now the English could initiate the great resurrection.
