VfB Stuttgart: This is how the test went against Grasshoppers Zurich – VfB Stuttgart
Dan-Axel Zagadou makes his debut for VfB, Juan Perea scores late to win: We have impressions of the 2-1 win in the friendly against Grasshoppers Zurich.
In camera, VfB Stuttgart won a friendly against Grasshoppers Zurich 2-1 (1-1). The start did not go according to plan: In the game at the Robert Schlienz Stadium, the fifth in the Swiss Super League took the lead early on through Dominik Schmid, who converted a cross from the right directly (3rd).
VfB improved as a result and equalized shortly before the break through Naouirou Ahamada, who scored a long-range shot from the edge of the penalty area (38′). Ahamada had recently come on to replace Lilian Egloff, who took a hit and walked off the field as a precaution.
Sami Khedira follows the test match on site
After the change of sides, VfB were mostly under the pressure under the eyes of CEO Alexander Wehrle and his new advisor Sami Khedira and were rewarded late: Juan Perea caught a long ball, shook off his opponent and scored to win 2-1 (81st). . Chris Führich had previously hit the bar after a one-two with Ahamada.
New signing Dan-Axel Zagadou made his debut in a VfB jersey on the left side of the back three and communicated a lot with his compatriots Enzo Millot and Tanguy Coulibaly, who played on the left in front of him. In the last half hour, the two U-21 players Lukas Laupheimer (in central midfield) and Mattis Hoppe (on the right flank of the back five) were used by VfB.
Fabian Bredlow played the full 90 minutes in goal and was able to excel one or two times. Budget number one Florian Müller followed the party from the bench. VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo agreed with his team’s performance: “You can be satisfied with the test. We gave everyone match practice and saw many positive approaches. ”But there is still a lot of work to be done.