In a focus battle in the 22nd round of the Bundesliga that ended in the early morning of February 13, Beijing time, Bundesliga supremacy Bayern lost 1-4 away to Bochum. In this game, the Philippine international Holtmann in Bochum team contributed a pass and became one of the heroes of the team's big victory.
The game, although Bayern led by Levan in the opening 9 minutes. But in the 14th minute, Bochum tied the score. Holtmann assisted teammate Adjey to break through Ulreich's goal. In the 41st minute, Holtman scored his own goal. He easily slipped through Bayern centre-backs at Palmecano before hitting a super world wave to rewrite the score to 4-1.
According to post-match statistics, Holtman scored 3 of 5 shots on goal in the 80 minutes of his debut, contributing 1 goal and 1 assist. In addition, he had two key passes that threatened the Bayern goal, and after the game, the authoritative foreign media sofascore gave Holtman a high score of 8.1. This season, Holtmann has scored five goals in a row in the Bundesliga, and this goal has been named the 2021 Bundesliga goal of the year.
What makes Chinese fans envious is that such a player who has beaten Bayern and has established himself in the Bundesliga is actually an international footballer in our Asian neighbor, the Philippines. Born in 1995, Holtman's father is German and his mother is Filipino. He should have dual German and Filipino citizenship after Holtmann had decided to play for the Philippine men's team.
Unfortunately, due to the incomplete documentation, Holtman ultimately missed the roster for the Philippines' top 40. Just think, if the Philippines has the 26-year-old Bundesliga fierce general to help, the national football team to beat them will undoubtedly be much more difficult. However, in the future, the Philippine men's football team with The help of Holtman is afraid that it will also be the main opponent of the Chinese men's football team that cannot be ignored.