Best Union scorer
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If it runs smoothly, rumors usually don’t be long in coming. This is also the case in the Benedict Hollerbach case, which has risen to the leading player at the strong 1. FC Union Berlin. With eight goals, the 23-year-old gave the Iron a few important points as the top scorer, in the Bundesliga only the Mainz Jonathan Burkardt (24) and Gladbach’s Tim Kleindienst (29) have a larger goal in their team. Hollerbach could possibly appear alongside the latter from the coming season.
As “Sky” reports, Hollerbach is on the list of foals if there are exits on the offensive in summer. The Gladbachers are said to have already informed themselves in detail about the player and watch him closely. However, there are still no advanced talks with the player side, and there has been no contact with Union.
In the summer of 2023, Hollerbach changed from Wiesbaden to Köpenick for 2 million euros after a strong third division season. For the chance of Champions League, he let an oral agreement burst with 1. FC Köln. Step by step, Hollerbach fought its way and screwed its market value from 1.2 million to EUR 7.5 million. The fact that he appears much more constant and present is also due to sports psychologist Renate Eichenberger.
“She specifically gave me breathing exercises to just concentrate on breathing again and switch off the thoughts because they are just coming, that’s normal. It worked quite well. You were at the moment and not in thinking,” said Hollerbach last weekend after his decisive goal for VfL Wolfsburg from an exchange during the half-time break. Hollerbach and the iron had previously left some top -class opportunities.
Sports psychologist helps Hollerbach to stay in the flow at Union Berlin
“Of course you doubt, that’s totally human,” he said. With the psychologist, he was “in the flow”, “could turn off the subconscious”. The mental strength, even in difficult situations, is a big plus of Union, said Hollerbach, which is preceded by his sprints and intensive runs on the offensive. Hollerbach emphasized that he himself wanted to get a double -digit hit rate in the season. Coach Steffen Baumgart, on the other hand, warned: “From time to time it would also be good if he sees the boys even more next to him.”
In any case, the many discussions about his transfer among the fans of the Iron Hollerbach quickly let the mostly fall silent. Stone of the kick-off was the attacker’s Instagram profile, which was followed by some nude models and accounts that spread misogynistic content. Union media chief Christian Arbeit spoke of “unclear” likes at the time and referred to the young age of the player. “In addition, it is of course good to show him how things are in the club and what our culture is,” work also announced talks that apparently had fruit.
“Unfortunately, you did not have a mouthpiece at that moment as a footballer. Certain partial truths were totally decorated, but also lied,” said Hollerbach a little later. “I followed exactly two accounts. And that was two people I got to know in real life. These two sides I followed are by no means right -wing or homophobic sites. But motivation sites and sides to discipline themselves.” He was disappointed and shocked, “how to go on football players nowadays. I generally have the feeling that people like Instagram or Twitter try to get the top comment of the week by especially posting coarse insults.”
In the TM community you can see the Gladbach rumor skeptically. “I don’t have to see us. It has already been written here several times that parts of his past simply do not fit our values. At that time, reference was made to young naivety. But I never really heard a complete distancing or a confession from him. If he comes, he does not have to come, but does not have to,” writes Gladbach fan “Fohlen79”. Union supporters “Eisernberlin”, on the other hand, keep: “The discussions were at the time when he changed, I also saw it very critically and also many other Union fans. However, he made a certain ripening process for me and I generally find it more grounded than a year ago.”
I find it very strange, as is judged here about people because of their social media activities at the time. He never said homophobic, women hostile or similar or shared things of these pages. In addition, the whole thing was 2 years ago and was already exploited accordingly (especially of disappointed Cologne fans) and worked up.
He was 20/21 at the time. You may click Faster when you like a few model images.
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