When Milos Veljkovic returns to Bremen on Wednesday, it is likely to meet that Coach Markus was prescribed a day off the Werder professionals. Still on Tuesday evening, the defender was for the national team Serbia in the game against Azerbaijan (3: 1) for another 90 minutes on the court. He is currently the only appointed Bremen A national player.
Already on Saturday he had appeared over the full season and also as a precautionary of the hit to 1: 0 victory against Luxembourg. Now that Veljkovic represents a constant for the Serbian choice again, at least for a long time was not the case: in November 2018 he first played two international matches in a row.
Veljkovics ascension in the hierarchy
At the SV Werder, for which he has been active almost six years ago since his change from the U 23 of Tottenham Hotspur, he has also risen in the hierarchy. In the Bremen Team Council he occupied the last vacant room of Maximilian Eggestein, against the Hamburg SV, the central defenders took over the captain nobility according to the reference of Christian Groß. Most recently against Heidenheim he also carried them from the beginning for the first time.
With Ömer Toprak, large, Leonardo Bewtcourt and Niclas Füllkrug were not available injury due to all other members of the team council. As a result, the team Of course of course experience was missing, explains Clemens Fritz, Bremens Head of ProfiFussball. So Veljkovic took the command - the Serbe does not necessarily apply as a speaker. He does not have to be that, says Fritz and says about the 26-year-old, He is such an experienced player, though he is still relatively young.
FRITZ: We hope he continues to grow in this position
Veljkovic games already for years at a certain level and wanted to assume the role as a guide player, so Fritz: We hope he continues to increase in this position. Of course, this works primarily about performance. After missing the first two season games due to Covid-19 infection, the native of Basel finally completed six games in a row over the full distance - four times were played to zero.
Fritz: You should not give so much on such statistics
However, two individual values do not fit in this picture: With a quota of 46.3 percent, Veljkovic has so far the worst busts of the league (in the Bundesliga preseason: 55.6). In addition, no other player on his position has a smaller top speed than 30.11 km / h. He also had some problems with injuries, in preparation, he was not really fit. But I have the impression that he is on a good way, Judge Fritz, and so much should not be given on such statistics.
Even trainers start knows these values, but refers to the fact that a duel also applies as lost when the ball is applied, but the opponent does not pass the defender. Basically, he was satisfied with the central defender, not least in the starting game - and there are always things to improve.
Toprak still is not available
According to Fritz, Veljkovic gives the team a certain stability. Otherwise, Ömer Toprak is responsible for this. But the captain and defense chief has been on the basis of calf problems for three games and still not available. He has continued his rehab for several days in Leverkusen. Especially when you fails out longer, it is also quite good to come out, explains Fritz, you have more peace, can only focus on yourself. In the meantime, Veljkovic will get more opportunities to improve his personal statistics.
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