In painful fashion, VfB Stuttgart missed out on another win against VfL Bochum and may again have to do without Silas for longer.
A 1-0 win thanks to an own goal – it would have been perhaps the most fitting of all liberation strikes for VfB Stuttgart. Instead, after the home game against VfL Bochum, the shoulders and heads of the relegation-threatened Swabians were once again hanging down.
“It sucks and it hurts,” coach Pellegrino Matarazzo aptly summed up the state of mind for all Stuttgart fans on “Sky” after the 1-1 draw. “We have to win this game because we were able to close the bag several times. We didn’t take our chances and the goal we conceded at the end hurts a lot. “
Silas’ shoulder dislocated – Matarazzo defiant
Because Konstantinos Mavropanos was unlucky to knock Sebastian Polter over in injury time as he slipped away and Eduard Löwen converted the penalty that was due, the situation of the bottom team in the table deteriorated further. “We’ve known each other for ages and he actually always shoots into what I consider the right-hand corner,” keeper Florian Müller was surprised by Löwen. “I didn’t think he had the nerve to shoot his first Bundesliga penalty into the other corner, but he did well. “
The fact that Silas had already had to be substituted in the 20th minute with a shoulder injury further clouded Saturday afternoon for VfB. The winger, who has been plagued by torn cruciate ligaments and a corona infection in recent months, had to be taken to hospital – and dislocated his shoulder, according to Matarazzo. It is still unclear how long he will be out. It is possible that he will miss longer again.
“There’s so much going against us this season and that’s why we’re thinking ‘now more than ever’,” Matarazzo said defiantly. “We have eleven games left and next week Friday is the next most important game of the season. If we can look back at this huge board in eleven games and still celebrate, then that’s a bond that will last a lifetime. “
