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No, after the away win at the Rheinpark in Vaduz, Ciriaco Sforza doesn’t feel like talking about the goalkeeper issue at FC Basel again. But somehow it had fueled the pregame discussion that had been raging for weeks.
Always having initially emphasized that supposed starting goalkeeper Djordje Nikolic (23) would play again as soon as he fully recovered from his crown infection, he left open the question whether the Serb would deliberately return to Vaduz on Friday. . His answer: “We will see.”
A clear statement in favor of Nikolic looks different. Has your replacement Heinz Lindner (30) done his job too well? Yes! Because in Ländle the Austrian is back in the FCB goal, watched by the involved Nikolic in one of the stands reserved for substitute players.
“That has nothing to do with it”
Is the change of hierarchy in the position of goalkeeper of Basel a fact? Apparently not. Because Sforza officially does not want to take sides after the game in Vaduz, in which Lindner again showed an impeccable performance.
«Change of hierarchy? No, that has nothing to do with it, ”he simply says. And furthermore: «There is nothing to explain. Heinz played very well and concentrated in the last matches, so there is no reason for him to change goals. “
Yet a few breaths later he says again, “This is how we brought Heinz in as number two.”
So who is number one in Rotblau? One thing is clear: Nikolic, who actually became a regular goalkeeper at the start of the season, will only be a substitute in the head duel with leader YB on Wednesday, Sforza shows at Rheinpark.
This is also an indication that Sforza has let the strong Lindner change his mind about the goalkeeper’s position.
