For Alex Meyer, it was twice as sweet in Hamburg | OneFootball

Alex Meyer played his first Champions League match even before making his first Bundesliga appearance. The goalkeeper has been in Dortmund for four years. He has stepped in for Gregor Kobel, the number one in BVB’s goal, 26 times, and kept seven clean sheets in the process. On Tuesday, the veteran experienced a very special evening. After almost two years, he was finally allowed to play again — and of all places, “right here at home, in Hamburg,” said the Bad Oldesloe-born keeper.

Friends, family — they were all there on Tuesday evening when Meyer took the field with BVB for the cup match against HEBC. “I was with HSV for seven years, was a ball boy here at the stadium, used to come here with my father,” he said afterward, following the comfortable 5–0 win: “That’s why it was something special for me. And after such a long time, to finally be back on the pitch again: for me personally, there’s nothing better than that.”

He had had to wait a long time. Nearly 22 months lay between appearance No. 25 (on 9 November 2024 in Mainz) and No. 26. “In the first two years, I played a lot. Of course, that gives you a taste for more, even if you’re obviously only the number two. Now I was happy that the coach gave me the chance. A competitive match, the cup, regardless of the opponent: that always feels good.”Boris Rupert

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