Kovac praises Fabio Silva – will Serhou Guirassy be benched again? | OneFootball

At SC Freiburg, Borussia Dortmund aims for redemption on Sunday for the disappointing 2-2 draw in the Champions League against FK Bodø/Glimt. Although a point against the Norwegians was certainly not the hoped-for result, there was at least a small winner in the ranks of BVB with Fabio Silva.

Just as in the DFB-Pokal exit against Bayer Leverkusen (0-1) a week earlier, Silva was preferred in attack over Serhou Guirassy and quickly repaid coach Niko Kovac's trust with the assist for Julian Brandt's 1-0 goal. Although Silva did not manage another goal involvement before being substituted in the 67th minute for Guirassy, his committed performance earned the 23-year-old some credit—particularly with his coach.

"I found Fabio's performance yesterday exceptionally good. Not only because he set up the goal, but because he worked hard and made deep runs. He was also exhausted after 60 minutes," Kovac said at the press conference on Thursday ahead of the Freiburg game, suggesting that Silva can hope to be in the starting eleven again on Sunday.

Kovac also in talks with Guirassy

This is also because Guirassy, like Karim Adeyemi who was substituted at the same time, fell short in the final phase and could feel addressed by Nico Schlotterbeck's public criticism of the substitutes. Guirassy continues to struggle with a personal slump, which Kovac is aware of, but he still believes in his striker: "I speak with him regularly. Of course, as a striker, you need goals to have confidence. He's missing that a bit at the moment. But I think he'll get back there soon."

However, it is possible that Guirassy may have to take the detour via the bench again on his way back to form in Freiburg.

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