Suat Serdar raised the roof of the VELTINS-Arena on Friday night (29/11) with a winning goal in the 86th minute of the game. The Germany international spoke to schalke04.de about the hard-fought win against Union Berlin, his all-important goal and the current league table.

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Evina found playing time hard to come by in Munich, so he headed out to Holstein Kiel and KFC Uerdingen – both loan assignments – to get his desired playing time. In 2020, he signed for 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 for the bargain price of 150,000 euros. After yet another loan assignment – this time at Viktoria Berlin – Evina returned to Hannover to play. Not for the senior team, but for the second team where he is currently playing.

An October of contrasts

The team had a similar situation just two weeks ago, when a poor start to 2023 in Wolfsburg was followed up by a much-improved performance four days later against Frankfurt. Lukas Kübler also saw the similarities. “It’s pretty much like the game in Wolfsburg. We played Frankfurt soon after that game, and this time we have the cup game midweek. So we have an opportunity to make up for it soon.”

The Hertha team have run, jumped, lifted weights and completed all the stretches in the world, but the most important thing is that they have trained, trained and trained again on the pitch at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Over the last 11 days, the team has played four friendlies, enjoyed the American sunshine, and talked tactics in the video analysis room. Of course, the question of what starting the year across the Atlantic has brought the team could be asked – who better to answer that question than head coach, Sandro Schwarz: “We spent a lot of time considering what we would focus on. The main thing we decided to focus on was the physical aspect of our game, which I have been impressed by here,” explained the 44-year-old in a press conference after departing the training pitch for the final time. “Overall, we worked really hard on everything that we set out to do,” the head coach said, also discussing the long winter break, the fight for places in the time, and the Bundesliga restart away to Bochum on Saturday January 21st (15:30 CET).

A thank you can be expressed in many ways: An appreciative smile for the freshly washed kits. A warm embrace for taking the time to coach a children’s team. Or a short but heartfelt “thank you” for driving to an away game for the umpteenth time. Often this appreciation takes place behind the scenes – in keeping with the modesty of many volunteers. They often shy away from the spotlight. “Oh, that’s goes without saying!” you hear many people say.

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After Sunday’s draw, the DFB published the dates and kick-off times for the cup quarter-finals on Wednesday, with VfB set to face 1. FC Nürnberg away on Wednesday 5 April at 18:00 CEST.