Football: In the Bundesliga, the goalie carousel spins

Thomas Kraft had just kept his impressive debut with a winning penalty, as covered by Franz Beckenbauer already has been replaced by the new strain Keepers of Bayern Munich. "Nothing against force. I admire him all the respect, he is a young guy who apparently can withstand the pressure. But I hope to Manuel Neuer.

For me he is the best in the world. If I can have it, I would take him, "the honorary president of the record champion said after the 1-1 draw at VfL Wolfsburg. The goalie carousel in the Bundesliga with the back round start violently on the move - not only the Bavarians are in the wild ride.

On 18 Match was next to force a certain Ron-Robert Zieler his debut for Hannover 96 In the first FC Cologne returned the discarded Michael Rensing at Bayern on the big stage, and at the 1 FSV Mainz 05 of the displaced convalescent Heinz Müller Christian Wetklo one of the guarantors of the Rheinhessen soaring.

And innovation was not only in Bavaria, a topic of conversation. The goalkeeper left the 0-1 Schalke 04 vs Hamburg SV a little confident impression. The Boulevard presented the idea of the flighty 24-year-old promptly in connection with Kraft's strong performance. New was not error free.

Maybe it employs the future, "also speculated expert Ottmar Hitzfeld at Sky. That Neuer's future lies in Munich - because no one seriously doubts on the Isar. New would not comment himself. "I say that after 32 games. Today is one of the two games, after I say nothing, "he said. Rensing was the talkative after a strong debut for FC.

He has proven that he is a good goalkeeper, Rensing said. "I feel stronger than ever before," He was the first FC Kaiserslautern, when he was in the 87th Minute with a parade which saved 1:1. "We have brought him. We knew that this is a good player, "FC captain Lukas Podolski said of the returnees, who had a year ago, last time played in the Bundesliga.

Coach Frank Schaefer is confident: "Michael will help us a lot." This has also Ron-Robert Zieler the surprise second in Hanover. The 21-year-old has seen in almost five years at Manchester United a lot. Many violent Kabinenpredikt, the famous "hairdryer" by team manager Alex Ferguson, he has had to listen to.

And objectives learned that "Ferguson can also make very good jokes." A joke - it must aim to have occurred before the nomination 3-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, the former main goalkeeper Florian Fromlowitz. "Of course I was surprised and a bit nervous," said Zieler, who played from U16 to U20 for each junior team of the DFB, the step of coach Mirko Slomka.

The end of 2006 had already been a certain Manuel Neuer at Schalke 04 for league debut helped. "He's very, very good scenes had" praised his new No. 1 Sloman Zieler came to the train because he has trained well in the preparation, in Mainz returned Mueller, according to coach because he is Tuchel "an inch" on Wetklo.

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