Things are going well for Mainz striker Jonathan Burkardt at the moment. His first brace made him FSV’s current top scorer – and in front of the eyes of national coach Hansi Flick.
Since Friday night’s 4-1 win over Augsburg, Jonathan Burkardt has topped the internal Mainz goalscoring charts with four goals. He contributed two of them in the furious home victory over confused visitors, his first brace in the 50th Bundesliga game. Burkardt was also involved in another goal, setting up Stefan Bell’s 2:0. Nevertheless, Burkardt still sees room for improvement, as he revealed at the DAZN microphone: “I still have points I need to work on. Effectiveness is one thing I want to continue working on. All in all, it was still pretty good. “
Visit of the national coach “not noticed “
The fact that things went quite well for the captain of the U-21 national team was probably not lost on national coach Hansi Flick in the stands at the Mewa Arena. Burkhardt declared that he had “not noticed” the observer on the pitch. The 21-year-old doesn’t want to dwell on speculation anyway: “That’s also a minor matter for me. I try to show my performance on the pitch, and what comes, that comes.”
Perhaps a call from the national coach will come soon? Mainz sports director Christian Heidel, however, put the brakes on: “It is clear that he has seen him. And what he saw was good,” he said: “But that doesn’t mean that Jonny is already a candidate for the national team. “