After slip-up against Leipzig: will HSV star Vieira be given a rest? | OneFootball

Does Fábio Vieira have to fear for his place in HSV's starting eleven after his costly mistake against RB Leipzig?

The Portuguese player, so far perhaps the most consistent attacking force in coach Merlin Polzin's team, made an uncharacteristic error in the build-up to the 1-2 goal conceded.

A failed one-two with Warmed Omari during the build-up play led to Yan Diomande's goal. Although Vieira was visibly annoyed about conceding the goal, he was partly to blame for the situation. Nevertheless, there is currently little to suggest that Polzin will take drastic measures.

That's because Vieira had previously shown his class. After winning the ball, he initiated the attack himself and then calmly finished to make it 1-0 in the meantime. These are exactly the attacking qualities that the coach needs and appreciates. After the final whistle, Polzin emphasized: “Our job is to use Fábio in the best possible way. He has the task of getting into the spaces where he can create things with the ball.” For the goal, he did this “excellently.”

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Vieira's future in the starting eleven will also depend on the personnel situation in midfield. Sambi Lokonga made his comeback against Leipzig after a lateral ligament tear, but according to a Mopo report, will not start immediately. Therefore, despite his mistake, Vieira is likely to start alongside Nicolai Remberg again against Bayer Leverkusen. Polzin is well aware of his “qualities that help HSV and our team.”

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In the long term, however, the distribution of roles could shift. Lokonga brings more defensive stability, while Vieira is expected to be used more offensively again in the future. The coach sees “great development” in his playmaker anyway. Although Vieira “needed a bit of time at the start of the season to get going,” he used the difficult phases “to settle better into the team.”

A wake-up call, then, but not a demotion from the starting eleven. Polzin makes it clear: “We are very happy that Fábio is here – but we still have high expectations that he maintains the level of the past few weeks.”

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.