“Very, very positive impression” – Vieira set for XI return? | OneFootball

Fábio Vieira returned to HSV amid huge excitement and is seen as a beacon of hope for the coming weeks.

He did not yet make an impact in the home game against Mainz. The Portuguese player came on at the start of the second half. However, the Hanseatic side continued their poor display, lost 0–5 accordingly, and dropped to the bottom of the table. Ahead of the match at RB Leipzig, everyone involved is asking how improvement can come as quickly as possible. Naturally, the highly talented Vieira has a central role to play in that.

Arguing against an immediate place in the starting XI is the lack of match practice the 26-year-old got during pre-season at Arsenal. “A few moments are certainly still needed to get to 100 percent,” coach Merlin Polzin said in recent days. At the same time, however, Vieira remains the best footballer in the squad, and his creative solutions should give a boost to an attack that has been completely toothless in three of four Bundesliga halves.

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Polzin on Vieira: “He is already very well integrated”

Through the training week, Vieira has “definitely taken another step forward,” Polzin said at the press conference. “Accordingly, he is even more of an option to do the whole thing from the start.” The left-footer also has the advantage of hardly needing any adjustment time. “You can see in training that he has a really great connection with the lads, that he radiates a lot of joy, keeps getting laughs with all kinds of actions, and is already very well integrated,” the coach noted.

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Thanks to his quick reintegration, Vieira, who was signed permanently for around nine million euros, is making a “very, very positive impression.” He is thoroughly familiar with Polzin’s ideas. As is well known, the two remained in contact even during his brief absence. A return to the starting XI would therefore come as little surprise, especially since it would suit the approach against Leipzig, who have offered plenty of space in their matches so far—spaces that a player of Vieira’s quality knows how to exploit.

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