Guirassy back on target at last – what this means for the BVB attack now | OneFootball

Despite his long period without scoring, Serhou Guirassy did not lose his composure yesterday when the opportunity to end his dry spell was served to him on a silver platter. Alone in front of Werder's keeper Mio Backhaus, Guirassy only had to overcome him – which he did effortlessly. What does this goal mean for the future of BVB's attack?

Serhou Guirassy had scored five goals for BVB in the Bundesliga before the kickoff of the evening game against Werder Bremen. All five came in the early months of the season. Since his winning goal for a 1-0 victory at FC Augsburg, the Guinean had not scored, only finding the net twice against FC Villarreal in the Champions League. However, in league play, his luck deserted him, prompting Niko Kovac yesterday to leave the top scorer of the 2024/25 Champions League season on the bench.

In his place, Fabio Silva, who was signed last summer for 22.5 million euros from Wolverhampton Wanderers, took the field. In recent weeks, there have been rumors that Silva wanted to leave as soon as possible because he was rarely used at BVB. He was mostly substituted late in the game, seldom playing more than a few minutes.

That was different yesterday. However, it was also different in that Silva did not perform as noticeably as he did in his substitute appearances. In a generally unconvincing BVB team, the Portuguese player made little impact until he left the field in the 84th minute – just after Serhou Guirassy's goal to make it 3-0, which at least formally ended his crisis.

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Silva with "good chances" of starting against St. Pauli

What do these events mean for the future of BVB's offensive lineup? The WAZ ponders this question, which they discuss here. The "anti-crisis goal" by Guirassy will not necessarily put him back in the starting lineup, they say.

Rather, Fabio Silva, who has shown promising signs, is likely to have good chances of being in the starting lineup again at the start of the second half of the season at home against FC St. Pauli next Saturday. "However, he has not cemented his place there." Serhou Guirassy, on the other hand, benefited greatly from facing an already exhausted Werder defense, especially since he did not have to contribute to the creation of his scoring opportunity.

Instead of relying on just one of them, Niko Kovac still has the option of playing with a double forward line. Against the expected deep-lying Hamburg team, Kovac might opt for this strategy, although he did not reveal his plans after Guirassy's goal yesterday: "We need him, we need Fabio, we need everyone."

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