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The detail about the Bundesliga match day: Klopp's will be done

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What outcome would this Bundesliga matchday have had without national coach Jürgen Klopp? SC Freiburg would almost certainly still be top of the table. Quite a few were convinced that the nomination for the national team had inspired the two Frankfurters Younes Ebnoutalib and Jonathan Burkardt as well as Freiburg's Derry Sherhant so much that they could only score in the goal.

Only the Freiburg and Japanese international Yuito Suzuki achieved this feat without Klopp's help. It's annoying from the perspective of coach Julian Schuster's team that Klopp had to extend his magical invitation to the national team this week of all days.

It should be critically noted at this point how little influence Klopp had on FC Bayern's 7-0 win against 1. FC Union Berlin. With Jamal Musiala, only one of the chosen ones from Germany's huge world-class squad scored.

On closer inspection, it is also surprising why the strikers Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund) and Niclas Füllkrug (Werder Bremen), who were not taken into account, not only still wanted to score goals without Klopp's approval, but were also able to do so.

Didn't Klopp call both of them shortly before kick-off about the international match phase in November? These hits can hardly be explained in any other way. Or were the two no longer taken seriously by their opponents? Why cover a player who hasn't even made it into the national coach's 44-man squad?

In this respect, Klopp probably played a key role in Dortmund's away win in Stuttgart and Bremen's home win against Augsburg. And his mentality of limitless optimism has also reached everywhere in the Bundesliga. Union captain Christian Trimmel said after the 7-0 defeat: “It’s difficult, but you still have to stay positive.” Jürgen Klopp simply rocks the Bundesliga.

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