After detention: VfB "manager" Atakan Karazor before starting eleven comeback

Created: 09/08/2022Updated: 09/08/2022 13:34

By: Niklas Noack

VfB professional Atakan Karazor announces what needs to be done.

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VfB coach Pellegrino Matarazzo has to rethink against FC Bayern Munich, who are strong in attack.

Atakan Karazor, who is still under investigation for alleged sexual assault, is one piece in the jigsaw.

Munich/Stuttgart – Pellegrino Matarazzo has to rebuild his starting XI anyway.

Josha Vagnoman, who saw a yellow-red card against FC Schalke 04 and is therefore suspended for the difficult game at FC Bayern Munich, is forcing him to do so.

The VfB Stuttgart coach is therefore considering using a much more attacking player on the right flank in Silas or Chris Führich, he revealed at the press conference on Thursday (September 8).

Of all things against the attacking Bayern, who gave Inter Milan no chances in the Champions League on Wednesday (September 7th)?

VfB Stuttgart: Atakan Karazor should ensure compactness against FC Bayern Munich

Irrespective of this, it can be assumed that with Atakan Karazor against Bayern, a defensive stabilizer will be in the starting XI.

As a result, you achieve “a different compactness in central midfield” and also have one more “manager” on the field, Matarazzo listed the reasons for this.

Karazor also showed how valuable he could be for the team.

If the six actually play from the start, it would be his first starting eleven in the Bundesliga since his custody in Ibiza.

He was in prison for six weeks on charges of alleged rape.

An 18-year-old Spaniard reported the VfB professional.

Karazor is now only free because he paid bail of 50,000 euros.

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Investigations against VfB professional Atakan Karazor for alleged sexual assault continue

Karazor is currently being investigated for alleged sexual assault.

However, there was nothing new to report.

Matarazzo: “I haven't heard anything.

I can't report anything, everything is very quiet around Ata.

He is on the pitch every day and gives it his all.”

The Stuttgart midfielder has been trying for weeks.

When VfB won a friendly game against FC St. Gallen with the second guard, Karazor was in the starting XI.

He gave commands and loudly supported his teammates, some of whom were young.

A presence that would do VfB good against Bayern and that makes him indispensable, at least in sport.