In the first leg of the Europa League quarter-finals, Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 with Barca. Considering the gap in strength between the two teams, such a result surprised many people. Looking back at this game, the most eye-catching performance is definitely Frankfurt's Knaeuf. It was his World Wave goal that helped the home team take the lead, followed by a draw. In this regard, Bundesliga fans have sighed: Klopp's vision is really accurate, Knauf's next Sancho. Unfortunately, Rozer resolutely did not use him, so he had to rent it out to Frankfurt.
It all started six years ago, when Klopp was still coaching Dort. Considering the limited budget for the club's reinforcements, he led the coaching team to find talented youngsters everywhere. In a youth match, Klopp took a fancy to Knauf, who was playing for the Hannover youth team at the time. In order to sign him, Klopp did not hesitate to lobby himself. Seeing that the coach of Dort himself came out, the Hannover management decided that Knauf had great potential and firmly disagreed with the release. To make matters worse, Klopp was not long after he was overshadowed by his grades, and then landed in the Premier League to take over Liverpool's coaching whip.
Maybe you still have instructions before leaving? Dortmund's management remained adamant about buying Knauf. Youdao is a kung fu who pays off, and finally signed the genius a year later. Thanks to the hard training in the Dortmund youth team, the talented Knauf gradually came to the fore. At this time, Dort coach Favre was dismissed, and youth coach Terzic temporarily served as firefighting coach. Considering the lack of a winger position, Telzic called Knauf into the first team. It was this conscription that led to the outbreak of Knauf.
Facing Bundesliga powerhouse Cologne, Knauf made Dort's first-team debut. With his outstanding explosive role, he assisted Haaland to score a goal to help Dort draw 2-2 with Cologne. The manager Terzic, who saw it in his eyes, decided to reuse Knauf. Including the Champions League against Manchester City, such a tough battle, still let him play. Not to mention, this enrollment has been miraculous. In the Bundesliga match against Stuttgart in the second half of the league, Knauf scored his first goal. It was this goal that gave Dort a difficult 3-2 victory over Stuttgart, renewing hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. At that time, many Bundesliga fans felt that Knauf was expected to become another billion new star of Dort.
Coincidentally, Dort sold Sancho to Manchester United in the summer window last year, and it is widely believed that Knauf, who also plays as a winger, will be reused. However, the new coach Roze stubbornly insisted on the middle of the infiltration style of play. Therefore, it is difficult for Knauff, who plays purely as a winger, to get a chance. Seeing that Knauf had been sitting on the bench for more than half a year, Dortmund's management decided to lend him out for training. After negotiations, Knauf joined Eintracht Frankfurt on loan in the winter window.
There is a way in which people move to live and trees to die. After joining Eintracht Frankfurt, Knauf was quickly reused: he was assigned to play at wing-back in light of his technical characteristics of attacking strong and defending weakly. In a 4–1 victory over Hertha Berlin in the Bundesliga match, he scored his debut goal for Eintracht Frankfurt. It was this goal that allowed Knauf to secure his starting position and start in the European match against Barca. Unexpectedly, Knauf managed to grab the camera in this powerful dialogue: crashing into a world wave that shocked the four seats with one kick. According to statistics, Knauf got a post-match rating of 7.8 and ranked first in the team.
Watching Knauf play so well in Frankfurt, Dort fans had mixed feelings. On the one hand, pleased with the eyes of former coach Klopp, Knauf is growing rapidly. On the other hand, he was quite angry with the current manager Roze, only knowing that the play of sticking to the middle of the road would not change. If it weren't for the club management's loan to Knauf, such a good genius would have been delayed by him!