Nati defender fights for playing time: Zesiger appeared in the office of VfL coach Kovac

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VfL Wolfsburg spent almost 75 million euros on new player material last summer. It didn’t work – the “Wolves” are stuck in 13th place, only seven points ahead of the relegation place. Not a single victory has been achieved in 2024.

Nati defender Cédric Zesiger (25) has largely watched the negative development of recent weeks from the reserve bench. The Seelander, who moved from Bern to VW City in the summer, had to give up his place in the defense to others. Last weekend the defensive edge returned to the starting line-up against Leverkusen for the first time in the new year and put in an impressive performance despite the 2-0 defeat.

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Zesiger marched into the coach’s office

This puts Zesiger back in position for a more prominent role in the hot phase of the season. This is partly due to his attacking approach. As he reveals to “Kicker”, he marched alone to the trainer’s office and sought dialogue with trainer Niko Kovac.

“It’s been frustrating with the playing time the last few weeks,” Zesiger said. “I approached the coach and we had good conversations. You can always go to his office. I’m a player who likes to know where he stands.”

The conversations had an impact. As the ‘kicker’ thinks he knows, Zesiger will probably be reset for now. Partly thanks to his experience in the relegation battle. “I know this situation, I already had it in Switzerland with the Grasshoppers Zurich. I know what it takes to get out of there.” (sbe)

1st Bundesliga 23/24

		team	SP	T.D	PT
	1	Bayer Leverkusen	25	47	67
	2	Bayern Munich	25	44	57
	3	VfB Stuttgart	25	26	53
	4	Borussia Dortmund	25	19	47
	5	RB Leipzig	25	24	46
	6	Eintracht Frankfurt	25	9	40
	7	TSG Hoffenheim	25	-3	33
	8th	Sc Freiburg	25	-11	33
	9	FC Augsburg	25	-1	32
	10	Werder Bremen	25	-5	30
	11	1. FC Heidenheim 1846	25	-9	28
	12	Borussia Monchengladbach	25	-4	27
	13	VfL Wolfsburg	25	-11	25
	14	Union Berlin	25	-18	25
	15	VfL Bochum	25	-22	25
	16	1. FC Cologne	25	-23	18
	17	FSV Mainz	25	-26	16
	18	SV Darmstadt 98	25	-36	13

Source : Blick

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