Fredi Bobic left Eintracht in strife in the summer - after years of success.
For the first time since moving to the “Big City Club” he is returning to the Frankfurt stadium.
Berlin / Frankfurt / M.
- Fredi Bobic and Kevin-Prince Boateng won the DFB Cup together with Eintracht Frankfurt in 2018.
Now the former sports director and the well-traveled professional are returning to the Main with Hertha BSC - and are under pressure with the capital city club.
For Bobic, Berlin's place in the table basement is only “a snapshot”, as he says before the Bundesliga game on Saturday (3:30 p.m. / Sky).
Hertha's current sports director left Frankfurt in the summer with some noise and moved to the Spree.
For this, his contract with Eintracht, which actually ran until 2023, was terminated.
“After five great years, that's emotionally beautiful.
I'm definitely not nervous, ”said Bobic before returning for the first time.
He hopes for the "right result" for his team and added: "I'm just looking forward to coming back to Frankfurt personally."
"He is always very welcome and gladly seen here," said Eintracht board spokesman Axel Hellmann of hr-sport about Bobic, who will be 50 on October 30th.
"We had five good and very successful years with Fredi, even if there were a few upsets at the end."
Eintracht ex-star Jan Age Fjörtoft appeals to Eintracht supporters in his “Bild” column: “My request to the fans: Receive him well. No, very good! Okay, we all don't know what happened behind the doors between those responsible during the separation, ”said the Norwegian. “But the fans shouldn't forget what Fredi has achieved here over the past five years. It goes without saying that he should still lose 3-0 here. "
The focus is also on Boateng, who still has to explain his special role at Hertha BSC.
“I didn't come here to be Messi or Ronaldo.
I try everything, I give full throttle and go to my limits, ”said the 34-year-old.
In the Bundesliga he could no longer “win every game alone”, always give goals and assists, he said and added: “I knew that beforehand, the club knew that beforehand.” Perhaps he will not play a 90-minute game this season, maybe the next ten, ”said the native of Berlin before a duel that was special for him too.
The veteran would love to be on the pitch against Frankfurt.
“I'm looking forward to it, I hope I'll be well received,” said Boateng: “This is a game that we have to win, that we want to win.
There won't be any friends there. "
The pressure on the capital city club is enormous.
Six points from seven games, only two wins - that is not enough for the high demands of the “Big City Club”.
As the leader, Boateng leads the way in the dressing room, but can no longer do that in the game like at the best of times.
Only 237 of 630 possible Bundesliga minutes he has been used by coach Pal Dardai so far.
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